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Orbimed Advisors LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 118608

Filed as ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC

Orbimed Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2002, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 18, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2002
$20,607,970,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Orbimed Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Orbimed Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Orbimed Advisors LLC located?

Orbimed Advisors LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Orbimed Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Orbimed Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 118608.

How much does Orbimed Advisors LLC manage?

Orbimed Advisors LLC reports $20,607,970,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 18, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Orbimed Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Orbimed Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $21,447,005,000 in the October 2021 data and $20,607,970,000 in the October 2026 data, down 4%. Total employees: 99 in October 2021 and 118 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Orbimed Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (32).

Does Orbimed Advisors LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/118608

What changed in Orbimed Advisors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated August 3, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$20,607,970,000

$20,607,970,000 as of October 2026, filing dated August 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $20,607,970,000.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 32 Assets $20,607,970,000 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
ORBIMED CAPITAL LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 118. Performing investment advisory functions: 86.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
6 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
CentralHerzliyaLondonMumbaiShanghaiSouth San Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CANYTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$21.4B 2021 $17.3B 2022 $18.3B 2023 $18.2B 2024 $17.3B 2025 $20.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$20,607,970,000118August 18, 2026
October 2025$17,339,330,000118July 23, 2025
October 2024$18,211,070,000112March 27, 2024
October 2023$18,277,550,000106March 29, 2023
October 2022$17,321,130,00098August 3, 2022
October 2021$21,447,005,00099March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $21,447,005,000 in the October 2021 data and $20,607,970,000 in the October 2026 data, down 4%.

Total employees: 99 in October 2021 and 118 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $17,339,330,000 to $20,607,970,000 (+19%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
orbimed.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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