522 ENTREPRENEURSHIP CASE
Region
United States
Europe
Canada
Asia-Pacific
Total
No. of
Listed
Firms
330
98
82
131
641
No. of
Private
Firms
1,114
1,717
390
554
3,775
Total no.
of Biotech
Firms
1,444
1,815
472
685
4,416
Revenue
($ million)
42,740
7,729
2,091
2,052
54,612
R&D Costs
($ million)
15,701
4,151
782
253
20,887
Income/(Loss)
($ million)
(4,317)
(484)
(408)
(94)
(5,303)
Employment
(Number)
137,00 0
25,64 0
7,37 0
13,41 0
183,82 0
SOURCE: Ernst &Young’s “Beyond Borders: Global Biotechnology Report 2005,” http://www.epraire.com/news/vnews, referenced
July 29, 2005.
EXHIBIT 2 GlobalBiotech Firms: Number, Revenue, Income, and Employment By Region, 200 4
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Company
Amgen
Genentech
Biogen Idec
Genzyme
Applied Biosystems
Priority Healthcare
Chiron
Accredo Health
Gilead Sciences
Medimmune
Biovail
Millenium Pharmaceuticals
Imclone Systems
Biocon
Nektar Therapeutics
Caliper Life Sciences
Celera Genomics
Diversa Corp
Exelixis
Incyte
Country
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Canada
USA
USA
India
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
2004 Sales
(US $million)
10,600
4,620
2,200
2,200
1,740
1,740
1,700
1,500
1,300
1,120
886
448
389
165
114
80
60
58
53
14
EXHIBIT 1 Top 20 Global Biotech Firms
SOURCE: Received from editor of Biospectrum Magazine.