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Top 25 Pharmaceutical contract research organizations based in France

Name: Pharmaceutical contract research organizations based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 332 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 332 pharmaceutical contract research organizations headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 15,240 professional contacts across them, including 5,226 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers pharmaceutical contract research organizations 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 17, 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 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest pharmaceutical contract research organizations based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 332 pharmaceutical contract research organizations based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to pharmaceutical contract research organizations: 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	Fareva	Indirect evidence	Tournon, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	2,925 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It all started in 1990, in the Ardèche region of France, with a family business and one clear ambition:, with tailored R&D, production and packaging that leaves nothing to chance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Delpharm	Partial evidence	Boulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,911 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Delpharm is a worldwide leader in contract manufacturing and development of medicines with - 19 plants in France, Italy, Canada, Poland and The Netherlands - Over 1,1 billion…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Cenexi	Partial evidence	Fontenay-sous-bois, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	900 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cenexi, a French Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization with its 1,500 employees and 200 million € of turnover, is experiencing a steady growth with its four…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Excelya	Indirect evidence	Boulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	652 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 17, 2026
5	Iqvia France	Indirect evidence	La Defense, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	518 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 17, 2026
6	Syntech Research Group	Strong evidence	La Chapelle De Guinchay, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	445 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SynTech Research Group is a leading Agricultural Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing comprehensive contract efficacy, environmental, regulatory, and market support…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Biotrial	Partial evidence	Europe And North America, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	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 17, 2026
8	Astreapharma	Indirect evidence	Fontaine-lès-dijon, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	248 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AstreaPharma est un acteur en développement dans le domaine de la sous-traitance de l'industrie pharmaceutique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	ERBC	Partial evidence	Baugy, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	218 contacts →
	Partial 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 17, 2026
10	Skyepharma- Fully Integrated Cdmo	Partial evidence	Saint-quentin-fallavier, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	203 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Through many years of involvement and achievements in the pharmaceutical industry, Skyepharma’s development and manufacturing facility is eminently specialized in Complex Oral…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Quipment	Indirect evidence	Nancy, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	193 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Quipment is a leading player in clinical trial equipment solutions - rental, sales, and inventory management-for CROs, pharma, and biotech.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Oncodesign Services	Indirect evidence	Dijon Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	191 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 17, 2026
13	Eurofins Cdmo Europe	Partial evidence	Fontenilles, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	187 contacts →
	Partial 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 17, 2026
14	Ividata Life Sciences	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	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 17, 2026
15	PMC Isochem	Partial evidence	Vert-le-petit, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	144 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PMC Isochem, part of PMC Group International, is a world leader in custom pharmaceutical manufacturing and polymer excipients offering- CDMO for APIs, Intermediates and Excipient…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Galien	Partial evidence	Levallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	131 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Galien is a CDMO Pharmaceuticals company located in Burgundy, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Icta PM	Indirect evidence	Fontaine Les Dijon, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	128 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 17, 2026
18	Pharmafield Groupe	Indirect evidence	Neuilly Sur Seine, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	126 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 17, 2026
19	Clean Cells	Partial evidence	Boufféré, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	113 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Clean Cells is a GMP-licensed Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization providing R&D, production and quality control testing services to the biopharmaceutical industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Pharmatis	Partial evidence	Estrées-saint-denis, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	112 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PHARMATIS is a pharmaceuticals company based out of Zone d'Activités Est N 1, Estrées-Saint-Denis, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Texcell	Indirect evidence	Evry, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About Texcell We are a specialized CRO supporting biologics, vaccines, medical devices, cell and gene therapies, and other complex biological products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Athena IPS	Indirect evidence	Prouvy, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	87 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CDMO français localisé près de Valenciennes, INPHARMASCI a intégré le groupe ATHENA début 2020.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Cerc Cardiovascular European Research Center	Partial evidence	Massy, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CERC is a specialized CRO driven by physicians recognized for their expertise in cardiovascular research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Uniivo	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2008, Uniivo is a dynamic company with over 160 employees across two subsidiaries (France and Spain), offering a wide range of services: Science (Outsourcing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Biofortis	Partial evidence	Saint-herblain, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A leading C.R.O specialised in designing and running of experimental, pre-clinical sample analysis and clinical research projects, with a unique nutrition and microbiome…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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: pharmaceutical contract research organizations. 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 pharmaceutical contract research organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of pharmaceutical contract research organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name pharmaceutical contract research organizations. 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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Pharmaceutical contract research organizations based in France at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

34.3%Verified-email coverage

45.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

17.2%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

162

11-50

51-200

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 France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 332 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 contract research organizations, 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 “pharmaceutical contract research organizations”. 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 contract research organizations), 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 contract research organizations, 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, 5,226 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 17, 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 contract research organizations by metro

Pharmaceutical contract research organizations in Paris57

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 pharmaceutical contract research organizations, 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 pharmaceutical contract research organizations are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 332 pharmaceutical contract research organizations 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?

Fareva, headquartered in Tournon, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most pharmaceutical contract research organizations?

Paris leads with 57 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (14) and Toulouse (11).

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 5,226 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 332 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 17, 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.