Dow Jones Biotechnology Companies With Biggest Workforce

Number Of Employees
Number Of EmployeesEfficiencyMarket RiskExp Return
1ABBV AbbVie Inc
55 K
 0.19 
 1.25 
 0.24 
2AMGN Amgen Inc
28 K
(0.05)
 1.61 
(0.08)
3CRL Charles River Laboratories
18.7 K
 0.02 
 2.54 
 0.06 
4GILD Gilead Sciences
17.6 K
 0.04 
 1.76 
 0.07 
5REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
15.18 K
 0.08 
 1.64 
 0.13 
6ILMN Illumina
8.97 K
 0.05 
 2.24 
 0.11 
7BIIB Biogen Inc
7.61 K
 0.09 
 1.98 
 0.18 
8VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals
6.1 K
(0.05)
 3.03 
(0.16)
9TECH Bio Techne Corp
3.1 K
 0.01 
 2.82 
 0.03 
10BMRN Biomarin Pharmaceutical
3.04 K
(0.03)
 1.81 
(0.05)
11MYGN Myriad Genetics
2.7 K
 0.11 
 6.84 
 0.75 
12INCY Incyte
2.62 K
 0.12 
 2.25 
 0.27 
13ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
2.23 K
 0.27 
 2.57 
 0.70 
14NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences
1.8 K
 0.13 
 1.69 
 0.22 
15ALKS Alkermes Plc
1.8 K
(0.05)
 2.32 
(0.11)
16UTHR United Therapeutics
1.3 K
 0.14 
 4.60 
 0.64 
17RARE Ultragenyx
1.29 K
(0.06)
 4.07 
(0.23)
18IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals
1.07 K
 0.22 
 4.98 
 1.09 
19NVAX Novavax
952
 0.08 
 4.41 
 0.36 
20ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
653
 0.06 
 1.96 
 0.12 
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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.