Best Biopharma Outsourcing Companies in Ireland
The 45 best Biopharma Outsourcing companies in Ireland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ovagen.
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$10.3b in tracked funding; 68% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Biopharma Outsourcing companies in Ireland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ovagen Provider of germ-free and specific pathogen free production of eggs for vaccine and antibody manufacturing… | $25M | 21 mo ago | Early Stage | Leonard Moran Founder & CEO | 2000 | — | 8 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 2 | EirGen Pharma High Potency Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing | $24M | 172 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2005 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+16 | 136 patents Modified-release vitamin D, oxyntomodulin peptide analogs, and nutraceutical combination formulations. | 1 expansion · 2 awards |
| 3 | Perigord Provider of pharmaceutical labeling, consulting, and software services for the life sciences industry | $6M | 108 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1976 | DudaQuillNginx+22 | — | 3 job openings · 1 launch |
| 4 | Aufbau Holdings Developer of diagnostic and therapeutic platforms for cancer and eye diseases | $6M | 16 mo ago | Series A | John Pena Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Aquila Bioscience Provider of cell based assay services for preclinical research | $2M | 48 mo ago | Seed | Afshin Samali Co-Founder & Director | 2012 | — | 8 patents Portable UV/chemical decontamination devices for agricultural produce and plant protection | — |
| 6 | Valitacell Provider of products to measure antibody concentration and host cell stability | $1M | 79 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | — | 39 patents Bioanalytics assays, cell line productivity engineering, and AI‑trusted microscopy image analysis | — |
| 7 | Xeolas Pharmaceuticals CDMO focused on manufacturing of solid formulations | $1M | 76 mo ago | Seed | Damien Flynn Managing Director | 2007 | LeafletBootstrapApache HTTP Server+8 | 23 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 8 | BioSimulytics Provides AI-enhanced molecular modelling platform for biopharma sector | $709K | 38 mo ago | Seed | Peter Doyle Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 9 | KelAda Pharmachem Provider of green process chemistry and bioorganic pharming solutions | $653K | 61 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mauro Adamo Co-Founder | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 10 | StatisticaMedica Provider of biostatistics, clinical trial design, and regulatory submission services | $504K | 111 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Cancer Trials Provider of research site and patient recruitment services for clinical trials | $269K | 103 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1996 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+29 | — | — |
Top 12 Biopharma Outsourcing companies in Ireland
#1
Series A · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2019$6.1Mraised▾
Developer of diagnostic and therapeutic platforms for cancer and eye diseases. It utilizes novel biology to create its diagnostic and therapeutic platforms. The company focuses on the detection, monitoring, and treatment of ophthalmic and other diseases. Its leadership team includes experienced professionals in medicine, law, and business.
- Apr 2025Series A$6.1M
#2
Early Stage · Mayo, County Mayo · founded 2000 · 8 employees$25.2Mraised▾
Provider of germ-free and specific pathogen free production of eggs for vaccine and antibody manufacturing services
#3
Seed · Galway, Connaught · founded 2012 · 5 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Aquila Bioscience is a spin-out company from the National University of Ireland Galway. It offers cell-based assays to support preclinical research. The company also focuses on glycoscience(polysaccharides) research to treat cell stress in chronic and infectious diseases. The cell-based services it offers are toxicity assays, proliferation assays, immunomodulation assays, gene expression studies, reporter gene studies, custom assay development. The company is also engaged in developing products and services for enivronmental sensing applications.
- Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$51.1K
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$2.3M
- Jun 2020Seed—
- Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$58.2K
#4
Acquired · Waterford, Munster · founded 2005 · 200 employees$24Mraised▾
EirGen Pharma focuses on the development, registration and commercial manufacture of high potency, high barrier to entry solid dose products for the global pharmaceutical market. It is licensed to manufacture oncology, cytotoxic, steroidal and immunosuppressant molecules. It has an Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) licence for the manufacture of clinical trial materials and a Manufacturing Licence for commercial manufacturing and packaging. It provides services for Clinical trial management, drug formulation development, generic formulation development, cytotoxic product production and contract manufacture of a wide range of chemical entities. In May 2015 EirGen Pharma was acquired by OPKO Health. The company's facilities are approved by the FDA (US), PMDA (Japan), EMA (Europe) and HPRA (formerly the Irish Medicines Board) .
#5
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2019 · 2 employees$709.4Kraised▾
Provides AI-enhanced molecular modelling platform for biopharma sector
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Sep 2021Seed$709.4K
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$35.2K
#6
Acquired · Dublin, Leinster · founded 1976 · 275 employees$6.3Mraised▾
Provider of pharmaceutical labeling, consulting, and software services for the life sciences industry. Its other services include artwork production & management, project management, and strategic outsourcing.
#7
Acquired · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2014 · 20 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Valitacell aims to improve the efficiency and the outcome of cell-based manufacturing processes by providing a range of high-throughput assays. Its technology platforms include Fluoroprotein platform, which measures IgG (antibody) concentration, ChemStress technology platform which simulates the stresses encountered by host cells in a bioreactor thereby providing a unique mechanism to predict, at the earliest possible stage in Cell Line Development, how a host cell will ultimately perform in a bioreactor.
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$841.4K
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$137.2K
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$1.3M
- Mar 2019Grant (prize money)—
#8
Funding Raised · Dublin, County Dublin · founded 2012$652.6Kraised▾
Provider of green process chemistry and bioorganic pharming solutions. It develops cost-effective and greener processes for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The company focuses on utilizing natural sources and valorizing waste streams. It operates on a collaborative research basis, offering medicinal and process chemistry expertise to develop specific solutions for partners in the pharma, biotech, and agrifood sectors. The company's mission involves integrating green technologies into pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing through in-house research and technology identification.
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$130.8K
- Apr 2019Grant (prize money)$247.4K
- Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$195.7K
- Jun 2015Grant (prize money)$78.6K
#9
Seed · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2007$1.4Mraised▾
Operator of a specialty pharmaceutical project intended to develop and commercialize patient-friendly medicines. The company offers a wide range of services such as undertaking complex research and development projects, tests and manufacturing innovative and novel formulations through the various stages of pharmaceutical development, enabling its clients to avail of pharmaceutical products for patients with unmet medical needs.
#10
Funding Raised · Dublin, County Dublin · founded 2012$504.1Kraised▾
Provider of biostatistics, clinical trial design, and regulatory submission services. It specializes in designing, analyzing, and reporting clinical trials for the pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare industries, as well as academia. The company offers biostatistical support, CDISC services, biostatistical advisory and consulting, and medical writing. It assists clients with regulatory submissions to bodies like the FDA and EMA. The company's expertise covers various therapeutic areas, including respiratory diseases, cardiology, urogenital disorders, GI disorders, neurology, and nutrition.
- May 2017Grant (prize money)$504.1K
#11
Funding Raised · Dublin, County Dublin · founded 1996 · 74 employees$268.6Kraised▾
Cancer Trials Ireland (formerly ICORG) gives patients early access to new cancer treatments, gained from innovative trial-based research, delivered with the most diligent medical care. Cancer Trials Ireland has been striving since 1996 to reach the highest level in the international cancer clinical research world, in 2016 the Group is now recognised as an important partner by many of the leading cancer treatment development agencies in the world, both from the academic and pharmaceutical sector. Today it counts more than 95% of Ireland's cancer treating consultants among its membership working together to develop some of the most exciting new treatments in some of the most challenging and co
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$268.6K
#12
Funding Raised · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2011 · 17 employees$72.3Kraised▾
Manufacturer of micro-encapsulated ingredients
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$72.3K
- 2019Grant (prize money)—
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How research on Biotechnology is moving in Ireland
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- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority53
- University College Cork34
- University College Dublin31
- APC Microbiome Institute18
- Environmental Protection Agency9
- Gene5
- Mutation3
- Mutant3
- Cell biology2
- Ex vivo2
- Food science4
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- Antimicrobial4
- Gene4
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- Sustainability3
- Plant virus3
- Plant disease2
- Phage therapy2
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