Dow Jones Biotechnology Companies With Biggest Workforce

Number Of Employees
Number Of EmployeesEfficiencyMarket RiskExp Return
1ABBV AbbVie Inc
50 K
(0.10)
 2.08 
(0.21)
2AMGN Amgen Inc
26.7 K
(0.10)
 1.68 
(0.17)
3CRL Charles River Laboratories
20.4 K
(0.04)
 2.88 
(0.11)
4GILD Gilead Sciences
18 K
 0.10 
 1.54 
 0.16 
5REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
14.16 K
(0.20)
 1.68 
(0.34)
6ILMN Illumina
10.59 K
(0.07)
 2.39 
(0.17)
7BIIB Biogen Inc
7.57 K
(0.19)
 1.43 
(0.28)
8VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals
5.4 K
(0.04)
 2.31 
(0.09)
9OPK Opko Health
3.93 K
 0.01 
 1.94 
 0.02 
10BMRN Biomarin Pharmaceutical
3.4 K
(0.04)
 1.60 
(0.06)
11TECH Bio Techne Corp
3.1 K
(0.01)
 2.18 
(0.03)
12RDUS Schnitzer Steel Industries
3.01 K
(0.07)
 5.03 
(0.33)
13MYGN Myriad Genetics
2.7 K
(0.21)
 2.53 
(0.52)
14INCY Incyte
2.52 K
(0.01)
 2.14 
(0.03)
15ALKS Alkermes Plc
2.1 K
 0.17 
 1.95 
 0.33 
16ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
2.1 K
 0.02 
 2.73 
 0.06 
17NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences
1.7 K
 0.26 
 1.50 
 0.39 
18NVAX Novavax
1.54 K
 0.01 
 4.57 
 0.04 
19RARE Ultragenyx
1.28 K
(0.09)
 2.54 
(0.24)
20UTHR United Therapeutics
1.17 K
(0.04)
 1.88 
(0.08)
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Number of Employees shows the total number of permanent full time and part time employees working for a given company and processed through its payroll. Employee typically refers to an individual working under a contract of employment, whether oral or written, express or implied, and has recognized his or her rights and duties. Most officers of corporations are included as employees and contractors are generally excluded.