Drug Discovery CROs
This page provides a list of curated industry service providers (contract research organizations) that provide outsourced contract drug discovery services of particular interest to drug discovery professionals working at biotechs or pharmaceutical companies.
The table below lists drug discovery CROs specializing in all kinds of drug discovery services, from X-ray crystallography CROs to CROs specializing in assay development, to integrated drug discovery CROs. You can search and explore the table for CRO specializations from chemistry to solid form development to physicochemical property measurement to protein purification and protein crystallization.
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Company | Type | Est. Employees | Relevant Specialty |
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Axxam | CRO | 165 | From Assay Development to Lead Identification (Cell-Free & Cell-Based Assays; HTS in 384-1536 format; Cellular & Organellar Electrophysiology; MEA; High Content; iPSC-Derived Assays; MedChem; Compounds Libraries; Compound Management; Data Sciences) |
WuXi AppTec | CRO | 22,233 | An integrated chemistry and biology research platform to create, identify and support preclinical candidates, from discovery to development. |
Eurofins | CRO | 17,158 | Assay panels |
Pharmaron | CRO | 14,000 | Synthesis and preclinical discovery services |
Charles River | CRO | 10,608 | In vitro and in vivo pre-clinical research models |
Syngene International Limited | CRO | 8,500+ (~6,000 scientists) | Preclinical Drug Discovery |
Almac | CRO | 3,082 | API services, CMC, GMP |
Evotec | CRO | 3,030 | High-throughput screening, preclinical discovery services |
Sai Life Sciences | CRO | 2,500 | Integrated drug discovery services, exploratory biology, discovery chemistry, DMPK, toxicology, Genotox., and Comp. Chem. |
Promega | CRO | 2,500 | Cell-based and biochemical assays, custom assay |
MedChemExpress | CRO | 2,500 | Relevant specialty: small molecules, recombinant proteins, screening libraries, custom synthesis |
Aragen | CRO | 2,500 | Chemistry CRO and CDMO |
Jubilant Biosys | CRO | 2500 | Discovery, Development & Manufacturing |
Curia Global | CRO | 2,077 | Medicinal chemistry services and process development |
Viva | CRO | 2000 | Drug discovery one-stop CMC and CDMO service partner |
TCG Lifesciences | CRO | 1,200 | Synthesis and preclinical discovery services |
Enamine | CRO | 1,100 | Chemistry & Biology CRO |
Piramal Pharma Solutions | CRO | 1,000 | Drug Discovery, Development & Manufacturing Services |
Nuvisan | CRO | 1,000 | Integrated drug discovery CRO |
Excelra | CRO | 1000 | Data & Analytics Solution |
Medicilon | CRO | 1000 | Drug Discovery CRO |
Novasep | CRO | 866 | Custom synthesis, API manufacturing, membrane filtration |
Pharma Resources | CRO | 850 | Focusing on chemistry related CRO/CDMO/CMO services |
Selvita | CRO | 780 | Fully Integrated CRO |
ChemPartner | CRO | 738 | Synthesis and preclinical discovery services |
Frontage Laboratories | CRO | 737 | Pharmaceutical biotech drugs |
BirdoTech | CRO | 700 | MedChem Support |
BioLegend | CRO | 549 | Antibodies, flow cytometry, immunoassay kits |
Almelo | CRO | 500 | Custom synthesis, cGMP manufacturing, biocatalysis |
Symeres | CRO | 500 | Integrated drug discovery & API development |
Cayman Chemical | CRO | 500 | Preclinical discovery, lipidomics, synthesis, GM |
Sygnature Discovery | CRO | 500 | Preclinical services, protein crystallography |
Bioduro | CRO | 428 | Synthesis and preclinical discovery services |
HitGen | CRO | 397 | DNA-encoded libraries |
Crown Bioscience | CRO | 350 | In vitro and in vivo pre-clinical research models |
Symeres | CRO | 329 | Medicinal chemistry, parallel chemistry, API |
SYNthesis med chem | CRO | 270 | Synthetic & medicinal chemistry |
Schrodinger | CRO | 250 | Computational chemistry software, molecular modeling |
Cobra Biologics | CRO | 250 | DNA, gene therapies, immunotherapies, viral vectors |
NuChem Sciences | CRO | 240 | Medicinal chemistry, CMC and biology |
Oncodesign Services | CRO | 230 | Integrated Services |
Nicoya | CRO | 200 | Diagnostics, nanotechnology, sensors, lifesciences |
NovAliX | CRO | 200 | Drug discovery, chemistry, biophysics & biology |
Concept Life Sciences | CRO | 200 | Pre-clinical Drug Discovery |
LakePharma | CRO | 193 | Protein sciences |
Absorption Systems | CRO | 157 | Preclinical DMPK |
Paraza | CRO | 155 | Synthesis and preclinical discovery services |
Genesis Drug Discovery & Development (GD3) | CRO | 150 | Integrated drug discovery & development services |
Charnwood Discovery | CRO | 130 | Target to Candidate |
X-Chem | CRO | 120 | DNA-encoded libraries |
Edelris | CRO | 100 | AS-MS screening, compound collection, medicinal chem |
SpiroChem | CRO | 89 | Elite Discovery Chemistry CRO |
Reaction Biology | CRO | 80 | Assays |
Lead Discovery Center | CRO | 75 | Integrated small molecule drug discovery |
Vernalis (HitGen) | CRO | 75 | Fragment and structure-based design |
Solvo | CRO | 75 | Drug transporter assays, drug-drug interaction |
Domainex | CRO | 70 | Preclinical discovery services |
SynSmart Rasayan Research LLC | CRO | 60 | custom synthesis services |
Proteros | CRO | 59 | Protein crystallography, cryo-EM |
Biognosys | CRO | 59 | Proteomic analysis |
Red Glead Discovery | CRO | 55 | Integrated drug discovery services |
Iktos | CRO | 54 | Artificial intelligence for new drug design |
BioAscent Discovery Ltd | CRO | 51 | Drug discovery |
Acme Bioscience | CRO | 50 | Custom synthesis |
Creative Biostructure Drug Discovery | CRO | 50 | Preclinical discovery services based on structure |
Pion | CRO | 47 | Analytical services (e.g. LogD) |
ZoBio | CRO | 46 | Fragment-based discovery |
Confluence Discovery Technologies | CRO | 45 | Immunology assays, custom solutions |
SB Drug Discovery | CRO | 45 | Assay development, high-throughput screening |
Chemspace | CRO | 40 | ML & virtual screening |
HITS | CRO | 40 | AI drug discovery |
Specs | CRO | 40 | Compound handling and chemistry services |
DiscoverRX | CRO | 40 | Assay panels, in vitro screening |
Apex Molecular Ltd | CRO | 40 | Small molecule synthesis, high potency synthesis |
Arctoris | CRO | 38 | Superlative Drug Discovery |
Pelago Bioscience | CRO | 38 | CETSA® cellular thermal shift assay |
Key Organics | CRO | 36 | Provision of intermediates, screening compounds |
J-Star | CRO | 34 | Crystallization, formulation, GMP API |
Visikol | CRO | 31 | 3D Cell culture, high content screening |
Metrion Biosciences | CRO | 30 | Cardiac safety, ion channel assays, assay dev |
Venenum Biodesign | CRO | 28 | ADME & bioanalytical services |
FCTDI | CRO | 28 | Drug Discovery |
Comparative Bioscience, Inc | CRO | 26 | preclinical in vivo studies |
LCC (Liverpool ChiroChem Ltd) | CRO | 25 | Chirally pure chemical space and parallel synthesis laboratory, supporting orthogonal hit-ID to lead optimization. |
SARomics | CRO | 25 | Protein crystallography, NMR & fragment screening |
Pivot Park Screening Centre | CRO | 25 | High-Throughput Screening |
TCG GreenChem | CRO | 25 | Synthesis and preclinical discovery services |
AIM Biotech | CRO | 25 | In vitro and preclinical drug discovery services |
Amuna Pharmaceuticals LLP | CRO | 25 | Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry |
Chemotargets | CRO | 25 | De novo drug design, prediction of safety and efficacy |
nanoimagingservices | CRO | 24 | CryoEM |
Hypha Discovery | CRO | 24 | Drug metabolite synthesis |
Analiza | CRO | 23 | Non-GLP discovery screening, physchem properties |
Inoviem | CRO | 20 | Target ID, MoA on human tissues & patient stratification |
BioBlocks | CRO | 19 | Drug Discovery CRO |
Invivotek | CRO | 18 | Evaluation of Therapeutic Candidates |
Acellera | CRO | 18 | Computational Drug Discovery |
SPD Chemicals | CRO | 15 | FTEs, FFS & Custom synthesis |
Aelius Biotech | CRO | 15 | Gastrointestinal absorption models |
Pentagrit | CRO | 15 | Efficacy screening, toxicity testing, zebrafish models |
Quintara Discovery | CRO | 14 | In vitro ADME, GLP, non-GLP bioanalysis |
Panlabs (Eurofins) | CRO | 14 | Assay panels |
New England Drug Discovery Partners | CRO | 13 | Structure-Based Drug Design |
R2M Pharma | CRO | 13 | Preclinical drug discovery |
Asha Pharma | CRO | 12 | Solid form screening and selection |
PharmOptima | CRO | 10 | Ocular Drug Development |
CrystalsFirst GmbH | CRO | 10 | Structure-based drug discovery |
The Solubility Company | CRO | 10 | Solid form specific solubility analysis |
Chemo Dynamics | CRO | 10 | GMP infrastructure focused on small molecules |
Lotus Separations | CRO | 10 | Chiral separation |
MAG-LAB | CRO | 10 | protein ligand complexes, protein sciences |
Examol | CRO | 10 | Computational Platform/Marketplace |
Immunocure Discovery Solutions | CRO | 10 | Discovery CRO |
Integrated Analytical Solutions | CRO | 8 | GLP & non-GLP Bioanalytical Services |
Accelero Biostructures | CRO | 5 | Structure-based drug discovery |
Ubiquigent | CRO | 5 | Deubiquitinating enzyme assays (DUB) and kits |
ChemBio Discovery, Inc | CRO | 3 | Computational Modeling & Discovery |
NexusPharma | CRO | 1 | PDX Models |