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The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by market capitalization in billion US dollars. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to their relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
Zymergen was founded in 2013. [5] by investment banker Joshua Hoffman, biophysicist Zach Serber, and biochemist Jed Dean. [6]All three met while working at Amyris, Inc. [7] The company uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to study and modify microbes which ferment carbon [6] to produce chemicals used in manufacturing consumer goods and pharmaceuticals. [8]
Venter (and Smith)'s previous company, Celera Genomics, was a driving force in the race to sequence the human genome. [9] The firm takes its name from the phrase synthetic genomics which is a scientific discipline of synthetic biology related to the generation of organisms artificially using genetic material. [10] [11]
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The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by revenue in billion USD. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to its relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
Synthetic biology, or breaking down life into its basic component parts to create enhanced biological systems, can be likened to writing software that enables life. Or genetic engineering on steroids.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. is an American biotech company founded in 2008 by five scientists from MIT, [3] headed by Jason Kelly. The company specializes in using genetic engineering to produce bacteria with industrial applications for other biotech companies, saving other companies the cost of reproducing the initial stages of design in synthetic biology.
The company develops genetic engineering and reproductive technology for conservation biology. It was founded in 2021 by George Church and Ben Lamm, [3] and is based in Dallas, Texas. [10] [11] As of 2025, Colossal is the highest valued company based in Dallas, Texas at $10.2 billion. [12] [13]