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Science/Science Careers' survey ranks top biotech, pharma, and biopharma employers

Business Announcement

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

The Science and Science Careers' 2016 annual Top Employers Survey polled employees in the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, and related industries to determine the 20 best employers in these industries as well as their driving characteristics. Respondents to the web-based survey were asked to rate companies based on 23 characteristics, including financial strength, easy adaptation to change, and a research-driven environment.

This year, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of Tarrytown, New York, receives the top honor in a ranking of the world's most respected biopharmaceutical employers. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals tops this year's list, reinforcing its dominance as it has been ranked first or second place for the last six years. It received this accolade due to its focus on innovation, teamwork, and proper maintenance of a work-life balance. The rankings, determined from a study conducted by an independent research firm commissioned by the AAAS Office of Publishing, will appear in the 28 October 2016 issue of Science and online at ScienceCareers.org on October 27 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time.

Like Science and Science Careers' previous rankings of biopharma employers, the 2016 survey sought to identify the companies with the best reputations as employers, based on 5,984 survey responses from readers of Science and other survey invitees. Survey participants came from North America (56%), Europe (28%), and Asia/Pacific Rim (12%); 93% work in biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, and pharmaceutical companies.

Survey responses were analyzed by The Brighton Consulting Group, which used a mathematical process to assign a unique score to rate each company's employer reputation. Each company received a ranking, for example, on the basis of whether it treats its employees with respect, whether its work-culture values align with employees' personal values, and other factors.

For the complete feature along with individual company rankings, go to sciencecareers.org/TopEmployers2016, which will be live beginning 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time on October 27, 2016.

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