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Top 25 Drug development and research companies worldwide

Name: Drug development and research companies worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 8,564 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 8,564 drug development and research companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,072,178 professional contacts across them, including 327,489 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Hyderabad the largest hub.

This list covers drug development and research companies 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 19, 2026. Country and city lists for drug development and research companies 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest drug development and research companies worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 8,564 drug development and research companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drug development and research companies: 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 19, 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 19, 2026
2	ROCHE	Indirect evidence	Switzerland 🇨🇭, MexicoHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
3	Novo Nordisk	Indirect evidence	Bagsværd, DenmarkHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	58,916 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re not your typical healthcare company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	ELI Lilly And Company	Indirect evidence	Indianapolis, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
5	AMGEN	Indirect evidence	Thousand Oaks, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
6	Takeda	Indirect evidence	Tokyo, IL, JapanHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	29,414 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We all want a healthier future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine	Indirect evidence	Titusville, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	26,637 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we innovate with purpose, to lead where medicine is going.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Icon PLC	Strong evidence	Dublin, JapanHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	26,555 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, JapanHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	25,650 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1984, we are a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Hyderabad, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	PPD	Strong evidence	Waltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	20,530 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The PPD™ clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, enables customers to accelerate innovation and drug development through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Genentech	Indirect evidence	South San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
12	Regeneron	Indirect evidence	Tarrytown, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
13	Viatris	Indirect evidence	Pittsburgh, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	16,036 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Viatris Inc.(Nasdaq: VTRS) is a global healthcare company whose mission is to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Charles River Laboratories	Indirect evidence	Wilmington, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	14,166 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Charles River, we are guided by our strong purpose-to create healthier lives-which centers around the patients who rely on the therapeutics we help to develop, the animals in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Zydus Group	Indirect evidence	Ahmedabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
16	Gilead Sciences	Indirect evidence	Foster City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
17	Alkem Laboratories LTD	Indirect evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	12,789 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A single idea, which sprouts from a human mind, contains the potential to create marvels that can influence generations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Glenmark Pharmaceuticals	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	12,536 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited is a research-led, global organization committed to enriching lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Servier	Indirect evidence	Suresnes, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	10,958 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Servier is an independent international pharmaceutical group governed by a foundation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Biogen	Indirect evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	10,389 contacts →
	Indirect 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 19, 2026
21	Torrent Pharmaceuticals LTD	Indirect evidence	Ahmedabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	10,145 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Torrent Pharma, with annual revenues of more than Rs 11,500 crores, is the flagship Company of the Torrent Group, with group revenues of Rs crores.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Syngene International Limited	Strong evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,064 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Syngene International Ltd.(BSE: 539268, NSE: SYNGENE, ISIN: INE398R01022) is an integrated research, development, and manufacturing services company serving the global…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited	Indirect evidence	Ahmedabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,760 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by Shri I.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Ajanta Pharma LTD	Indirect evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	7,360 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ajanta Pharma Limited is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	MSN Laboratories	Partial evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	7,225 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MSN Group is one of the fastest-growing, research-based and fully integrated pharmaceutical companies based out of Hyderabad, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: drug development and research companies. 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 drug development and research companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of drug development and research companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name drug development and research companies. 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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Drug development and research companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

30.5%Verified-email coverage

125.2Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

1.9%Largest-city concentration · Hyderabad

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,098

11-50

2,626

51-200

1,422

201-500

593

501-1,000

294

1,001-5,000

319

5,001-10,000

10001+

120

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 drug development and research companies, 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: Every country. Country and city lists for drug development and research companies are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “drug development and research companies”. 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 drug development and research companies), 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 drug development and research companies, 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, 327,489 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 19, 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.

Drug development and research companies by location

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Every Drug development and research companies 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 drug development and research companies, 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 drug development and research companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 8,564 drug development and research companies 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 drug development and research companies?

The United States leads with 1,862 companies, followed by India (1,358) and China (654). Every drug development and research companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most drug development and research companies?

Hyderabad leads with 161 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (115) and Ahmedabad (92).

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 19, 2026.

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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.