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Top 25 Drug development consulting firms based in France
RevenueBase identified 529 drug development consulting firms headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 13,809 professional contacts across them, including 5,682 with verified work emails and 980 with mobile numbers. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers drug development consulting firms headquartered in France, 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 1, 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.
The 25 largest drug development consulting firms based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,020 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Thermo Fisher Scientific provides industry-leading pharma services for drug development, clinical trial logistics, and commercial manufacturing through our Patheon™ brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 662 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Excelya is an independent partner that serves Biotech, Pharma, and Medical Device organizations with a comprehensive range of Full-service CRO, FSP, and Resourcing solutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 619 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Axplora, a company bringing together Farmabios, Novasep and PharmaZell.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 522 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IQVIA, spécialiste en conseil stratégique et analyse des données de santé (présent dans plus de 100 pays et avec 86 employés), accompagne ses clients et ses partenaires pour leur…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 501 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Your partner of choice in bringing therapeutics to life, Nuvisan is the unique CRO/CDMO with extensive pharma experience and industry-leading scientific expertise, providing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 387 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Exyte Pharmaplan is one of the leading pharmaceutical consulting and engineering companies in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 384 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “QbD Group is your strategic partner in life sciences, supporting companies from early-stage innovation to full market access and lifecycle management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 351 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Novalix is a premier drug discovery partner to biotech firms and pharmaceutical companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 303 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TriRx Pharmaceutical Services is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that provides comprehensive solutions for the animal health and human…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 295 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Distribuer une marque, assurer sa promotion auprès des professionnels de santé avec des canaux adaptés (face à face, grands comptes, call center, congrès, digital), favoriser sa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 283 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OPIS was founded in 1998 by medical doctors from the Pharma Industry and is a global clinical CRO with 26 years of experience in a wide range of therapeutic areas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 271 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 253 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Myonex is an industry leader in global clinical trial supply and pharmaceutical commercial services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 239 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Preciphar est votre partenaire dans le développement de votre performance commerciale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ERBC is a 50 years’ leading CRO committed to bridge the gap between preclinical and clinical research by better predicting the efficacy and safety of new compounds offering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Ultragenic, we're committed to advancing patient outcomes through innovative solutions that address the challenges and opportunities across the Pharmacovigilance function.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oncodesign Services supports biopharma and biotechnology teams navigating critical preclinical decisions as programs progress toward the clinic.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 191 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Eurofins CDMO is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that provides clients with APIs / Drug Substance and Drug Product development for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “VIQI Group est le leader de l’industrie pharmaceutique et des dispositifs médicaux dédié exclusivement au consulting, travail temporaire et recrutement de cadres.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ividata Life Sciences is a consulting and services company dedicated to the Life Sciences industry: pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies, cosmetology, medical devices, etc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PHARMAFIELD Groupe offre une gamme complète de prestations destinée à optimiser l’efficacité et la performance du "service" auprès des industries de santé.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 126 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ICTA is an international privately-owned CRO with 40 years of experience in clinical R&D, pharmaco-epidemiology and Early and Compassionate programs for traditional and advanced…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “wega is your service provider specialized in the Life Science, Pharma, Healthcare and Chemical industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “1/3 de siècle au service de l'Industrie Pharmaceutique, Waouh!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Texcell is a dedicated partner for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies since more than 2 decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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 consulting 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 consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of drug development consulting 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 consulting 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 consulting firms based in France at a glance
As of Sep 1, 2026Companies by employee count
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 consulting 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 France whose own description of what they do matches “drug development consulting 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 consulting 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 consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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, 5,682 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 1, 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 consulting 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 consulting firms are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 529 drug development consulting firms headquartered in France 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?
Patheon, headquartered in Bourgoin Jallieu, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most drug development consulting firms?
Paris leads with 143 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (32) and Toulouse (12).
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 5,682 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 529 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 1, 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.
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