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Top 25 Drug development biotechnology firms based in Brazil

RevenueBase identified 73 drug development biotechnology firms headquartered in Brazil as of September 2026 and tracks 19,323 professional contacts across them, including 7,536 with verified work emails. Sao Paulo is the largest hub.

This list covers drug development biotechnology firms headquartered in Brazil, 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.

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 biotechnology firms based in Brazil

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 73 drug development biotechnology firms based in Brazil, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drug development biotechnology firms: 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 evidenceGuarulhos, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0006,274 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aché Laboratórios Farmacêuticos S.A.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0004,859 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Libbs é uma empresa 100% nacional e de capital fechado, que tem como missão produzir soluções farmacêuticas, inspirando uma comunidade comprometida com a saúde.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSão Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0002,279 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Presente no Brasil há mais de 56 anos, a Apsen é uma companhia farmacêutica 100% nacional, que pesquisa, desenvolve e disponibiliza medicamentos de excelência.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Indirect evidenceValinhos, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,0001,319 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Inovadora e moderna no setor farmacêutico, o objetivo a ser conquistado condiz com o que propomos aos nossos clientes e parceiros: sempre olhar para frente.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceAnápolis, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000997 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“O mercado farmacêutico brasileiro passou por grandes transformações ao longo dos anos, exigindo cada vez mais flexibilidade, agilidade e adaptação por parte das empresas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSão Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000482 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fundada em 1984, a Blanver tem a missão de desenvolver, fabricar e comercializar produtos inovadores com qualidade e competitividade, sempre com foco na saúde e na melhoria da…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceCampinas, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500422 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nascemos como linha de produtos, nos tornamos uma divisão do Grupo NC, e hoje somos uma nova empresa do setor farmacêutico, a Germed Pharma.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+367 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Novartis está reimaginando a medicina para melhorar e estender a vida das pessoas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200149 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Fagron é Líder Mundial em Medicina Personalizada!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“O Laborvida é uma empresa do setor industrial farmacêutico 100% brasileira, atuando na pesquisa, desenvolvimento e produção de medicamentos de alta complexidade, como a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceRecife, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20065 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Desde 1991, atuamos no mercado farmacêutico com o compromisso de transformar vidas por meio da ciência, da inovação e do cuidado.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceIndaiatuba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Somos uma indústria dedicada à Pesquisa, ao Desenvolvimento, a Inovação, à Fabricação e Comercialização de Produtos Químicos e Farmacêuticos para a área de saúde.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Indirect evidenceBelo Horizonte, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pharma Nectar's history started in 1980 with the creation of Apiario Nectar (Nectar Bee Farms).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Indirect evidenceAnapolis, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,00029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceRibeirão Preto, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Localizada no SUPERA Parque de Inovação e Tecnologia de Ribeirão Preto, a Eleve Science é uma start-up de Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento e Inovação de soluções em saúde que surgiu…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Indirect evidenceFlorianopolis, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Localizado na cidade de Florianópolis, com área construída de 5.300 m², o CIEnP possui 24 laboratórios de pesquisa destinados à realização de estudos não clínicos de eficácia e…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBelo Horizonte, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Unidade EMBRAPII de Inovação de Fármacos e Vacinas UFMG (FarmaVax) está inserida dentro da área de fármacos e biofármacos com as seguintes abrangências e sublinhas de atuação: 1.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSão Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nintx (Next Innovative Therapeutics) was originated in Brazil at the beginning of 2021 to translate complex biological interactions (plants, microorganisms, and humans) into novel…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Indirect evidenceSão Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A BIOBREYER é uma empresa voltada a pesquisa e desenvolvimento de medicamentos e processos biotecnológicos.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Strong evidenceFlorianópolis, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-106 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Our mission is to redefine the very fabric of molecule development, propelling us into a new era where biotechnology is created in ways never before imagined.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Partial evidenceRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Heptech is a company specialized in the heparin drug industry with expertise in academic, regulatory, industrial, and marketing areas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidenceRibeirao Preto, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-506 contacts →

Partial evidence

“FARMACORE is a technology-based company created to conduct R&D&I of biotechnological processes and products for the human and veterinary area.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Indirect evidenceAlvorada, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A Ludwig Biotecnologia é uma empresa oriunda da Incubadora Tecnológica do Centro de Biotecnologia da UFRGS.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Indirect evidenceCuritiba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Melhorar a qualidade de vida das pessoas com obesidade, diabetes e doenças neurológicas através da pesquisa clínica e desenvolvimento de novos fármacos.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Drug development biotechnology firms based in Brazil at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
39.0%Verified-email coverage
264.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
30.1%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
24
11-50
21
51-200
14
201-500
3
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
6
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Brazil, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Brazil, over 73 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 biotechnology firms, 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 Brazil whose own description of what they do matches “drug development biotechnology firms”. 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 biotechnology firms), 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 biotechnology firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Brazil 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, 7,536 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
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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 biotechnology firms, 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 biotechnology firms are there based in Brazil?

RevenueBase identified 73 drug development biotechnology firms headquartered in Brazil 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?

Aché Laboratórios, headquartered in Guarulhos, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug development biotechnology firms?

Sao Paulo leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Rio De Janeiro (9) and Belo Horizonte (6).

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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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.