Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;85;Microsoft Research Cambridge;GBR;Companies 2;218;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 3;225;Philips Research Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 4;267;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 5;302;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 6;433;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 7;448;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 8;451;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 9;460;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 10;489;Sanofi-Aventis, France;FRA;Companies 11;504;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 12;506;Bayer AG Germany;DEU;Companies 13;558;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 14;644;Johnson & Johnson, Belgium;BEL;Companies 15;658;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 16;683;NXP Semiconductors;NLD;Companies 17;700;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 18;706;Siemens AG;DEU;Companies 19;728;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 20;791;Deutsche Telekom AG;DEU;Companies 21;830;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 22;893;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 23;897;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 24;1093;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 25;1128;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 26;1144;SAP AG;DEU;Companies 27;1210;BASF AG;DEU;Companies 28;1313;Qinetiq United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 29;1475;Carl Zeiss AG;DEU;Companies 30;1804;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 31;1907;Robert Bosch GmbH;DEU;Companies 32;2147;Seibersdorf Research GmbH;AUT;Companies 33;2660;BMW AG;DEU;Companies 34;2710;AIRBUS Germany;DEU;Companies 35;2719;Rolls-Royce plc;GBR;Companies 36;3001;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 37;3019;Electricite de France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 38;3150;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies