FEATURE
Best Places to Work 2006: Industry

Top Small Companies (5,000 employees or less)
Rank in 2006
Rank in 2005
 Name/Location Type
No. of R&D employees
Total No. of New Jobs in 2005
2005 Net Income
 Significant developments
in the past year
(among large companies)
1
1
 Tec Laboratories, USA Skin defense products
11
3
private
 Introduced Tecnu Extreme Poison Ivy Scrub
2
2
 Transform Pharmaceuticals, USA Pharmaceutical
86
23
N/A
 Acquired by Johnson & Johnson
3
3
 Infinity Pharmaceuticals, USA Pharmaceutical
90
22
private
 Formed alliance with Novartis involving cancer drug candidates
4
6
 Asterand, USA Tissue-based services
30
18
$2.4 million (2004)
 Merged with Pharmagene
5
-
 Raven Biotechnologies, USA Biotechnology
48
8
none
 Started phase I clinical trials for lead drug RAV12
6
8
 Lexicon Genetics, USA Biopharmaceutical
635
21
($36.3 million)
Formed alliance with Genetech
7
-
 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, USA Pharmaceutical
510
550
($206 million)
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