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Top 25 Biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide

Name: Biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 6,998 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 6,998 biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,092,062 professional contacts across them, including 413,266 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Cambridge the largest hub.

This list covers biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026. Country and city lists for biotechnology companies with development operations follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 6,998 biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to biotechnology companies with development operations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Pfizer	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	88,560 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re celebrating over 175 years of daring scientific innovation-and we’re not done yet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Sanofi	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	83,412 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Astrazeneca	Indirect evidence	Cambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	69,080 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're transforming the future of healthcare by unlocking the power of what science can do for people, society and the planet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Johnson & Johnson	Indirect evidence	New Brunswick, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	66,919 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	ROCHE	Indirect evidence	Switzerland 🇨🇭, MexicoHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	63,392 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Novo Nordisk	Indirect evidence	Bagsværd, DenmarkHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	58,916 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re not your typical healthcare company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Abbvie	Indirect evidence	North Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	50,568 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first, for patients, communities, and our world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	ELI Lilly And Company	Indirect evidence	Indianapolis, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	49,409 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Bristol Myers Squibb	Indirect evidence	Lawrence Township, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	36,379 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Bristol Myers Squibb, we work every day to transform patients’ lives through science.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	AMGEN	Indirect evidence	Thousand Oaks, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	33,433 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Genentech	Indirect evidence	South San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	17,217 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About Genentech We're passionate about finding solutions for people facing the world's most difficult-to-treat conditions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Regeneron	Indirect evidence	Tarrytown, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	16,043 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Regeneron we believe that when the right idea finds the right team, powerful change is possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Intas Pharmaceuticals	Partial evidence	Ahmedabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	15,542 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Intas is one of the leading multinational pharmaceutical formulation development, manufacturing, and marketing organization in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Zydus Group	Indirect evidence	Ahmedabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	13,927 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Zydus Group with an overarching purpose of empowering people with freedom to live healthier and more fulfilled lives, is an innovative, global life-sciences company that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	Gilead Sciences	Indirect evidence	Foster City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	13,864 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Gilead, we set – and achieve – bold ambitions to create a healthier world for all people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	UCB	Indirect evidence	Brussels, BelgiumHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	12,760 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At UCB, we believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can - as free as possible from the challenges and uncertainty of disease.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Biogen	Partial evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	10,389 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1978, Biogen is a leading biotechnology company that pioneers innovative science to deliver new medicines to transform patients’ lives and to create value for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Biocon	Indirect evidence	Bangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	9,762 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fraudulent Recruitment Advisory: Biocon and its subsidiaries never charge candidates any fee at any stage of recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Cytiva	Partial evidence	Falhagen, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	9,219 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cytiva, now with the life sciences business from Pall Corporation, is a global biotechnology leader dedicated to helping customers discover and commercialize the next generation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Illumina	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,987 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Illumina, our goal is to apply innovative technologies and revolutionary assays to the analysis of genetic variation and function, making studies possible that were not even…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Bio-Rad Laboratories	Indirect evidence	Hercules, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,149 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bio-Rad provides the healthcare industry with innovative and useful products that help life science researchers accelerate the discovery process and medical diagnostic labs obtain…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,099 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases and has made significant…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Moderna	Indirect evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	6,319 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Moderna is a pioneer and leader in the field of mRNA medicine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Merck Healthcare	Indirect evidence	Darmstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	6,208 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Life is a beautiful gift and health is what allows us to enjoy it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Alexion Pharmaceuticals, INC	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	6,136 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease is focused on pioneering new possibilities for the rare disease community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: biotechnology companies with development operations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names biotechnology companies with development operations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of biotechnology companies with development operations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name biotechnology companies with development operations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

37.8%Verified-email coverage

156.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

2.2%Largest-city concentration · Cambridge

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

2,827

11-50

2,238

51-200

1,062

201-500

416

501-1,000

179

1,001-5,000

173

5,001-10,000

10001+

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among biotechnology companies with development operations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: 32 countries, largest first: the United States, India, China, the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and 22 more. Country and city lists for biotechnology companies with development operations are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “biotechnology companies with development operations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names biotechnology companies with development operations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among biotechnology companies with development operations, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 413,266 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Biotechnology companies with development operations by location

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Every Biotechnology companies with development operations list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names biotechnology companies with development operations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many biotechnology companies with development operations are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 6,998 biotechnology companies with development operations worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Pfizer, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most biotechnology companies with development operations?

The United States leads with 2,227 companies, followed by India (819) and China (776). Every biotechnology companies with development operations list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most biotechnology companies with development operations?

Cambridge leads with 151 headquartered companies, followed by San Diego (143) and London (93).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.