Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;53;Microsoft Research Cambridge;GBR;Companies 2;352;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 3;400;Philips Research Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 4;509;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 5;536;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 6;628;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 7;685;NXP Semiconductors;NLD;Companies 8;739;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 9;759;Sanofi-Aventis, France;FRA;Companies 10;863;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 11;891;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 12;930;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 13;965;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 14;1020;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 15;1034;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 16;1123;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 17;1248;Bayer AG Germany;DEU;Companies 18;1426;Johnson & Johnson, Belgium;BEL;Companies 19;1445;SAP AG;DEU;Companies 20;1447;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 21;1562;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 22;1639;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 23;1658;Deutsche Telekom AG;DEU;Companies 24;1712;Qinetiq United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 25;1973;Siemens AG;DEU;Companies 26;1994;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 27;2023;BASF AG;DEU;Companies 28;2225;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 29;2363;Rolls-Royce plc;GBR;Companies 30;2493;Seibersdorf Research GmbH;AUT;Companies 31;2581;Carl Zeiss AG;DEU;Companies 32;2589;Robert Bosch GmbH;DEU;Companies 33;2784;Electricite de France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 34;2789;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 35;2891;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies 36;2910;AIRBUS Germany;DEU;Companies 37;2946;BMW AG;DEU;Companies 38;2953;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies