Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;179;Microsoft Research Cambridge;GBR;Companies 2;206;Novartis Farma, S.p.A., Italy;ITA;Companies 3;250;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 4;272;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 5;284;Philips Research Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 6;406;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 7;432;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 8;463;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 9;501;NXP Semiconductors;NLD;Companies 10;521;Bayer AG Germany;DEU;Companies 11;537;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 12;561;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 13;612;Sanofi-Aventis, France;FRA;Companies 14;616;Siemens AG;DEU;Companies 15;668;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 16;671;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 17;680;Deutsche Telekom AG;DEU;Companies 18;710;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 19;713;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 20;729;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 21;732;Johnson & Johnson, Belgium;BEL;Companies 22;761;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 23;796;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 24;862;Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo Madrid;ESP;Companies 25;1000;BASF AG;DEU;Companies 26;1018;SAP AG;DEU;Companies 27;1047;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 28;1147;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 29;1333;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 30;1409;GlaxoSmithKline, Italy;ITA;Companies 31;1451;Carl Zeiss AG;DEU;Companies 32;1561;Robert Bosch GmbH;DEU;Companies 33;1774;Qinetiq United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 34;1838;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 35;2007;Seibersdorf Research GmbH;AUT;Companies 36;2494;AIRBUS Germany;DEU;Companies 37;2541;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 38;2919;Rolls-Royce plc;GBR;Companies 39;3077;Electricite de France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 40;3700;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies