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Top 25 Drug development consulting firms based in Boston, United States

Name: Drug development consulting firms based in Boston, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026 190 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 190 drug development consulting firms headquartered in Boston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,412 professional contacts across them, including 1,003 with verified work emails and 1,074 with mobile numbers. Boston is the largest hub.

This list covers drug development consulting firms headquartered in Boston, United States, 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 11, 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 11, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

190Companies

2,412Contacts tracked

1,003Verified emails

1,074Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest drug development consulting firms based in Boston, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 190 drug development consulting firms based in Boston, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drug development consulting 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	Inventiv Health Commercial	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	10001+	553 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “INC Research/inVentiv Health (Nasdaq:INCR) is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
2	Putnam	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	201-500	393 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are now Inizio Ignite, the global advisory partner for health and life sciences, encompassing connected expertise across Research Partnership, Putnam, Vynamic, and STEM.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
3	Opus Regulatory INC	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	113 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Opus Regulatory is a niche consulting firm headquartered in the Seaport district of Boston.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
4	Metrum Research Group	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	93 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Metrum Research Group, established in 2004, is a global leader in biomedical modeling and simulation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
5	Zevra Therapeutics	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	78 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a purpose-driven, commercial-stage company with a late-stage pipeline committed to redefining what is possible in bringing life-changing therapies to people living with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
6	Puretech Health	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	75 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PureTech Health is a hub-and-spoke biotherapeutics company dedicated to giving life to science and transforming innovation into value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
7	Halloran Consulting Group, Inc., A PLG Company	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	1,001-5,000	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Halloran Consulting Group, a ProductLifeGroup company, is a life science consulting firm that provides strategic regulatory, quality, clinical, and organizational support in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
8	Precisioneffect	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PRECISIONeffect is the only advertising & marketing agency devoted to working with healthcare companies who are changing the standard of care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
9	Acumen Medical Communications	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Medical Writing Our mission is to provide the highest quality medical writing support available.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
10	VUE Health	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “You’ve spent 10 years perfecting the science.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
11	Launch Therapeutics	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Launch Tx provides biotech and biopharma companies with solutions that speed drug candidates’ path to market and connection with investors that provide development funding.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
12	Back BAY Life Science Advisors	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Back Bay Life Science Advisors offers integrated strategy consulting and investment banking execution for the life sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
13	Boston Strategic Partners	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2003, Boston Strategic Partners, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
14	Cardiovascular Clinical Sciences	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Driven by Science.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
15	Medicus Economics, LLC	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Medicus Economics LLC is a health care consulting firm specializing in data analytics, cost-effectiveness modeling, and market access.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
16	AKT Health INC	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AKT Health was founded in 2017 in Japan & India by a team of Techno-functional experts in Clinical, Medical & Commercial fields.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
17	Estern Medical CRO Life Sciences	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Where Innovation Meets Execution Across the Americas Scientific Clinical breakthroughs don’t change lives until they reach patients healthcare.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
18	Vivtex	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Vivtex originated from MIT, with a mission to enable the development of new oral drugs using sophisticated high throughput screening technologies, IP protected formulation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
19	Bioboston Consulting	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	1,001-5,000	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BioBoston Consulting is a leading life sciences consulting firm headquartered in Boston, providing expert FDA regulatory consulting, quality assurance, clinical, compliance, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
20	Human Predictions	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Human Predictions is a consulting company focusing on pharmacometrics and clinical pharmacology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
21	Inspired Health	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are experts in helping drug and device manufacturers, providers and payers, understand physicians, patients, caregivers and administrators all over the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
22	D-Wise	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	51-200	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Contract Research Organizations, and Medical Device companies navigate technology change in pursuit of human health and wellbeing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
23	Nichols Management Group	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “NMG is the leading management consulting firm for the diagnostic medicine industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
24	The Nemetzgroup LLC	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The NemetzGroup provides strategic support to help biopharma companies move forward confidently in their mission to serve patients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 2026
25	Globoscience INC	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 11, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WHO WE ARE Rapidly evolving scientific advancements and increasing regulatory uncertainty represent a complex environment in which to develop and commercialize new therapeutics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 11, 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 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 Boston, United States at a glance

As of Sep 11, 2026

41.6%Verified-email coverage

44.5%Mobile-number coverage

12.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

100.0%Largest-city concentration · Boston

Sep 11, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

130

11-50

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 13.0d

9200–30

7831–60

061–90

090–180

5180+

Company record updated

Median 56.0d

00–30

1,23731–60

86361–90

20290–180

110180+

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 Boston, United States 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 Boston 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, 1,003 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 11, 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 consulting firms by metro in the United States

Drug development consulting firms in Boston190
Drug development consulting firms in New York165
Drug development consulting firms in San Diego152
Drug development consulting firms in Cambridge88
Drug development consulting firms in San Francisco81
Drug development consulting firms in Raleigh78
Drug development consulting firms in Chicago70

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 Boston, United States?

RevenueBase identified 190 drug development consulting firms headquartered in Boston, United States 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?

Inventiv Health Commercial, headquartered in Boston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug development consulting firms?

Boston leads with 190 headquartered companies, followed by New York (165) and San Diego (152).

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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 11, 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.