Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;187;Novartis Farma, S.p.A., Italy;ITA;Companies 2;278;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 3;338;Philips Research Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 4;379;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 5;423;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 6;456;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 7;482;Bruker Corporation;DEU;Companies 8;488;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 9;519;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 10;532;GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium;BEL;Companies 11;555;Microsoft Research Cambridge;GBR;Companies 12;568;Bayer AG Germany;DEU;Companies 13;600;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 14;664;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 15;687;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 16;771;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 17;798;Siemens AG;DEU;Companies 18;816;BASF AG;DEU;Companies 19;939;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 20;942;Hoffmann-La Roche, GmbH., Germany;DEU;Companies 21;1178;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 22;1209;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 23;1428;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 24;1467;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 25;1595;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 26;1746;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 27;1919;SAP AG;DEU;Companies 28;2003;Robert Bosch GmbH;DEU;Companies 29;2096;BMW AG;DEU;Companies 30;2267;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 31;2482;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 32;3275;Electricite de France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 33;4000;Syngenta, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 34;4193;Rolls-Royce plc;GBR;Companies 35;4669;BMJ Group;GBR;Companies 36;4743;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies