SECTOR
Pharma & biotech
Discover, test, manufacture, and bring medicines to patients. Specialist tools include AgingResearch.News, BenchSci, Certara and Recursion.
Common tasks
Roles in this sector
Drug safety associateMedical science liaisonResearch associateLaboratory technicianBioinformatics traineeClinical trial assistantMedicinal chemistComputational chemistStructural biologistBioinformaticianComputational biologistPharmacologistToxicologistFormulation scientistImmunologistGeneticistMolecular biologistProcess development scientistClinical research associateClinical data managerClinical research coordinatorBiostatisticianPharmacometricianStatistical programmerHealth economics analystRegulatory affairs specialistMedical writerPharmacovigilance scientistQuality assurance specialist in pharmaCMC specialistPrincipal scientistDiscovery team leadLead clinical data managerSenior biostatisticianR&D directorClinical operations managerRegulatory affairs directorMedical affairs directorPharmaceutical brand managerChief scientific officerChief medical officerBiotech founder
Plus 32 general business roles such as project manager. Mapped to ISIC Revision 4 section C. Classification source ↗
Specialist tools
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Type | Evidence |
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| AgingResearch.NewsNot verified | Search every new aging paper, judged on evidence, plus trials, grants, drug pipelines and news. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| BenchSciBenchSci | AI assistant for preclinical R&D that maps biological evidence to experiments and reagents. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| CertaraCertara | Biosimulation and regulatory science software, including pharmacokinetic modelling. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| RecursionRecursion | Techbio company using phenomics, large datasets and machine learning for drug discovery. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| YseopYseop | Generative AI for drafting clinical and regulatory documents in pharma. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| GeneiousGeneious | Bioinformatics software for sequence analysis, antibody discovery and molecular biology. | Paid | Tool | Site checked |
| NextflowSeqera | Open-source workflow language for scalable, reproducible scientific pipelines. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| BenchlingBenchling | R&D cloud for notebooks, molecular biology, sample tracking and AI-assisted scientific work. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| CausalyCausaly | Biomedical knowledge platform that surfaces cause-and-effect evidence across scientific literature. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| Veeva VaultVeeva Systems | Cloud platform for regulated clinical, quality, regulatory and commercial content in life sciences. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| ColabFoldColabFold community | Open-source protein structure prediction that runs AlphaFold-style models in notebooks or locally. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| AlphaFold ServerGoogle DeepMind | Predict structures of proteins and their interactions with DNA, RNA, ligands and ions. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| TriNetXTriNetX | Federated network of real-world health data for trial feasibility and outcomes research. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| SAS ViyaSAS | Enterprise analytics, statistics and AI platform common in pharma, banking and government. | Contact sales | Tool | Site checked |
| TempusTempus | Clinical and molecular data platform with AI applications in diagnostics and oncology. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Unconfirmed listing |
| ElentooNot verified | Antibody pricing across vendors normalized price per µg, clone identity, flow-panel pricing. No guesses. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
| Insilico MedicineInsilico Medicine | Generative AI platform for target identification, molecule design and clinical trial prediction. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| SaamaSaama | AI-powered clinical data review and trial operations for sponsors and CROs. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| siteciteNot verified | Cited clinical trial site shortlists and CRO site-list checks from ClinicalTrials.gov. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| ArisGlobal LifeSphereArisGlobal | Life-science software for safety, regulatory and medical information with automation. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| MedidataMedidata (Dassault Systèmes) | Unified platform for clinical trial data capture, randomisation, analytics and AI-enabled trial design. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| GalaxyGalaxy Project | Open, web-based platform for reproducible data-intensive biomedical analysis. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| Maven BioNot verified | Live intelligence for biopharma teams on drugs, trials, companies, deals, and source evidence. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| RDKitRDKit community | Open-source cheminformatics toolkit widely used in drug discovery and ML. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| RowanRowan Scientific | Cloud computational chemistry with machine-learning and quantum methods. | Free + paid | Tool | Site checked |
| CAS SciFinderCAS | Chemistry and reaction search over CAS curated content. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| ChemifyChemify | Automated synthesis and digital chemistry platform for designing and making molecules. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| IQVIAIQVIA | Healthcare data, analytics and clinical research services with AI-supported workflows. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| OwkinOwkin | Agentic AI and federated learning for biomarker, target and pathology research. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| ReaxysElsevier | Chemistry database for reaction, substance and property data. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| SchrödingerSchrödinger | Physics-based and machine-learning molecular modelling for drug discovery and materials science. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| DimensionsDigital Science | Linked research database of publications, grants, patents and clinical trials. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| GraphPad PrismDotmatics | Statistics and graphing software designed for bench scientists. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| JMPJMP Statistical Discovery | Visual statistical discovery software for design of experiments and quality analysis. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| PathAIPathAI | AI-powered pathology for diagnostics research and drug development. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| Posit (RStudio)Posit | Open-source data science tools for R and Python, including RStudio and Positron. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
General tools that also apply
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Type | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConsensusConsensus | Searches research papers and synthesizes findings with citations, study details, and summaries of agreement across evidence. | Free + paid | Tool + MCP | Source reviewed |
| ElicitElicit | Searches academic literature, creates cited research reports, and supports paper screening and structured evidence extraction. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| ClayClay | Combines data enrichment, AI research agents, buying signals, and workflow automation for prospecting and revenue operations. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| Gemini NotebookGoogle | Formerly NotebookLM: explore source materials and turn them into summaries, study aids, and audio overviews. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| GleanGlean | Enterprise search, AI assistance, and agents grounded in connected company knowledge and access permissions. | Contact sales | Tool + MCP | Source reviewed |
| PerplexityPerplexity | An AI answer engine that researches web sources, provides cited responses, and supports deeper research and file analysis. | Free + paid | Tool + MCP | Source reviewed |
| ClaudeAnthropic | A conversational assistant for documents, research, analysis, and software work. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| Google GeminiGoogle | Google’s assistant supports research, writing, and media creation, with expanded access through Google AI plans. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Source reviewed |
| ChatGPTOpenAI | An assistant for writing, research, files, images, data exploration, and coding. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| Bob Research ToolsNot verified | Web research, news, company briefs, fact-checks and US weather data for AI agents. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
| Farside ResearchNot verified | Cited deep research for agents: estimate cost, run research, search graded sources, ask questions. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| Keenable Web SearchNot verified | Live web search and clean-markdown page fetch over the Keenable web index. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
No paid ranking. Reviewed 2026-11-04. Tool fit is an editorial suggestion based on published capabilities. See sources & methodology →
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