| Top Large Companies (more than 5,000 employees) | 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 | 3 | Amgen, USA | Biotechnology | 12,500
(all depts) | 1755
(US and Puerto Rico) | $3.1 billion
(2004) | Acquired Abgenix | | 2 | 1 | Genentech, USA | Biotechnology | 9,500
(all depts) | 1,500 | $6.6 billion | Acquired BioGen Idec's NIMO biologics manufacturing facility | | 3 | 9 | Monsanto, USA | Agricultural biotechnology | 1,900 | N/A | $6.3 billion
(global) | Acquired Seminis, Inc. and Emergent Genetics, Inc.; donated 700 metric tons of hybrid corn seeds to Malawi | | 4 | 12 | AstraZeneca, Sweden | Pharmaceutical | 5,000 | 95 | $6.5 billion
(global) | Acquired Kudos Pharmaceuticals, hired new CEO David Brennan | | 5 | 7 | Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA | Pharmaceutical | 5,000 | N/A | $3.0 billion | FDA approved three drugs: Baraclude, Orenicia,... | |
