Healthcare ranking
Top 25 cancer clinical trial sponsors 2026
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals started the most cancer clinical trials as lead sponsor between November 2023 and October 2026, with 174 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 | Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals | China | 174 |
| 2 | AstraZeneca | United Kingdom | 114 |
| 3 | Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical (Biokin) | China | 106 |
| 4 | Merck & Co. (MSD) | United States | 101 |
| 5 | Chia Tai Tianqing (Sino Biopharm) | China | 86 |
| 6 | CSPC Pharmaceutical Group | China | 72 |
| 7 | Bristol Myers Squibb | United States | 60 |
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) | United States | 59 |
| 9 | Qilu Pharmaceutical | China | 58 |
| 10 | Pfizer | United States | 55 |
| 11 | Hansoh Pharmaceutical | China | 50 |
| 12 | AbbVie | United States | 49 |
| 13 | Akeso | China | 48 |
| 14 | GSK | United Kingdom | 46 |
| 15 | Novartis | Switzerland | 44 |
| 16 | BeOne Medicines (BeiGene) | Switzerland | 42 |
| 16 | Shanghai Henlius Biotech | China | 42 |
| 18 | Roche | Switzerland | 41 |
| 19 | Kelun-Biotech | China | 33 |
| 20 | Amgen | United States | 32 |
| 20 | Eli Lilly | United States | 32 |
| 22 | Daiichi Sankyo | Japan | 31 |
| 22 | Beijing Biotech | China | 31 |
| 22 | Regeneron | United States | 31 |
| 25 | Innovent Biologics | China | 30 |
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as lead sponsor and a start date from 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2026 that list cancer as a studied condition; withdrawn trials are not counted. Subsidiaries and name variants are merged into the parent company ("Suzhou Suncadia Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd." and "Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd." are counted as Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals), 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 cancer clinical trial sponsors ranking?
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals ranks first with 174 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 cancer as a studied condition; withdrawn trials are not counted. Subsidiaries and name variants are merged into the parent company ("Suzhou Suncadia Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd." and "Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd." are counted as Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals), 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.
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