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Top 25 Pharmaceutical manufacturers based in France

Name: Pharmaceutical manufacturers based in France
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 186 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 186 pharmaceutical manufacturers headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 23,128 professional contacts across them, including 7,199 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers pharmaceutical manufacturers 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

186Companies

23,128Contacts tracked

7,199Verified emails

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The 25 largest pharmaceutical manufacturers based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 186 pharmaceutical manufacturers 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 manufacturers: 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	Indirect evidence	Boulogne-billancourt, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,911 contacts →
	Indirect 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	Unither Pharmaceuticals	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,426 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Unither Pharmaceuticals, with 8 manufacturing plants (France, USA, Brazil and China) 4 commercial offices and 1 R&D platform, is the worldwide leader in sterile unit-doses…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Euroapi	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,369 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EUROAPI is focused on reinventing active pharmaceutical ingredients to sustainably meet customers’ and patients’ needs around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Cenexi	Indirect evidence	Fontenay-sous-bois, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	900 contacts →
	Indirect 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
6	Arkopharma	Partial evidence	Carros, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	796 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Arkopharma is a pharmaceutical company founded in 1980 in Carros, near Nice (France), that specializes in the area of phytotherapy, natural medicine and nutritional supplements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Laboratoire Aguettant	Partial evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	581 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Aguettant is a family-owned pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development, industrial production and distribution of innovative injectable pharmaceutical specialties that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Novartis France	Indirect evidence	Rueil-malmaison, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	498 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Novartis est une entreprise dans les médicaments innovants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Biogaran	Indirect evidence	Colombes, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	466 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Biogaran, laboratoire pharmaceutique français fondé en 1996, est le pionnier du médicament générique en France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Phoenix Pharma France	Indirect evidence	Créteil Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	305 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PHOENIX, groupe familial, libre et indépendant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	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
12	Laboratoire Arrow	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	244 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Laboratoire Arrow, un acteur incontournable du monde la santé.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Recordati France	Partial evidence	Puteaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	232 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LABORATOIRES BOUCHARA RECORDATI is a pharmaceuticals company based out of 70, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, Puteaux, Île-de-France, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Synerlab Group	Indirect evidence	Entzheim, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	224 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As of April 15, we’re proud to unveil our new name: MeribelPharmaSolutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Alispharm	Strong evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	201 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We, at Alispharm, support Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Devices Manufacturers in the development of their healthcare products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Medincell	Partial evidence	Montpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	161 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Medincell is a pharmaceutical company at commercial stage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Daiichi Sankyo France	Indirect evidence	Rueil-malmaison, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	156 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Daiichi Sankyo est un groupe pharmaceutique mondial japonais, basé à Tokyo (Japon) et présent dans plus de cinquante pays.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	EG Labo	Indirect evidence	Issy-les-moulineaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	155 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le groupe STADA poursuit son objectif de prendre soin de la santé de tous en tant que partenaire de confiance dans le monde entier depuis 130 ans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	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
20	Farmea, Groupe Fareva	Indirect evidence	Angers, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	140 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Filiale du Groupe FAREVA, la société FARMEA (400 salariés) est spécialisée dans la fabrication de produits pharmaceutiques : Formes sèches, liquides, pâteuses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	LEEM	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Leem, Les Entreprises du médicament, regroupe les entreprises du secteur de l'industrie pharmaceutique en France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	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
23	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
24	SGH Medical Pharma	Indirect evidence	Saint-marcellin, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	104 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SGH Medical Pharma results from the alliance of 2 plastic processing companies with a solid reputation of 30 years of know-how (Rovipharm & Stiplastics).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Laphal Industries	Indirect evidence	Allauch, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	100 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Laphal Industries est un acteur important de la production de médicaments en France.” 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 manufacturers. 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 manufacturers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of pharmaceutical manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name pharmaceutical manufacturers. 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 manufacturers based in France at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

31.1%Verified-email coverage

124.3Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

13.4%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

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 186 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 manufacturers, 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 manufacturers”. 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 manufacturers), 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 manufacturers, 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, 7,199 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 manufacturers by metro

Pharmaceutical manufacturers in Paris25

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 manufacturers, 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 manufacturers are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 186 pharmaceutical manufacturers 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 manufacturers?

Paris leads with 25 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (11) and Rueil-Malmaison (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 7,199 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 186 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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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.