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Top 25 Drug development biotechnology firms based in India

Name: Drug development biotechnology firms based in India
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 832 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 832 drug development biotechnology firms headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 79,965 professional contacts across them, including 9,696 with verified work emails. Mumbai is the largest hub.

This list covers drug development biotechnology firms headquartered in 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 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest drug development biotechnology firms based in India

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 832 drug development biotechnology firms based in India, 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Zydus Group	Indirect evidence	Ahmedabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
2	Syngene International Limited	Partial evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,064 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 2026
3	Micro Labs Limited	Partial evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	4,966 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Micro Labs Limited emerges as a preeminent technology-driven healthcare entity, recognized for its cutting-edge Research and Development (R&D) and state-of-the-art…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	SAI Life Sciences LTD	Indirect evidence	Gachibowli, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,878 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sai Life Sciences is built on the bedrock of partnership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Hetero Labs Limited - India	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	3,041 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HETERO LABS LIMITED - India is a pharmaceuticals company based out of India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Novartis India	Indirect evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	1,890 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Novartis is reimagining medicine in India since 1947.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Jubilant Biosys Limited	Strong evidence	Noida, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,882 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jubilant Biosys is an integrated Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) providing drug discovery, development, and GMP manufacturing services to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Bharat Serums And Vaccines Limited	Indirect evidence	Navi Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,799 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BSV - A Mankind Group Company, is one of the fastest growing biopharmaceutical company in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Hetero Healthcare Limited	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,601 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hetero Healthcare Ltd is a leading Innovative Pharmaceutical Company in India, headquartered at Hyderabad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Zydus Cadila Healthcare Limited	Partial evidence	Ahmedabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,451 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Zydus Cadila Healthcare Limited is a biotechnology company based out of Zydus Tower Opp Fun Republic Satellite Cross Roads Satellite Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	TCG Lifesciences PVT LTD	Indirect evidence	Kolkata, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,019 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TCG Lifesciences Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Enzene Biosciences LTD	Partial evidence	Pune, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	977 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We Are Enzene, a Continuously Innovative Development and Manufacturing (CIDMO) partner to innovators and biosimilar developers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Marksans Pharma Ltd. - India	Indirect evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	947 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Company Profile "The essence of our culture is built on meeting global standards in every aspect of our business." These envisioned words of Mr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Aizant Drug Research Solutions PVT LTD	Strong evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	886 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Aizant® is an integrated drug development solutions provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	Inventia Healthcare Limited	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	877 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Inventia, established in 1985, is a privately held pharmaceutical development and manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Gennova Biopharmaceuticals	Strong evidence	Pune, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	662 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd, headquartered in Pune, India, is a biotechnology company dedicated to the research, development, production, and commercialization of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Biophore India Pharmaceuticals Pvt. LTD	Partial evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	642 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 2026
18	AMI Lifesciences Pvt. LTD	Indirect evidence	Vadodara, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	616 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ami Lifesciences was founded with the goal of changing the way in which quality medicines are delivered to people in need.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Samarth Life Sciences Private Limited	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	605 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SAMARTH LIFE SCIENCES PRIVATE LIMITED is a innovative life science company that researches, develop, manufactures and markets a broad range of life saving critical drugs and other…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Bioplus Life Sciences	Indirect evidence	Bangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	494 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bioplus, Pioneering life-saving science for a healthier future Bioplus Life Sciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company with over 75 years of experience serving the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Aakash Institute	Partial evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	482 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AAKASH INSTITUTE is a biotechnology company based out of 18 Block A 1 JNK PURI JANAK PURI, New Delhi, Delhi, India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Gracure Pharmaceuticals LTD	Indirect evidence	Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	469 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Committed to Care and Cure, Gracure believes in Quality Products…On Time In Full.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Stelis Biopharma	Partial evidence	Bangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	452 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stelis Biopharma is a leading, fully integrated biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	GVK BIO	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	435 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GVK BIO, is now rebranded as Aragen Life Sciences Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Aurigene Oncology Limited	Indirect evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	406 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2001, we are a clinical stage biotech company committed to bringing novel and effective therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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 biotechnology firms. 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 biotechnology firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of drug development biotechnology firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name drug development biotechnology firms. 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 biotechnology firms based in India at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

12.1%Verified-email coverage

96.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

9.4%Largest-city concentration · Mumbai

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

200

11-50

274

51-200

206

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 832 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 India 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 India 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, 9,696 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: 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 biotechnology firms by metro

Drug development biotechnology firms in Mumbai78
Drug development biotechnology firms in Hyderabad74
Drug development biotechnology firms in New Delhi58
Drug development biotechnology firms in Ahmedabad44
Drug development biotechnology firms in Chennai36
Drug development biotechnology firms in Bangalore32
Drug development biotechnology firms in Pune31
Drug development biotechnology firms in Bengaluru27
Drug development biotechnology firms in Delhi27

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 India?

RevenueBase identified 832 drug development biotechnology firms headquartered in 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?

Zydus Group, headquartered in Ahmedabad, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug development biotechnology firms?

Mumbai leads with 78 headquartered companies, followed by Hyderabad (74) and New Delhi (58).

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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.