| Top 40 Companies Rank in 2006 | Rank in 2005 | Company Name/Location | Country | Total Number of Employees Worldwide | Most Highly Ranked Factors | Least Highly Ranked Factors | 1 | 1 | Tec Laboratories Albany, OR | USA | 100 or fewer | Management | Research Environment | Integrity | Remuneration & Benefits | 2 | 2 | Transform Pharmaceuticals Lexington, MA | USA | 100 or fewer | Remuneration & Benefits | Integrity | Management | Research Environment | 3 | 11 | Amgen Thousand Oaks, CA | USA | More than 5,000 | Training & Development | Job Satisfaction | Integrity | Policies & Practices | 4 | 3 | Infinity Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA | USA | 100-500 | Policies & Practices | Communications | Job Satisfaction | Remuneration & Benefits | 5 | 9 | Genentech South San Francisco, CA | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Research Environment | Management | Job Satisfaction | 6 | 8 | Asterand Detroit, MI | USA | 100-500 | Integrity | Communications | Training & Development | Remuneration & Benefits | 7 | - | Raven Biotechnologies South San Francisco, CA | USA | 100 or fewer | Management | Policies & Practices | Integrity | Remuneration & Benefits | 8 | 13 | Lexicon Genetics The Woodlands, TX | USA | 500-1,000 | Integrity | Management | Training & Development | Remuneration & Benefits | 9 | - | Amylin Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA | USA | 1,000-5,000 | Training & Development | Policies & Practices | Research Environment | Remuneration & Benefits | 10 | 28 | Monsanto St. Louis, MO | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Integrity | Research Environment | Job Satisfaction | 11 | 18 | Exelixis South San Francisco, CA | USA | 500-1,000 | Training & Development | Policies & Practices | Job Satisfaction | Remuneration & Benefits | 12 | 33 | AstraZeneca Lund, Sweden | Sweden | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Management | Job Satisfaction | Integrity | 13 | 26 | Bristol-Myers Squibb New York, NY | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Job Satisfaction | Training & Development | Integrity | 14 | 6 | Promega Madison, WI | USA | 500-1,000 | Job Satisfaction | Remuneration & Benefits | Research Environment | Management | 15 | - | GeneDx Gaithersburg, MD | USA | 100 or fewer | Integrity | Management | Training & Development | Remuneration & Benefits | 16 | - | PR Pharmaceuticals Fort Collins, CO | USA | 100 or fewer | Communications | Job Satisfaction | Training & Development | Remuneration & Benefits | 17 | 34 | Novartis East Hanover, NJ | USA | More than 5,000 | Research Environment | Remuneration & Benefits | Management | Job Satisfaction | 18 | - | Otsuka Maryland Medicinal Laboratories Rockville, MD | USA | 100-500 | Research Environment | Management | Training & Development | Remuneration & Benefits | 19 | 34 | Novartis Basel | Switzerland | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Research Environment | Management | Job Satisfaction | 20 | 34 | Novartis Horsham, West Sussex | UK | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Training & Development | Communications | Policies & Practices | 21 | - | Proctor & Gamble Cincinnati, OH | USA | More than 5,000 | Training & Development | Remuneration & Benefits | Research Environment | Management | 22 | - | Cephalon Frazer, PA | USA | 1,000-5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Policies & Practices | Research Environment | Communications | 23 | 32 | Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, NJ | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Communications | Research Environment | Management | 24 | 10 | Pioneer Hi-Bred Johnston, IA | USA | More than 5,000 | Job Satisfaction | Research Environment | Integrity | Communications | 25 | 28 | Monsanto Winnipeg, Manitoba | Canada | More than 5,000 | Training & Development | Management | Job Satisfaction | Remuneration & Benefits | 26 | 34 | Novartis Vienna | Austria | More than 5,000 | Training & Development | Research Environment | Integrity | Remuneration & Benefits | 27 | 35 | Wyeth Madison, NJ | USA | More than 5,000 | Integrity | Management | Job Satisfaction | Policies & Practices | 28 | 33 | AstraZeneca London | UK | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Management | Communications | Policies & Practices | 29 | 50 | Applied Biosystems Foster City, CA | USA | 1,000-5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Communications | Integrity | Job Satisfaction | 30 | - | MedImmune Gaithersburg, MD | USA | 1,000-5,000 | Communications | Policies & Practices | Job Satisfaction | Remuneration & Benefits | 31 | 38 | Sanofi-Aventis Bridgewater, NJ | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Job Satisfaction | Policies & Practices | Communications | 32 | 19 | Pfizer New York, NY | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Training & Development | Policies & Practices | Integrity | 33 | 30 | Bayer Healthcare 3 US locations | USA | More than 5,000 | Job Satisfaction | Integrity | Research Environment | Management | 34 | 23 | Merck and Co. Whitehouse Station, NJ | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Policies & Practices | Job Satisfaction | Integrity | 35 | 27 | Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park, IL | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Management | Communications | Job Satisfaction | 36 | - | Roche Molecular Systems Pleasanton, CA | USA | More than 5,000 | Policies & Practices | Communications | Research Environment | Management | 37 | 40 | Schering-Plough Kenilworth, NJ | USA | More than 5,000 | Integrity | Communications | Job Satisfaction | Training & Development | 38 | 48 | Sigma-Aldrich St. Louis, MO | USA | More than 5,000 | Communications | Policies & Practices | Management | Remuneration & Benefits | 39 | 49 | Invitrogen Carlsbad, CA | USA | 1,000-5,000 | Job Satisfaction | Training & Development | Research Environment | Policies & Practices | 40 | 46 | Eli Lilly Indianapolis, IN | USA | More than 5,000 | Remuneration & Benefits | Training & Development | Job Satisfaction | Integrity |
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