1 biomedical sciences factsheet industry statistics for year 2005 bms manufacturing output s 18 0 billion us 11 9 of total value add 2 5 6 figures are based on an exchange rate 00 63 source economic development board manpower cumulative employment as december 10 200 pharmaceutical 3 925 medical technology 275 added per worker million 55 projected biotechnology and healthcare services not available the covers pharmaceuticals leading players world class companies with significant operations in singapore include astrazeneca bristol myers squibb eli lilly glaxosmithkline kaneka lonza merck & co novartis novo nordisk pfizer sanofi aventis schering plough wyeth biotech here a bio pharma agenica albany molecular research boehringer ingelheim cellresearch corp combinatorx cygenics es cell international genelabs diagnostics kooprime proligo lynk biotechnologies merlion miltenyi biotec paradigm therapeutics pharmalogicals protherapeutics psioncology qugen singvax vanda