5 Fastest Growing Biotech Companies in the US

2. Seagen Inc. (NASDAQ: SGEN)

Headquarters: Bothell, Washington

No. of employees:  1,605

Revenue (2018): $654.7 million

Revenue (2019): $916 million

Founded in 1997 and previously recognized as Seattle Genetics, Inc., Seagen Inc. is a biotechnology company that focuses on conjugating drugs and antibodies to fight against cancer. Its flagship products include ADCETRIS for the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma or CD30-positive T-cell lymphomas; PADCEV for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancers and TUKYSA for treatment of certain metastatic HER2-positive breast cancers.

The company is also advancing a pipeline of new therapies for blood-related cancers and solid tumors. It has collaborations with Genentech, Millennium, Celldex Therapeutics, Inc., PSMA Development Company LLC and Genmab A/S.