| 2020 Rank | 2019 Rank | Employer (Global HQ) |
| 1 | 2 | Regeneron (Tarrytown, NY) |
| 2 | 3 | Incyte (Wilmington, DE) |
| 3 | 1 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA) |
| 4 | 10 | Syngenta (Basel, Switzerland) |
| 5 | 6 | Biocon Limited (Bangalore, India) |
| 6 | 4 | Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) |
| 7 | 20 | Novo Nordisk (Bagsværd, Denmark) |
| 8 | 12 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Boston, MA) |
| 9 | 11 | Moderna (Cambridge, MA) |
| 10 | 5 | Spark Therapeutics (Philadelphia, PA) |