Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;126;Microsoft Research Cambridge;GBR;Companies 2;207;Novartis Farma, S.p.A., Italy;ITA;Companies 3;234;Philips Research Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 4;257;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 5;273;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 6;301;GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium;BEL;Companies 7;377;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 8;434;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 9;438;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 10;503;Bayer AG Germany;DEU;Companies 11;531;Sanofi-Aventis, France;FRA;Companies 12;539;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 13;549;NXP Semiconductors;NLD;Companies 14;554;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 15;602;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 16;665;Johnson & Johnson, Belgium;BEL;Companies 17;668;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 18;701;Siemens AG;DEU;Companies 19;708;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 20;710;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 21;730;Deutsche Telekom AG;DEU;Companies 22;757;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 23;826;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 24;846;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 25;851;Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo Madrid;ESP;Companies 26;1027;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 27;1066;SAP AG;DEU;Companies 28;1070;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 29;1101;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 30;1245;BASF AG;DEU;Companies 31;1492;Carl Zeiss AG;DEU;Companies 32;1574;Qinetiq United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 33;1643;Robert Bosch GmbH;DEU;Companies 34;1733;Bruker Corporation;DEU;Companies 35;1907;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 36;2062;Seibersdorf Research GmbH;AUT;Companies 37;2556;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 38;2837;AIRBUS Germany;DEU;Companies 39;2839;BMW AG;DEU;Companies 40;2932;Rolls-Royce plc;GBR;Companies 41;3219;Electricite de France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 42;3492;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies