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Top 25 Rare disease treatment companies worldwide

RevenueBase identified 619 rare disease treatment companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 59,496 professional contacts across them, including 28,369 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Boston the largest hub.

This list covers rare disease treatment 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 21, 2026. Country and city lists for rare disease treatment 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 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
619Companies
59,496Contacts tracked
28,369Verified emails
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The 25 largest rare disease treatment companies worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 619 rare disease treatment companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to rare disease treatment 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSouth San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+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 21, 2026
2Strong evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0006,136 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease is focused on pioneering new possibilities for the rare disease community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSan Rafael, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0003,943 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1997, BioMarin is a global biotechnology company dedicated to transforming lives through genetic discovery.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Indirect evidenceDublin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0003,593 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ), is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Strong evidenceStockholm, SwedenHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,561 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sobi is a global biopharma company unlocking the potential of breakthrough innovations, transforming everyday life for people living with rare diseases.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Indirect evidenceNovato, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,556 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Leading with purpose.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Partial evidenceBridgewater Township, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,512 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Insmed is a people-rst global biopharmaceutical company striving to deliver rst- and best-in-class therapies to transform the lives of patients facing serious diseases.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Strong evidenceWarren, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,0001,212 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PTC is a patient-centered biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing & commercializing medicine for children and adults living with rare and serious disease.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Strong evidenceLeiden, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500976 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Pharming Group is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Indirect evidencePalo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000837 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We exist to bring transformative medicines to people living with genetic conditions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000709 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Partner of choice in specialty, hospital, and rare disease medicines ADVANZ PHARMA is a global pharmaceutical company with the purpose to improve patients’ lives by providing the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Partial evidencePasadena, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000657 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage, Nasdaq listed (ticker ARWR) company developing medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidencePrinceton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000625 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(Nasdaq: ANIP) is a diversified biopharmaceutical company committed to its mission of “Serving Patients, Improving Lives" by developing, manufacturing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Strong evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000603 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Agios is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to redefining the future of rare disease treatment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Strong evidencePittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000582 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PANTHERx Rare makes rare disease care more hyper-personalized and less overwhelming by focusing relentlessly on each patient and each therapy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Strong evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500491 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Our mission is to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease.#InRareForLife Community Guidelines…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17Strong evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500411 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is a global, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare neuroendocrine diseases by rapidly advancing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMaple Grove, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200395 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Upsher‑Smith is the commercial arm of the Bora Group, focused on developing, marketing, and distributing pharmaceutical products that make a real difference for patients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Indirect evidenceStamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500392 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SpringWorks Therapeutics, a healthcare company of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients with…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20Strong evidenceFoster City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500374 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Mirum Pharmaceuticals is a leading rare disease company with a global footprint of approved products and a broad pipeline of investigational medicines.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21Indirect evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000372 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Takeda UK and Ireland, we are guided by an unwavering commitment to put the patient first in everything we do.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22Partial evidenceLexington, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500365 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kiniksa is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating diseases by discovering, acquiring, developing, and commercializing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Strong evidenceWaltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500326 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sobi is an international specialty healthcare company dedicated to developing treatments and extensive patient support networks for people with rare and difficult to treat…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24Indirect evidenceAnn Arbor, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500313 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25Strong evidenceWaltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500282 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Viridian is a biopharmaceutical company focused on engineering and developing potential best-in-class medicines for patients with serious and rare diseases.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Rare disease treatment companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
47.7%Verified-email coverage
96.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
2.6%Largest-city concentration · Boston
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
256
11-50
197
51-200
93
201-500
35
501-1,000
19
1,001-5,000
15
10001+
2

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 rare disease treatment 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 rare disease treatment companies are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “rare disease treatment 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 rare disease treatment 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 rare disease treatment 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, 28,369 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 21, 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.

Rare disease treatment companies by location

3 lists · largest first

Every Rare disease treatment 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 rare disease treatment 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 rare disease treatment companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 619 rare disease treatment 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?

Genentech, headquartered in South San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most rare disease treatment companies?

The United States leads with 244 companies, followed by France (28) and the United Kingdom (25). Every rare disease treatment companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most rare disease treatment companies?

Boston leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Cambridge (10) and New York (10).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 28,369 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 619 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 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.