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BeiGene was founded in late 2010 by John V. Oyler, [ 10] an American entrepreneur who serves as the company's chief executive officer and chairman, [ 29] alongside Xiaodong Wang, A Chinese American biochemist. Oyler and Wang envisioned a global multinational biopharmaceutical company focusing on cancer treatment. [ 10]
Genentech was founded by venture capitalist Robert A. Swanson and biochemist Dr. Herbert W. Boyer. After a meeting in 1976, the two decided to start a biotechnology company, Genentech. Although the two confidently assert that it was the first biotech company, others clearly came before, including Cetus Corporation which was founded in 1971.
The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by market capitalization in billion US dollars. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to their relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
554 [ 1] Parent. Quest Diagnostics. Website. www .celera .com. Celera Corporation is a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics which focuses on genetic sequencing and related technologies. It was founded in 1998 as a business unit of Applera, spun off into an independent company in 2008, and finally acquired by Quest Diagnostics in 2011. [ 2]
CRISPR Therapeutics AG is a Swiss–American biotechnology company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. It was one of the first companies formed to utilize the CRISPR gene editing platform to develop medicines for the treatment of various rare and common diseases. [ 2][ 3] The company has approximately 500 employees and has offices in Zug ...
Authentic Brands Group. Website. www .luckybrand .com. Lucky Brand is an American denim company founded in Vernon, California in 1990 by Gene Montesano and Barry Perlman. [ 1] Lucky also produces other apparel, including activewear, outerwear, T-shirts, and professional attire. In 2020, Lucky Brand filed for bankruptcy.
Kellogg says the Kellanova name is meant to tie back to the heritage of the company while also signaling a new era of growth in a still-surging snacks industry. Shares of Kellanova fell 7% on the ...
Ginkgo Bioworks is an American biotech company founded in 2008 by five scientists from MIT, [3] headed by Jason Kelly. The company specializes in using genetic engineering to produce bacteria with industrial applications for other biotech companies, saving other companies the cost of reproducing the initial stages of design in synthetic biology.