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Best in Industry, 2012

Whether working for a pharmaceutical giant or a biotech start-up with a unique vision, researchers who responded to this year’s Best Places to Work in Industry survey are translating society’s most pressing scientific needs into a new generation of d

By | June 1, 2012

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (#17) researcher searching the company's compound archive in Basel, Switzerland.

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (#17) researcher searching the company's compound archive in Basel, Switzerland.

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (#17) researcher searching the company's compound archive in Basel, Switzerland.
Sal Sadoti, one of several engineering technicians at #1-ranked ADInstruments, tests a prototype of a new software-controlled isolated stimulator.
Elayne Penebre analyzes the effects of treatment with one of Epizyme’s histone methyltransferase inhibitors on human lymphoma cells. Epizyme ranked #2 in this year's survey.
Researchers at work at the #3-ranked DuPont. In the last year, DuPont launched 1,742 new products and applications.
With a workforce of around 100 employees, Wyatt Technology (#4) provides instrumentation for the characterization of macromolecules.
Cofounded by Nobel Laureate Thomas Steitz in 2001, 6th-place company Rib-X Pharmaceuticals develops novel antibiotic compounds based on Steitz’s work on the structure and function of the ribosome.
Coming in at #7, Dow AgroSciences will be launching the Enlist™ Weed Control System and the sap-feeding insecticide sulfoxaflor this year.
Genomatica, this year's #8 company, offers new green and sustainable ways of manufacturing chemicals and received the EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 2011.
Newcomer DynPort Vaccine Company, which ranked #9 this year, is based in Frederick, MD.
Coming in at #10, Pioneer Hi-Bred: A DuPont Business opened a new $40 million Beaver Creek facility with space for approximately 400 new research positions at the headquarters in Johnston, Iowa earlier this year.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' (#13) headquarters at Tarrytown, NY.
Abbott (#14) scientists are advancing antiviral programs focused on developing treatments for hepatitis C (HCV), a disease that affects more than 180 million people worldwide.
Roche ($16) researcher performing quality control of the substances in the analytical laboratory.
In the past year, #18 company, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, developed and advanced RNAi therapeutics for treating patients with transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.
Integrated DNA Technologies (#19) headquarters in Coralville, IA
Last but not least, our #20 company, Bayer Corp, has advanced four medicines into late-stage development in the past year.

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Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (#17) researcher searching the company's compound archive in Basel, Switzerland.

Whether working for a pharmaceutical giant or a biotech start-up with a unique vision, researchers who responded to this year’s Best Places to Work in Industry survey are translating society’s most pressing scientific needs into a new generation of drugs, research tools, and cutting-edge innovations. Wyatt Technology (#4), with a workforce of around 100 employees, provides instrumentation for the characterization of macromolecules, while the similarly small Genomatica (#8) offers new green and sustainable ways of manufacturing chemicals. And big industry staples such as Bayer (#20), Novartis (#17), and Dow AgroSciences (#7) continue to push the boundaries of health care, agriculture, and materials sciences.

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June 3, 2012

wonderful information,this is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i'm already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new posts, once again hats off to you! Thanks a ton once again, Regards, periodic table with charges

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