Healthcare ranking
Top 25 autoimmune disease clinical trial sponsors 2026
Novartis started the most autoimmune disease clinical trials as lead sponsor between November 2023 and October 2026, with 26 trials. The list ranks companies worldwide by the number of new interventional trials they lead in this area.
Top 10 at a glance
The full list
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | new industry-sponsored clinical trials (trials) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novartis | Switzerland | 26 |
| 2 | AstraZeneca | United Kingdom | 25 |
| 3 | Sanofi | France | 21 |
| 4 | Roche | Switzerland | 15 |
| 5 | argenx | Netherlands | 13 |
| 6 | Eli Lilly | United States | 12 |
| 7 | Amgen | United States | 11 |
| 7 | Bristol Myers Squibb | United States | 11 |
| 9 | UCB | Belgium | 10 |
| 10 | Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals | China | 8 |
| 10 | China Immunotech | China | 8 |
| 12 | Novo Nordisk | Denmark | 7 |
| 12 | Qilu Pharmaceutical | China | 7 |
| 12 | Immunovant | United States | 7 |
| 12 | Viridian Therapeutics | United States | 7 |
| 16 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | 6 |
| 16 | Medtronic | Ireland | 6 |
| 16 | Nanjing Bioheng Biotech | China | 6 |
| 19 | Chia Tai Tianqing (Sino Biopharm) | China | 5 |
| 19 | GSK | United Kingdom | 5 |
| 19 | Biohaven Therapeutics | United States | 5 |
| 19 | Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical | China | 5 |
| 19 | Chongqing Precision Biotech | China | 5 |
| 24 | AbbVie | United States | 4 |
| 24 | Gilead Sciences | United States | 4 |
| 24 | Merck KGaA | Germany | 4 |
| 24 | Otsuka | Japan | 4 |
| 24 | Takeda | Japan | 4 |
| 24 | Cabaletta Bio | United States | 4 |
| 24 | Candid Therapeutics | United States | 4 |
| 24 | Kyverna Therapeutics | United States | 4 |
| 24 | PersonGen BioTherapeutics | China | 4 |
| 24 | Tandem Diabetes Care | United States | 4 |
| 24 | Zenas BioPharma | United States | 4 |
How this list is built
We counted interventional clinical trials with a company as lead sponsor and a start date from 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2026 that list a condition that falls under autoimmune diseases in the standard medical subject headings; withdrawn trials are not counted. Cancer trials are counted in the cancer lists instead. Subsidiaries and name variants are merged into the parent company ("Novartis Pharmaceuticals" and "Tourmaline Bio, Inc., a Novartis Company" are counted as Novartis), and hospitals, universities and other non-company sponsors are left out. Companies with the same count share a rank, and all companies tied at the last place are shown.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is number one in the autoimmune disease clinical trial sponsors ranking?
Novartis ranks first with 26 trials (November 2023 to October 2026).
How is this ranking calculated?
We counted interventional clinical trials with a company as lead sponsor and a start date from 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2026 that list a condition that falls under autoimmune diseases in the standard medical subject headings; withdrawn trials are not counted. Cancer trials are counted in the cancer lists instead. Subsidiaries and name variants are merged into the parent company ("Novartis Pharmaceuticals" and "Tourmaline Bio, Inc., a Novartis Company" are counted as Novartis), and hospitals, universities and other non-company sponsors are left out. Companies with the same count share a rank, and all companies tied at the last place are shown.
Can a company pay to rank higher?
Positions come only from the counts described above, and inclusion is free. Every company is ranked by the same rules.
How often is the ranking updated?
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