Biotechnology/Catalogs

Biotechnology firms
There are in the region of 4,000 biotechnology firms across the globe and almost 50% of these are in the European Union; 30% in the US and the balance in Asia. The leading biotechnology firms based on performance in 2005 are:


 * 1) Hoffmann-La Roche
 * 2) Genentech
 * 3) Amgen
 * 4) Johnson & Johnson - (Centocor)
 * 5) Wyeth
 * 6) Eli Lilly and Company
 * 7) Novartis
 * 8) Serono
 * 9) Biogen Idec
 * 10) Chiron Corporation
 * 11) Genzyme
 * 12) MedImmune
 * 13) Pfizer
 * 14) Millennium Pharmaceuticals
 * 15) Applied Biosystems
 * 16) Metabolix