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Top 25 Drug development companies based in France

Name: Drug development companies based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 89 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 89 company matches for drug development companies associated with France as of September 2026 and tracks 2,670 professional contacts across them, including 1,002 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for drug development companies associated with France, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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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89Companies

2,670Contacts tracked

1,002Verified emails

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The 25 largest drug development companies based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 89 company matches for drug development companies based in France, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 19, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#	Company	RevenueBase SmartSearch	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Novartis France	Exact match	Rueil-malmaison, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	498 contacts →
	Exact match “Novartis est une entreprise dans les médicaments innovants.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2	Novalix	Exact match	Strasbourg, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	201-500	347 contacts →
	Exact match “Novalix is a premier drug discovery partner to biotech firms and pharmaceutical companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3	Biotrial	Exact match	Europe And North America, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	201-500	271 contacts →
	Exact match “A Global Provider in Early Development, we offer Non-Clinical, Clinical and Bioanalytical solutions for both pharmaceutical and biotech companies and we tailor our high-quality…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
4	Eurofins Cdmo Europe	Exact match	Fontenilles, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	201-500	187 contacts →
	Exact match “Eurofins CDMO is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that provides clients with APIs / Drug Substance and Drug Product development for…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
5	Aqemia	Exact match	Paris, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Exact match “AQEMIA is a drug invention company dedicated to novel medicines, never me-toos, tackling major diseases such as oncology.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
6	AB Science	Exact match	FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Exact match “AB Science was founded in 2001 by a team of researchers, clinicians and entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to discover key mechanisms in life science and develop new…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
7	Diverchim Cdmo	Exact match	Roissy-en-france, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Exact match “Founded in Diverchim is a Small Molecule Drug Substance CDMO that specializes in complex chemistry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
8	Otsuka Pharmaceutical France	Exact match	Rueil-malmaison, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Exact match “Otsuka Pharmaceutical est une société internationale de produits de santé dont la philosophie est la suivante : « Otsuka – des hommes et des femmes qui créent de nouveaux produits…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
9	Therabel	Exact match	Levallois-perret, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	201-500	49 contacts →
	Exact match “Therabel is a privately-owned pharmaceutical company, with a European heritage stretching back to 1945.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
10	Neuro-Sys	Exact match	Gardanne, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Exact match “Neuro-Sys is a research-intensive and innovative organisation specialising in pharmacology and in advanced in vitro and in vivo models of neurodegenerative diseases, mode of…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
11	Lundbeck France	Exact match	Puteaux, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	51-200	34 contacts →
	Exact match “Lundbeck est une société pharmaceutique mondiale spécialisée dans les maladies du cerveau avec 5600 employés répartis dans plus de 50 pays.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
12	4p-Pharma	Exact match	Lille, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Exact match “Established in 2014, 4P-Pharma is a clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to addressing serious diseases with significant unmet medical needs.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
13	Atlanstat	Exact match	Rezé, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Exact match “A MULTI-SKILLED, STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL PARTNER IN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANSTAT offers a comprehensive range of research and clinical development services to the…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
14	Cermn Centre D'etudes ET DE Recherche SUR LE Médicament DE Normandie	Exact match	Caen, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Exact match “Le Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur le Médicament de Normandie · CERMN · constitue aujourd’hui, avec ses quatre plateformes · Chimie Organique et Médicinale, Chemoinformatique…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
15	Advanced Biodesign	Exact match	Saint-priest, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Exact match “Founded in 2010, Advanced BioDesign is a clinical stage company developing a highly promising therapy for cancer with high unmet medical needs.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
16	Medesis Pharma	Exact match	Baillargues, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Exact match “A RADICAL CHANGE IN THE WAY DRUGS ARE DELIVERED TO TARGETS Medesis Pharma has developed a revolutionary technology providing a paradigm shift in drug delivery methodology…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
17	EYLIO	Exact match	Illkirch-graffenstaden, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Exact match “EYLIO is a fast-moving French pharmaceutical company that partners with biotech and medtech innovators from molecule discovery all the way to clinical success.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
18	Pep-Therapy	Exact match	Paris, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Exact match “PEP-Therapy is a Paris-based biotechnology company developing next-generation therapies using our intracellular drug delivery shuttle.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
19	Pepkon	Exact match	Paris, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Exact match “PepKon is a French biotech founded in 2022, built on more than a decade of academic research.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
20	Beta Innov	Exact match	Paris, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Exact match “Mise au point en Immunologie et Cancérologie de médicaments innovants à potentiel curatif.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
21	Azurbio Pharma	Exact match	Paris, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Exact match “AzurBio Pharma is a new international pharmaceutical company developing its products and activities in the area of pharma innovation and rare or serious diseases.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
22	Inoviem Scientific	Exact match	Illkirch-graffenstaden, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Exact match “Inoviem Scientific is a private Bioanalytical company which delivers enabling information to secure drug discovery programs and to take informed decision by closing the gap…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
23	Alzprotect SAS	Exact match	Loos, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Exact match “Alzprotect is a biopharmaceutical company that develops drug candidates, from their discovery to clinical trials, for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
24	Medinsights	Exact match	Paris, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Exact match “At MedInsights, we are dedicated to bringing optimized therapeutic options for patients suffering from metabolic, cardiometabolic, neurometabolic and rare diseases with high unmet…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
25	IMS Institut DU Médicament DE Strasbourg	Exact match	Illkirch-graffenstaden, FranceHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Exact match “L’Institut du Médicament de Strasbourg répond aux enjeux de la filière du médicament : produire une recherche de pointe jusqu’au stade pré-clinique, promouvoir l’innovation…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase

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Drug development companies based in France at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

37.5%Verified-email coverage

30.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

22.5%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 89 companies.

How this list was built

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Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Company records associated with France whose business descriptions match “drug development companies” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch: Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview: The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality: RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,002 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
Record context: Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

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What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “drug development companies”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many drug development companies are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 89 company matches for drug development companies associated with France as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Novartis France tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most drug development companies?

Paris leads with 20 company records, followed by Illkirch-Graffenstaden (4) and Lille (3).

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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 SmartSearch, 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.