inPharm

What inPharm does

inPharm is a small, privately held French company headquartered in Lyon that operates a digital platform connecting pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnological industrial clients with independent experts and engineering consultants. Founded around 2016-2018, the company employs 1-10 people and serves as a two-sided marketplace where companies post project needs and receive expert matches within 48 hours, while independent professionals create profiles and access project opportunities. The platform also facilitates engineering and consulting firms seeking specialized talent on demand.

The company's underlying technology is a web-based digital platform for resource and skills management in life sciences engineering, combining profile/competency management with real-time matching capabilities. Beyond the marketplace, inPharm delivers direct engineering consulting services through its in-house team across five specialized disciplines: Management de Transition (interim management), HVAC (cleanroom environmental control), CQV (commissioning, qualification, and validation), Process (process design and industrialization), and Automatismes (industrial automation). The core team comprises five named senior engineers with 15-33 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, led by Director Gilles Crenna.

The business operates on a professional services revenue model with two streams: platform services connecting companies with freelance experts, and direct engineering consulting delivered by the in-house team. Pricing is quote-based and project-by-project with no publicly disclosed rates. Named enterprise clients include Allergan, Carbios, and Seqens, and project case studies indicate multisite delivery capability across France, China, and Mexico. The company has no disclosed external funding, no parent organization, and operates as an independent private entity.

Name

inPharm

Legal name

InPharm

Website

https://in-pharm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

inPharm operates a digital platform and engineering consultancy connecting pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotech industrial clients with independent experts and its in-house team across HVAC, CQV, process, automation, and transition management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Manufacturing, MSAT & Operations Staffing (API/Biologics/Cell & Gene) (HLAGAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

GMP Quality, Validation & Regulatory Support (GMP/CSV/Qualification) (HLAGAGAL), CMC, Process Development & Tech Transfer Staffing FSP (HLAGAOAK), Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

Keywords

• Pharmaceutical engineering services
• Life sciences consulting
• Freelance expert platform
• Cleanroom qualification services
• Pharmaceutical process engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform services for companies seeking experts: Platform connecting pharmaceutical companies with independent freelancers and engineering consultants. Companies post project needs and receive expert matches within 48 hours.
2. Direct engineering consulting services: The company provides direct services in HVAC, process engineering, CQV, automation, and transition management through its own team of engineers and project managers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

inPharm operates a digital resource and competency management platform that connects pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnological industrial clients with independent experts and freelance engineers. Companies post project needs and receive expert matches within 48 hours. The platform is complemented by direct engineering consulting services delivered by inPharm's in-house team across five disciplines: interim transition management, HVAC, CQV (Commissioning, Qualification, Validation), process engineering, and industrial automation.

Product overview

inPharm is a digital resource and competency management platform for the life sciences engineering sector. The platform facilitates the matching of industrial clients and engineering consulting firms with independent experts and freelancers in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnological industries. The core platform is complemented by five specialized service offerings: Management de Transition (interim management), HVAC (cleanroom environmental control systems), CQV (commissioning, qualification, and validation), Process (process design and industrialization), and Automatismes (automation). The platform enables clients to post needs, browse expert profiles, and manage projects and partnerships in real-time.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management de Transition (Interim Management) Provides interim management services to help pharmaceutical and life sciences companies implement changes, improve performance and competitiveness, and navigate transitional phases within their organization.
• HVAC Engineering Services Designs installations to maintain and control environmental parameters in cleanrooms (pressure, temperature, humidity), ensuring protection of products, personnel, and the environment while complying with technical, economic, and regulatory constraints in pharmaceutical facilities.
• CQV (Commissioning, Qualification, Validation) Offers a rational and controlled approach to prove and document that equipment or auxiliary systems in pharmaceutical manufacturing are properly installed, functioning correctly, and produce expected results. Includes C&Q strategies, VMP development, qualification plans, risk analysis, and validation documentation.
• Process Engineering Designs, develops, and industrializes operations that transform raw materials into high-value pharmaceutical products, ensuring economical, reliable operation that respects the environment, safety, and applicable standards. Covers fermentation, filtration, chromatography, CIP, SIP, and production unit design.
• Automatismes (Industrial Automation) Provides support for reliability and optimization of pharmaceutical production facilities through industrial automation engineering, including utility design and sizing, while maintaining or improving product quality and traceability.
• in-Pharm.com Expert Matching Platform Web-based digital platform for resource and competency management in life sciences engineering. Pharmaceutical companies, engineering consultancies, and independent experts can register, post project needs, browse profiles, and manage partnerships in real time.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Commissioning Agents Inc (CAI): Global engineering services firm specialising in CQV, automation, and process engineering for pharmaceutical and biopharma manufacturers — closely comparable to inPharm's CQV and Automatismes offerings.
• Malt: France-headquartered freelance marketplace connecting enterprises with independent consultants — the closest analogue to inPharm's two-sided platform model, though operating across industries rather than pharma-specific.
• NNE: Novo Nordisk-owned pharma engineering consultancy delivering process, HVAC, CQV, and automation services across the biopharma plant lifecycle — directly overlapping with inPharm's service portfolio and target customer base.
• PSC Biotech: Biopharma services firm providing GMP validation, qualification, and regulatory support to pharma manufacturers — a direct peer in the CQV/AQ Validation service line that inPharm delivers.

Emerging players

• Kolabtree: Online marketplace matching businesses with freelance scientists and consultants — directly comparable to inPharm's platform model for life-sciences expertise, with overlap on biotech and pharmaceutical projects.
• Scientist.com: Marketplace for outsourced scientific services covering drug discovery, CRO, and lab work — comparable two-sided platform model serving a related life-sciences buyer base.

Regional players

• PharmEng Technology: Canada-based pharma consulting and staffing firm providing validation, engineering, and GMP compliance services — comparable CQV/FSP offering to inPharm though operating primarily in North America rather than France.

Broad incumbents

• Proclinical: Life-sciences recruitment and staffing firm placing professionals across pharma, biotech, and medical device companies — overlapping with inPharm's life-sciences talent marketplace and project resourcing services.
• Sthree / Real Staffing: International specialist staffing group with Real Staffing as its life-sciences brand, placing contract and freelance professionals across pharma, biotech, and medical devices — direct competitive pressure on inPharm's freelance matching value proposition.
• Hays Life Sciences: Global staffing and recruitment firm with a dedicated life-sciences practice providing pharma engineering, validation, and regulatory resourcing — broad incumbent competing for the same freelance-to-pharma engagement flow.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/in-pharm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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