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# What are the 10 biggest for-profit companies in this field?
=Introduction=
#*How is the market distributed?
#*Where are they located? Are there any incentives for specific locations?
#*Correlate them with their main outputs (Data. Narratives. Tools)
#*Understand and identify cases where these companies are “experimenting” or “adopting” commons-based approaches
#*Identify these cases and treat them as entities that will also be placed in our mapping*device (the quadrants)
#*Identify what companies are the “Microsofts” of the field and what companies are the “IBMs” of the field


Note on outputs: all these companies make their money primarily through developing and patenting drugs. The distinguishing factor seems to be that the largest of these companies produce the drugs themselves, while the smaller ones license these drugs to be produced by larger pharmaceutical companies
The US biotechnology industry includes about 1,000 companies, with combined annual revenue close to $50 billion. Large companies include [http://www.amgen.com/ Amgen], [http://www.monsanto.com/ Monsanto], [http://www.gene.com/gene/index.jsp Genentech], and [http://www.biogenidec.com/ Biogen]. The biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industries overlap considerably, since many drugs are now developed using biotechnology. The industry consists of a few very large companies and many very small ones, and is fragmented by type of product. Most companies have annual sales under $50 million. 


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Industry overview here: [http://bio.org/speeches/pubs/er/statistics.asp Biotechnology Industry Organization]
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| '''2006 Revenue ($m)'''
| '''Headquarters'''
| '''Primary Outputs'''
| '''Instances of Commons-based approaches'''


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Key Industry Statistics
| Amgen
Key Industry Figures 2008
| <div align="center">14268</div>
* Industry Revenue: 85,695.4$Mil
| Thousand Oaks, California
* Revenue Growth: 12.9%
| ten approved drugs for 15 conditions, 23 agents are being tested earlier in the approval pipeline
* Industry Gross Product: 58,539.2 $Mil
| ?
* Number of Establishments: 6,815 Units
* Number of Enterprises: 6,480 Units
* Employment: 341,000 Units
* Exports: 7,251$Mil
* Imports: 2,954.7$Mil
* Total Wages: *20,630.9$Mil
Source: [http://www.ibisworld.com/industry/retail.aspx?indid=2001&chid=1 Ibis World]


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=[[BGP Company Profiles]]=
| Genentech
=[[Publishing Companies with focus on BGP]]=


 
=Navigation=
 
* [[Bibliography for Item 6 in BGP]]<br>
| <div align="center">9284</div>
* [[Biotechnology_-_Genomic_and_Proteomics]]
 
 
 
| South San Francisco
 
 
 
| synthetic human insulin - their first famous product, many others produced using the Boyer-Cohen rDNA process
| ?
 
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| Genzyme
 
 
 
| <div align="center">3187</div>
 
 
 
| Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
 
 
| Cerezyme (treats Gaucher's disease) accounts for 30% of company's revenue
| ?
 
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| Gilead Sciences
 
 
 
| <div align="center">3026</div>
 
 
 
| Foster City, California
| 11 commercial products
 
 
 
| ?
 
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| Biogen Idec
 
 
 
| <div align="center">2683</div>
 
 
 
| Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
 
 
| Treatments for Crohn's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and multiple sclerosis
| ?
 
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| Cephalon
 
 
 
| <div align="center">1764</div>
 
 
 
| Frazer, Pennsylvania
| Specializes in treating neurodegenerative diseases
| ?
 
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| MedImmune
 
 
 
| <div align="center">1277</div>
 
 
 
| Gaithersburg, Maryland
| Only major drug prevents respiratory diseases in infants
| ?
 
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| Celgene
 
 
 
| <div align="center">899</div>
 
 
 
| Summit, New Jersey
 
 
 
| treatments for erythema nodosum leprosum ("ENL") and multiple myeloma
| ?
 
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| Abraxis BioScience
 
 
 
| <div align="center">766</div>
 
 
 
| Los Angeles, California
 
 
 
| uses patented nanoparticle technology to produce products for metastatic breast cancer
| ?
 
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| ImClone Systems
 
 
 
| <div align="center">678</div>
 
 
 
| New York, New York
 
 
 
| acquired by Eli Lilly, tried to produce Erbitux for Colorectal Cancer, but failed to win FDA approval
| ?
 
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 22 April 2010

Introduction

The US biotechnology industry includes about 1,000 companies, with combined annual revenue close to $50 billion. Large companies include Amgen, Monsanto, Genentech, and Biogen. The biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industries overlap considerably, since many drugs are now developed using biotechnology. The industry consists of a few very large companies and many very small ones, and is fragmented by type of product. Most companies have annual sales under $50 million.

Industry overview here: Biotechnology Industry Organization

Key Industry Statistics Key Industry Figures 2008

  • Industry Revenue: 85,695.4$Mil
  • Revenue Growth: 12.9%
  • Industry Gross Product: 58,539.2 $Mil
  • Number of Establishments: 6,815 Units
  • Number of Enterprises: 6,480 Units
  • Employment: 341,000 Units
  • Exports: 7,251$Mil
  • Imports: 2,954.7$Mil
  • Total Wages: *20,630.9$Mil

Source: Ibis World

BGP Company Profiles

Publishing Companies with focus on BGP

Navigation

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