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Top 25 Drug formulation development companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 137 drug formulation development companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 8,877 professional contacts across them, including 5,092 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers drug formulation development companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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 19, 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.

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The 25 largest drug formulation development companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 137 drug formulation development companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drug formulation development companies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceCraigavon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0004,577 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Partnering to Advance Human Health A unique culture delivering exceptional solutions: Almac is a financially secure, privately owned organisation with 7,800+ employees globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200227 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Rosemont our mission is to be a rapid developer, reliable manufacturer and global supplier of novel-delivery, patient-focused medicines.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200214 contacts →

Strong evidence

“hVIVO plc (Ticker: HVO) is a science‑led early‑phase drug development company purpose‑built to meet the growing complexity of modern clinical research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceHigh Peak, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500209 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Concept Life Sciences is a knowledge-based, science-led and customer-focused contract research and manufacturing organisation with world-leading expertise in the pharmaceutical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceHemel Hempstead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000157 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Aesica is a leading pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for both APIs and finished dose forms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceStirling, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200140 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services is a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) that specialises in the GMP manufacture and sterile fill/finish of vials for…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceWentloog, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200114 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CatSci Ltd is an award-winning innovation partner, dedicated to breaking down the silos in small molecules, TACS, glues and oligonucleotides CMC development to accelerate the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Strong evidenceBeeston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200110 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Upperton Pharma Solutions is a specialist CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organisation) providing formulation and dosage form development and clinical trial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceHove, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Custom Pharma Services is located in Brighton, UK since 1979 and is a full-service contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) providing services tailored to your…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceAlnwick, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Arcinova, A Quotient Sciences Company, is dedicated to providing innovative contract research, development, and manufacturing services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200100 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Orbit Pharma is a rapidly expanding, privately owned company focused on the development and marketing of high quality, specialist generic medicines across the UK, Europe, ANZ…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Strong evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50099 contacts →

Strong evidence

“A leading provider of pharmaceutical analysis and formulation support with 30+ years of experience in inhaled product development and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliant…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceSaffron Walden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20097 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Domainex is a fully integrated drug discovery service company based near Cambridge, UK serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and patient foundations globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceWest Molesey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IPS Pharma is an independent international pharmaceutical services company operating in three main areas: Unlicensed medicines (Unlicensed Imports and Specials), Clinical Trials…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSunderland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20086 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Onyx Scientific is a CDMO that helps pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the globe, accelerate candidates from discovery to manufacturing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Strong evidenceDeeside, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20083 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Established in 2002, we are a premier GMP approved formulation contract development manufacturing organization (CDMO) offering services from MHRA and FDA inspected facilities:*…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceCwmbran, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20076 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nanopharm was founded to address industry-wide challenges in converting drugs from concept into viable, effective and consistent nasal and orally inhaled drug products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceRuislip, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00070 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SyriMed previously known as Thame Laboratories Licensed Medicines Division is one of the leading Pharmaceutical Companies in the UK specialising in the development, licensing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceMalvern, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00062 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are Malvern Panalytical.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceCheadle, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5060 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services provide Integrated Pharmaceutical Development and Clinical Pharmacology services and consultancy to the Pharma and Biotechnology…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Strong evidence84 Castle Street, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20046 contacts →

Strong evidence

“BDD combines drug delivery expertise and clinical capabilities to accelerate product development pipelines, enable life cycle management and create new value-added products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceHitchin, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over 180 years, Ransom Naturals has combined botanical expertise with scientific excellence to develop and manufacture premium natural extracts for the pharmaceutical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceSevenoaks, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5037 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eramol provides a bespoke clinical trial manufacturing service, driven by transparency, delivery, and innovation across sterile and non sterile clinical and commercial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceDurham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5036 contacts →

Partial evidence

“High Force Research specialise in chemical synthesis and R&D and offer chemistry built on many years of experience in development and scale-up of complex syntheses of molecules…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceKnutsford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5031 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SpectrumX is a UK-based pharmaceutical manufacturer operating an MHRA-licensed facility for the production of unlicensed medicines.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Drug formulation development companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
57.4%Verified-email coverage
64.8Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
12.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
49
11-50
39
51-200
32
201-500
4
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
6
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 137 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 formulation development companies, 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 Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “drug formulation development companies”. 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 formulation development companies), 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 formulation development companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 5,092 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 19, 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.

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 formulation development companies, 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 formulation development companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 137 drug formulation development companies headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?

Almac Group, headquartered in Craigavon, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug formulation development companies?

London leads with 17 headquartered companies, followed by Nottingham (8) and Birmingham (5).

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 5,092 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 137 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 19, 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.