Science announced the results of its annual Top Employers survey. After placing second last year, Genentech [1] once again claimed the top spot for the sixth year. Missouri-based Monsanto climbed six spots to come in at number two this year, with Genzyme rounding out the top three.

The annual web-based survey, now in its seventh year, polls employees of biotech, biopharma and pharmaceutical companies, as well as related industries. Respondents rate companies on 23 factors, which include work culture, innovation, financial strength and ability to adapt to change.

Although the majority of respondents were North American employees, a number of companies with headquarters elsewhere made the list. The top 10 were rounded out by:

• Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
• Schering-Plough
• Roche (Switzerland)
• EMD Serono
• Millenium: The Takeda Oncology Company
• Gilead Sciences
• Eli Lilly

- read the Science release [2]
- here's the complete top 20 list [3] (.pdf)
- check out the article [4] for what the CEOs had to say

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