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Top 25 Cancer drug developers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 879 cancer drug developers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 156,563 professional contacts across them, including 54,986 with verified work emails. San Diego is the largest hub.

This list covers cancer drug developers headquartered in the United States, 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.

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.

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The 25 largest cancer drug developers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 879 cancer drug developers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to cancer drug developers: 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 evidenceThousand Oaks, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+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
2Indirect evidenceTitusville, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+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
3Indirect evidenceSouth San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 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 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceFoster City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+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
5Indirect evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,00010,389 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
6Indirect evidenceBasking Ridge, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+3,973 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Daiichi Sankyo, we create essential medicine for longer, better lives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNutley, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,570 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Eisai Inc, human health care (hhc) is our goal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a2,135 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Effective March 17, 2025, The U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSummit, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,098 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We have merged with Bristol Myers Squibb creating a leading biopharma company, ideally positioned to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines for patients fighting…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,578 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We aspire to create, improve and prolong life for people living with difficult-to-treat conditions like infertility, multiple sclerosis and cancer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceAlameda, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,426 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Every Exelixis employee is united in an ambitious cause: to transform science into new treatments that give cancer patients and their families hope for the future.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceRedwood City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000879 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Revolutionaries – passionate in our singular pursuit of discovering, developing and delivering innovative, targeted medicines for patients living with cancer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000868 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) is one of the world’s leading oncology research organizations, conducting community-based clinical trials.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBothell, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000857 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Seagen is now part of Pfizer!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Partial evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000816 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Following the merger of long-time partners, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance to form Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, this page will no longer…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000677 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Menarini Group ("Menarini"), a leading Italian pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, and Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.("Stemline"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Menarini…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidencePasadena, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000657 contacts →

Indirect 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 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSeal Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000637 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dendreon is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company and pioneer in the development of immunotherapy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceHayward, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000632 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Arcus Biosciences is a rapidly growing, clinical-stage, global biopharmaceutical company developing differentiated molecules and combination medicines that may have the potential…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLouisville, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000630 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Onco360 is recognized as one of the nation's leading independent specialty pharmacies dedicated exclusively to oncology and rare disease patients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceWaltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500482 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Deciphera, a member of Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd, is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and delivering novel, innovative medicines to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000441 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Crown Bioscience, a JSR Life Sciences company, is a global contract research organization (CRO) providing discovery, preclinical, and translational platforms to advance oncology…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceMillbrae, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500423 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eikon Therapeutics is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company advancing a pipeline of potential therapies for patients with unmet medical needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceRockville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500408 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MacroGenics is a leader in the discovery and development of innovative medicines that utilize our next generation antibody-based technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidencePrinceton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500405 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The mission of Taiho Oncology, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Cancer drug developers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
35.1%Verified-email coverage
178.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
8.3%Largest-city concentration · San Diego
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
381
11-50
282
51-200
127
201-500
39
501-1,000
23
1,001-5,000
13
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
8

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 879 companies.

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 cancer drug developers, 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “cancer drug developers”. 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 cancer drug developers), 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 cancer drug developers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 54,986 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.

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 cancer drug developers, 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 cancer drug developers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 879 cancer drug developers headquartered in the United States 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?

AMGEN, headquartered in Thousand Oaks, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most cancer drug developers?

San Diego leads with 73 headquartered companies, followed by Cambridge (55) and New York (49).

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 54,986 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 879 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 19, 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.