Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;17;Alphabet Inc *;MUL;Companies 2;24;Samsung Corp *;MUL;Companies 3;34;Merck *;MUL;Companies 4;74;BASF, Germany;DEU;Companies 5;89;BASF Group *;MUL;Companies 6;93;AstraZeneca *;MUL;Companies 7;123;DowDupont *;MUL;Companies 8;130;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 9;154;F Hoffmann-La Roche *;MUL;Companies 10;161;Boehringer Ingelheim *;MUL;Companies 11;170;Novartis *;MUL;Companies 12;173;Bayer *;MUL;Companies 13;179;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 14;208;Translational Research Institute;AUS;Companies 15;223;Nestle Switzerland;CHE;Companies 16;248;Nestle *;MUL;Companies 17;256;IBM Research *;MUL;Companies 18;268;Syngenta *;MUL;Companies 19;269;China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation *;CHN;Companies 20;287;Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;CHN;Companies 21;307;Novo Nordisk *;MUL;Companies 22;315;Sumitomo Group *;MUL;Companies 23;317;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 24;337;Bayer Corp, USA;USA;Companies 25;350;Shell *;MUL;Companies 26;363;Danone *;MUL;Companies 27;394;Syngenta, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 27;394;China National Petroleum Corp *;CHN;Companies 29;398;Bayer AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 30;412;Danone Nederland BV;NLD;Companies 31;434;Plant and Food Research;NZL;Companies 32;436;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 33;497;Unilever *;MUL;Companies 34;562;PetroChina Co Ltd;CHN;Companies 35;566;Corteva;MUL;Companies 36;573;Corteva, USA;USA;Companies 37;583;RTI Health Solutions;USA;Companies 38;618;GNS Science;NZL;Companies 39;627;Manipal Global Education Group *;MUL;Companies