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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.
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.
The company's products are sold under the brand names of Thermo Scientific, Fisher Scientific, and several other recognized brand names (e.g. Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Patheon, PPD, and Nalgene). According to company figures, as of 2007, 46% of its sales were in life sciences, 20% in healthcare, and 34% in industrial/environmental and safety.
Syneos Health (formerly InVentiv Health Incorporated and INC Research) is an American company that provides contract research and commercial services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Based in Morrisville, North Carolina , the company specializes in helping other companies with late-stage clinical trials, but also provides ...
The company was founded in 1976 by venture capitalist Robert A. Swanson and biochemist Herbert Boyer. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Boyer is considered to be a pioneer in the field of recombinant DNA technology. In 1973, Boyer and his colleague Stanley Norman Cohen demonstrated that restriction enzymes could be used as "scissors" to cut DNA fragments of ...
Brochure illustrating the work of the CDC Division of Laboratory Sciences. In the United States, estimated total revenue as of 2016 was $75 billion, about 2% of total healthcare spending. [23] In 2016, an estimated 60% of revenue was done by hospital labs, with 25% done by two independent companies (LabCorp and Quest). [24]
Guardant Health raised approximately $550 million in funding in its first six years. [13] [14] Aydin Senkut was an early investor. [15] The company raised $30 million in 2014, [16] including $10 million from Sequoia Capital. [17] In 2015, Guardant Health raised $50 million in a venture round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
A biologist conducting research in a biotechnology laboratory. Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services.