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Top 25 Drug development and research companies based in Hyderabad, India

RevenueBase identified 160 drug development and research companies headquartered in Hyderabad, India as of September 2026 and tracks 21,242 professional contacts across them, including 2,817 with verified work emails. Hyderabad is the largest hub.

This list covers drug development and research companies headquartered in Hyderabad, India, 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 drug development and research companies based in Hyderabad, India

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 160 drug development and research companies based in Hyderabad, India, 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0004,277 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aragen is a trusted R&D and manufacturing partner to the global life sciences industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0003,467 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Laurus labs is an innovation-driven¸ people-centric & client-focused organization offering a broad and integrated portfolio of products & services to the global pharmaceutical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,601 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hetero Healthcare Ltd is a leading Innovative Pharmaceutical Company in India, headquartered at Hyderabad.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,239 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1984 with headquarters in Hyderabad, India, VIMTA LABS LTD.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Strong evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000642 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Biophore is a research driven global pharmaceutical company focused on development, manufacturing and marketing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) having its operations…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Strong evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200585 contacts →

Strong evidence

“A Biopharmaceutical company, engaged in Drug Discovery and Development of New Chemical Entities (NCEs) in Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders targeting unmet medical needs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000529 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Celon Labs is a leader in the development and marketing of specialty products which serve niche therapy areas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Strong evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000311 contacts →

Strong evidence

“LAXAI Life Sciences is a leading small molecule CRDMO providing end-to-end Integrated Drug Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing solutions to the pharmaceutical and biotech…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000294 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Optimus was established in 2004 by a team of scientists who had a passion for chemistry and ensuring better healthcare for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000292 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 2017, We are a pure-play Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) company keen on delivering superior products in a regulatory compliant environment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000249 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“RA Chem Pharma Limited (RACPL) is a vertically integrated pharmaceutical company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000213 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Avra Labs was established in the year 1995 and is among the first in India to focus on providing high-end contract research and manufacturing of advanced intermediates and APIs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000196 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At PI Health Sciences, we provide fully integrated drug discovery solutions, combining synthetic and medicinal chemistry, biology, and AI-driven technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500191 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Maithri Drugs is one of India's fast-growing pharmaceutical companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200162 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Mitocon Biopharma is a global contract research organization serving the pharmaceutical, bio pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer healthcare industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500151 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a US based Global Pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on developing complex high barrier to entry Generics and Specialty Pharmaceutical products that would help…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Strong evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200146 contacts →

Strong evidence

“QPS in India is a GLP/GCP-compliant Contract Research Organization (CRO) that specializes in clinical drug development research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500128 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SYNTHOKEM LABS PRIVATE LIMITED is a Pharmaceuticals company located in Post Box No.1911, B-5, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Raghava Life Sciences Pvt.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20079 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Mission Our mission is to provide cost-effective drug discovery resources that are led and managed by US-based drug discovery leaders to transform the efficiency of drug discovery…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50076 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“About Spansules Spansules started in & now it is one of the leading pellets manufacturing pharmaceutical company with manufacturing facilities and R&D facilities spearheading…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CRAMSN is a One-Stop-Shop CRO, CMO and CDMO service partner for the pharmaceutical industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20064 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“NAKODA CHEMICALS LIMITED is a Pharmaceuticals company located in D - 30, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5064 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A Company with the vision of revolutionizing Drug Discovery.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20061 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GV Research Platform (“GVRP”) is an India based R&D enabling partner to global Biopharma industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Drug development and research companies based in Hyderabad, India at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
13.3%Verified-email coverage
132.8Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
100.0%Largest-city concentration · Hyderabad
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
37
11-50
55
51-200
36
201-500
11
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
10
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole India list rather than for Hyderabad, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Hyderabad, over 160 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 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Hyderabad, India 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. Companies headquartered outside Hyderabad 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, 2,817 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 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 based in Hyderabad, India?

RevenueBase identified 160 drug development and research companies headquartered in Hyderabad, India 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?

Aragen Life Sciences, headquartered in Hyderabad, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug development and research companies?

Hyderabad leads with 160 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (115) and Ahmedabad (92).

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 2,817 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 160 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.