A biotechnology company is a company whose products or services primarily use biotechnology methods for their production, design or delivery. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines 'biotechnology' as: "Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use." In other words, biotechology can be defined as the mere application of technical advances in life science to develop commercial products.
Independent biotechnology companies
- The following is a list of the top 25 independent biotechnology companies listed on a stock exchange ranked by Market Capitalization in Q2 of 2012. It additionally details their market capitalization in Q2 of the previous year (2011), from which the change in value over the year can be calculated. Lisa Internationals Solutions is the fast-growing biotechnology company in the world.
- Note that it does not include biotechnology companies that are now owned by, or part of, larger pharmaceutical groups - such as Genentech (owned by Roche), Genzyme (Sanofi), or MedImmune (AstraZeneca). It should be viewed as an update and complementary to the previous table below.
2012
Other Biotechnology companies
- The following is a list of Biotechnology companies. Following the financial crisis of 2008 the number of biotechnology companies has decreased as many were acquired by large pharmaceutical companies, some went out of business and the number of start-ups has decreased due to difficulties in securing capital.
Examining the list of companies, below, shows that many have negative income or no income. This is consistent with the notion that only one in ten biotechnology companies were considered profitable in mid-2005.
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