Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;112;Microsoft Research Cambridge;GBR;Companies 2;329;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 3;528;NXP Semiconductors;NLD;Companies 4;596;Philips Research Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 5;622;Novartis Farma, S.p.A., Italy;ITA;Companies 6;686;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 7;735;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 8;824;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 9;853;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 10;883;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 11;973;Sanofi-Aventis, France;FRA;Companies 12;1007;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 13;1087;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 14;1119;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 15;1180;Bayer AG Germany;DEU;Companies 16;1213;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 17;1250;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 18;1289;SAP AG;DEU;Companies 19;1345;Johnson & Johnson, Belgium;BEL;Companies 20;1367;Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo Madrid;ESP;Companies 21;1394;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 22;1445;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 23;1502;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 23;1502;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 25;1537;Deutsche Telekom AG;DEU;Companies 26;1835;Carl Zeiss AG;DEU;Companies 27;1896;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 28;1914;Siemens AG;DEU;Companies 29;1934;BASF AG;DEU;Companies 30;2068;GlaxoSmithKline, Italy;ITA;Companies 31;2275;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 32;2434;Seibersdorf Research GmbH;AUT;Companies 33;2598;Qinetiq United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 34;2633;Rolls-Royce plc;GBR;Companies 35;2647;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 36;2829;Electricite de France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 37;2939;Robert Bosch GmbH;DEU;Companies 38;3282;AIRBUS Germany;DEU;Companies 39;3403;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies 40;3561;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies