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Top 13 Pharmaceutical companies based in Nigeria

As of September 2026, this directory lists 97 pharmaceutical companies based in Nigeria, with 2,398 contacts and 184 email addresses. Lagos is the single most-represented city among the companies on this list.

Pharmaceutical companies research, develop, manufacture, or market medicines and other regulated drug products for human or veterinary use. This list covers companies whose primary business involves pharmaceutical research, drug development, pharmaceutical manufacturing, or the marketing of pharmaceutical products. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 14, 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 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
97Companies
2,398Contacts tracked
184Verified emails
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The 13 largest pharmaceutical companies based in Nigeria

Ranked by team size
Top 13 of 97 pharmaceutical companies based in Nigeria, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to pharmaceutical 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
1Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000183 contacts →

Strong evidence

“May & Baker Nigeria Plc was founded on September 4, 1944 as Nigeria is the first pharmaceutical company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500182 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals PLC, we strive to deliver the highest quality pharmaceuticals and services to the healthcare sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500123 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Swiss Pharma Ltd.(Member of Servier Group, France) manufactures, markets, and distributes pharmaceutical products that meet international standards.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,00057 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MeCure is a leading human therapeutics company in the pharmaceutical industry in Lagos, Nigeria.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-50052 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“EVANS THERAPEUTICS LIMITED (formerly CiplaEvans Nigeria Limited) was incorporated in 2003 as a joint venture business between Evans Medical Plc & Cipla Ltd, with a mandate of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Strong evidenceAgbara, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20050 contacts →

Strong evidence

“An innovative and dynamic pharmaceutical and consumer manufacturing company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20030 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Artemis Pharmaceuticals, part of Artemis Life Scinces is a subsidiary of Vista Group, which is headquartered in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Strong evidenceYaba, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5018 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Tabade Pharmaceutical Chemists Limited,established in 1977, is one of the oldest Nigerian Indigenous Pharmaceutical Companies providing distinguished biomedical and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Strong evidenceEnugu, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20018 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Famzy Nigeria Limited (Famzy) is amongst the fastest growing pharmaceutical company in Nigeria.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceIkeja, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“OSWORTH Nigeria Limited was incorporated with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on the 1st of September, 2008 as a subsidiary of May & Baker Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s premier…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Strong evidenceSabo, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5013 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Devon Pharmaceuticals Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-2005 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Anchorage pharmaceutical Industries limited is an indigenous company of Nigeria that deals in the manufacture and supply of finished pharmaceutical products to hospitals…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Indirect evidenceKano, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“About Pharmaplus Nigeria Limited Pharmaplus Nigeria Limited was founded in 1992 and incorporated as a private limited liability company under the Companies and Allied Matters Act…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Pharmaceutical companies based in Nigeria at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
7.7%Verified-email coverage
24.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
34.0%Largest-city concentration · Lagos
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
18
11-50
34
51-200
24
201-500
16
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Nigeria, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nigeria, over 97 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 pharmaceutical 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 Nigeria whose own description of what they do matches “pharmaceutical 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 pharmaceutical 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 pharmaceutical companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Nigeria 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, 184 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 14, 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.

Pharmaceutical companies by metro

  • Pharmaceutical companies in Lagos33

Frequently asked

How many pharmaceutical companies are listed based in Nigeria?

The directory lists 97 pharmaceutical companies based in Nigeria as of September 2026.

Which city has the most pharmaceutical companies on the list?

Lagos is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.

How can I find contacts at pharmaceutical companies?

The directory includes 2,398 contacts and 184 email addresses associated with the listed pharmaceutical companies.

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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.