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EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboards 2011

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R&D changes driven by Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)The growth in R&D investment may either be organic or driven by M&As, or itmay be a combination of the two. M&As (or demergers) may take place withinor between regions/sectors and can significantly impact the ranking ofcompanies in the Scoreboard. While acquisitions are not systematicallycaptured in the Scoreboard, some examples that significantly affect companiesin the top positions are provided below (additional information on othercompanies can be found in Annex 3).Table 3.Merger & Acquisition activity involving Scoreboard companies.<strong>EU</strong>/non-<strong>EU</strong> rankCompany which acquired(R&D investment 2010)Company which was acquired(R&D investment 2009*)2 Pfizer, USA (€7000mn) Thiakis, UK (€5mn)14 Cisco Systems, USA (€3900mn)Tandberg, Norway (€8mn) andStarent Networks, USA (€36mn)19 SAP, Germany (€1700mn) Sybase, USA (€128mn)23 Canon, Japan (€2900mn) Oce, The Netherlands (€218mn)25 Merck, Germany (€1400mn) Millipore, USA. (€79mn)28 Vivendi, France (€1100mn) Activision Blizzard, USA (€436mn)28 Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA (€2700mn) Zymogenetics, USA (€69mn)32 Hewlett-Packard, USA (€2200mn)3Com (€125mn), Palm (€124mn) and3Par (€33mn), all from the USA54 Shire, UK (500mn) Movetis, The Netherlands (€9mn)62 Honeywell, USA (€1100mn) Sperian Protection, France (€€13mn)63 Sumitomo Chemical, Japan (€1100mn) Sepracor, USA (€172mn)64 Covidien, Ireland (€300mn) Ev3, USA (€34mn)79 Celgene, USA (€800mn) Abraxis Biosciences, USA (€108mn)93 Schlumberger, USA (€700mn) Smith International, USA (€98mn)*as stated in the 2010 ScoreboardSource: The <strong>2011</strong> and 2010 <strong>EU</strong> <strong>Industrial</strong> R&D <strong>Investment</strong> <strong>Scoreboards</strong>.European Commission, JRC/DG RTD19The <strong>2011</strong> <strong>EU</strong> <strong>Industrial</strong> R&D <strong>Investment</strong> Scoreboard 19

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