(Philadelphia, PA - May 31, 2005) Industry scientists ranked Genentech in South San Francisco, CA as first among large companies and Tec Laboratories in Albany, Oregon as first among smaller companies in The Scientist's 3rd Annual Best Places to Work in Industry survey.
Landing second in this year's assessment among larger companies was Iowa-based Pioneer Hi-Bred International followed closely by Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA), while Transform Pharmaceuticals in Lexington and Infinity Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA) held the second and third place positions among smaller firms.
Nearly 1,600 scientists working in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the USA, Canada, and Western Europe assessed their work environments in this year's survey of the "Best Places to Work in Industry: 2005." A total of 56 companies received at least 4 responses. Ranked companies were categorized as either large (those with over 5000 employees in all locations) or small (those with less than 5,000 ...
