List of biotechnology companies

A biotechnology company is a company whose products or services primarily use biotechnology methods for their production, design or delivery. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines 'biotechnology' as: "Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use."[1] In other words, biotechology can be defined as the mere application of technical advances in life science to develop commercial products. Today, no comprehensive global database of biotech companies is available online, despite a free and open access project was recently started in late 2014.[2]

Independent biotechnology companies

2015

Rank 2013 Change Company Country Market Cap in 2013 (USD billions) Market Cap in 2012 (USD billions) % Change over year (Q2-Q2)
1SteadyAmgenUSA78.69555.05442.2%
2SteadyGilead SciencesUSA78.37319.751296.8%
3IncreaseCelgeneUSA52.55734.31953.1%
4DecreaseBiogen IdecUSA47.15731.58249.3%
5IncreaseRegeneronUSA20.26911.89470.4%
6SteadyAlexion PharmaceuticalsUSA17.89317.1524.3%
7DecreaseVertex PharmaceuticalsUSA17.4958.151114.6%
8IncreaseBioMarin PharmaceuticalUSA9.0973.3788140.2%
9IncreaseActelionUSA6.8854.54851.4%
10IncreaseSeattle GeneticsUSA4.392.31689.6%
11AlkermesSwitzerland4.0112.35670.2%
12IncreaseAriad PharmaceuticalsUSA3.32.66814.7%
13United TherapeuticsUSA2.9662.2631.2%
14Ipsen GroupFrance2.8892.2329.6%
15IncreaseDiaSorinItaly2.62.218%

Other Biotechnology companies

Rank 2014 Company Country Revenue in 2006 (USD millions) R&D in 2006 (USD millions) Net income/ (loss) in 2006 (USD millions) Employees in 2006
16Nektar TherapeuticsUSA217.7149.4(154.8)770
17Enzon PharmaceuticalsUSA185.743.521.3722
18QLTCanada175.156.4(101.6)653
19Ligand PharmaceuticalsUSA141.041.9(31.7)540
20Myriad GeneticsUSA114.383.8(38.2)511
21ExelixisUSA98.7185.5(101.5)500
22Emergent BiosolutionsUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
23Biota PharmaceuticalsUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
24Lexicon PharmaceuticalsUSA72.8106.7(54.3)410
25Progenics PharmaceuticalsUSA69.961.7(21.6)410
26MorphoSysGermany66.621.97.6336
27New Link GeneticsUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
28Array BioPharmaUSA45.033.4(39.6)263
29AEterna ZentarisCanada41.428.733.4260
30IsoTisSwitzerland40.77.7(18.5)255
31Enzo BiochemUSA39.87.9(15.7)255
32Neurocrine BiosciencesUSA39.297.7(107.2)254
33MediGeneGermany38.426.7(8.7)248
34ACT Biotech IncUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
35OncoMedUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
36CerusUSA35.629.5(4.8)208
37SciClone PharmaceuticalsUSA32.714.10.7197
38ImmunoGenUSA32.140.9(17.8)197
39BTGUKN/AN/AN/AN/A
40VernalisUK30.171.7(78.2)192
41Bavarian NordicDenmark29.519.9(27.1)191
42XomaUSA29.552.1(51.8)189
43GPC BiotechGermany28.581.3(80.4)180
44TargaceptUSA27.521.8(1.2)170
45Radius PharmaceuticalsUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
46Acorda TherapeuticsUSA27.412.1(60.0)158
47Anika TherapeuticsUSA26.83.64.6156
48Dusa PharmaceuticalsUSA25.66.2(31.3)150
49GenmabDenmark23.990.6(77.4)128
50Bioniche Life SciencesCanada24.111.9(1.0)127
51VitrolifeSweden23.23.32.1124
52Medivir GroupSweden18.839.7(29.7)88
53Geron CorporationUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
54Sangamo BioSciencesUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A
55Sinovac BiotechChina15.40.3(0.7)67
56Avanir PharmaceuticalsUSA15.229.2(62.6)64
57Synageva BiopharmaUSAN/AN/AN/AN/A

A comprehensive and open access list of more than 5300 Biotech Companies (mostly European Union based) is available online at BioDirecta.[2] Such directory includes >2700 "Red Biotech" (Pharmaceutical), >900 "White Biotech" (fermentation and enzymes).

References

  1. ↑ "The Convention on Biological Diversity (Article 2. Use of Terms)." United Nations. 1992. Retrieved on February 6, 2008.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carlo Alberto Oppici, Filippo Giancarlo Martinelli. "BioDirecta". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "GEN - Insight & Intelligence™: Top 25 Biotech Companies". GEN. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Venture Capital Trends". BIOtechNow. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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