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Table 2 Top 10 converging assignees in the global pharmaceutical industry (China vs. the United States)

From: Diffusion, convergence and influence of pharmaceutical innovations: a comparative study of Chinese and U.S. patents

Ranking

Assignee name (China)

% of 15,422

Assignee name (U.S.)

% of 28,075

1

Zhejiang University

0.73

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

1.75

2

Jiangnan University

0.53

University of California

1.03

3

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

0.37

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

0.88

4

Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry

0.34

Inserm Inst Nat Sante & Rech Medicale

0.53

5

China Pharmaceutical University

0.33

Novartis AG

0.50

6

Shandong New Hope LIUHE Group Co. Ltd.

0.32

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH

0.49

7

Jinan University

0.32

Harvard College

0.47

8

Nanjing Guangkangxie BioPharma Co. Ltd.

0.32

University of Texas System

0.47

9

Qingdao Municipal Hospital

0.31

Roche Diagnostics GmbH

0.46

10

Shandong University

0.27

Johns Hopkins University

0.45