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Interesting. It appears that many of these companies are also biopharmaceuticals. What exactly is the difference between a biotech and a pharma then? Are biotechs more involved in drug discovery as opposed to drug development? Also, are there any patterns in this list that illustrate what types of activity are "hot" in the industry?

If we need to find out the difference in biotech companies and pharmacy companies then we need to look into the way both works. Biotech companies are mainly involved in activities related to genetic material of animals, plant and microorganism as well as the biochemical pathways and related disorders and diseases. The intension of this is to apply the discovered knowledge. Biotech companies tend to co-relate knowledge of genotype for application in phenotypic development. Also at the same time finding the ways by which new chemical compound or bio-molecules structure or proteins can be synthesized. By doing so biotech companies develops new drugs or bio-molecules which can be useful to treat any disease or disorders. More or less it is a research activity which is applied for well being of mankind. At the same time Biotech activities are not restricted to health care industries only but can also be applied in various fields like petroleum industries, beverages, in agriculture & environmental optimisation.Pharmaceutical companies have different way of working, they are mainly involved in production of pharmaceutical drugs and semi-synthetic antibiotics. While doing so they research & do clinical trials for reducing the side effect of the known drugs or new bimolecule. Pharmaceuticals look for innovative ways to reduce the cost of manufacturing and get their drugs approved from regulatory authorities. They also do marketing to get the higher profits from their business. In today’s modern word, both biotech and pharmaceuticals companies are working together to find more efficient ways to discover and develop new drugs, proteins & bio-molecule. Therefore biotechnology and pharmaceuticals are two sides of one coin !