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Top 25 Drug discovery consulting firms based in the United States

Name: Drug discovery consulting firms based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 2,700 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,700 drug discovery consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 85,723 professional contacts across them, including 40,595 with verified work emails. Boston is the largest hub.

This list covers drug discovery consulting firms headquartered in the 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 28, 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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest drug discovery consulting firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,700 drug discovery consulting firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drug discovery 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	PPD	Partial evidence	Waltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	20,530 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The PPD™ clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, enables customers to accelerate innovation and drug development through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Covance	Partial evidence	Princeton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	5,220 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As the drug development business of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp) and the world’s most comprehensive drug development #CRO service company, we have helped…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Eversana	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,149 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EVERSANA® is a leading independent provider of global services to the life sciences industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Revvity	Indirect evidence	Waltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	2,938 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Revvity, “impossible” is inspiration, and ""can't be done"" is a call to action.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Premier Research	Partial evidence	Morrisville, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,584 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Premier Research International LLC (Premier) is a global leader in clinical research and consulting services with expertise in driving an efficient and effective path to market…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Propharma	Indirect evidence	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,079 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At ProPharma, we help pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies bring life-changing therapies to market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Precision For Medicine	Indirect evidence	Bethesda, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,781 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Precision for Medicine is an industry-leading global clinical research services organization, purpose-built to improve the clinical research and development process for new…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	KBI Biopharma	Partial evidence	Durham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,645 contacts →
	Partial evidence “KBI Biopharma is an award-winning biopharmaceutical contract services organization providing fully-integrated, accelerated drug development and biomanufacturing services to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Trinity Life Sciences	Indirect evidence	Waltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,566 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Trinity is the commercialization intelligence partner for life sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Certara	Strong evidence	Radnor, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,237 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Certara accelerates medicines using proprietary biosimulation software, technology and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Inotiv	Partial evidence	West Lafayette, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,015 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WHERE INSIGHTS LEAD TO ANSWERS Expect More In choosing a partner for discovery, development and research models, expect more: more attention, more insight, and a superlative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Allucent	Indirect evidence	Cary, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	977 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Allucent is on a mission to help bring new therapies to light by solving the distinct challenges of small and mid-sized biotech companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Pharmaace	Partial evidence	Princeton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	969 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PharmaACE is a US-headquartered, life sciences-focused consulting and analytics firm with a global presence across the United States, Germany, Canada, and India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Schrödinger	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	957 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Schrödinger’s industry-leading computational platform facilitates the research efforts of biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions, and government…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Bioagilytix	Partial evidence	Durham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	915 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BioAgilytix is a leading global contract research organization focused on supporting pharmaceutical and biotech partners in all phases of drug development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Excelra	Partial evidence	Iselin, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	894 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Discover how Excelra, a leader in biopharma data and analytics, uniquely blends scientific understanding with technological expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Agilisium Consulting	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	862 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Agilisium – The World's First Life Sciences Context-Centric AI Consulting & Services Company, from Molecule to Market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Amplity	Partial evidence	Langhorne, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	791 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Amplity, a full-service partner for outsourcing flexible medical and commercial services, delivers cutting-edge, expert-led teams and solutions at every stage of the drug…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Frontage Laboratories, INC	Indirect evidence	Exton, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	727 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Frontage Laboratories is a US-based Contract Research Organization (CRO) that was initially established in New Jersey in April 2001 and later relocated to Pennsylvania in 2004.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Clearview Healthcare Partners	Partial evidence	Newton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	681 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in Boston in 2007, ClearView Healthcare Partners is a diverse, inclusive, and innovative global strategy consulting firm serving the life science sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Astrix	Indirect evidence	Red Bank, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	596 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Astrix is the global leader in delivering innovative strategies and solutions to the life sciences industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	QPS Holdings, LLC	Strong evidence	Newark, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	592 contacts →
	Strong evidence “QPS is a GLP/GCP-compliant contract research organization (CRO) delivering the highest grade of discovery, preclinical, and clinical drug development services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Zoomrx	Partial evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	555 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ZoomRx is a strategic life sciences consultancy that empowers pharma and biotech companies to achieve clarity in bringing their drugs to market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Inventiv Health Commercial	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
25	PSC Biotech Corporation	Indirect evidence	Pomona, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	527 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1996, PSC Biotech Corporation was created with the vision of providing life science companies unmatched support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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 discovery 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 discovery consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of drug discovery 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 discovery 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 discovery consulting firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

47.4%Verified-email coverage

31.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

5.0%Largest-city concentration · Boston

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,792

11-50

598

51-200

195

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 United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 2,700 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 discovery 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “drug discovery 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 discovery 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 discovery consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 40,595 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 28, 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.

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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 discovery 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 discovery consulting firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 2,700 drug discovery consulting firms headquartered in the 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?

PPD, headquartered in Waltham, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug discovery consulting firms?

Boston leads with 135 headquartered companies, followed by San Diego (117) and New York (87).

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 28, 2026.

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About this data

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.