Antimicrobial resistance companies develop diagnostics, therapeutics and technologies to address infections that no longer respond effectively to existing medicines. Their work supports faster pathogen identification, improved treatment decisions and the development of new approaches to infection control.
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Browse 53 UK antimicrobial resistance companies below.
Clinical-stage antifungal drug developer targeting invasive fungal infections
F2G is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel antifungal therapies for life-threatening invasive fungal infections. The company discovered the orotomides, a new class of antifungal agents that selectively inhibit fungal dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, a mechanism of action distinct from all approved…
Multiplex qPCR and NGS kits for molecular detection
YouSeq is a UK manufacturer of multiplex Next Generation Sequencing and qPCR kits, panels and reagents. The company offers one of the largest menus of qPCR targets available, covering human infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance profiling, food and water safety, microbiome analysis, and veterinary diagnostics.…
UK manufacturer of bespoke autogenous vaccines for farm animals and fish
Ridgeway Biologicals is a UK manufacturer of bespoke veterinary vaccines prepared from pathogens extracted directly from an affected farm to control disease outbreaks in that specific animal group. Licensed by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the company serves the pig, poultry, ruminant and aquaculture sectors,…
AI-powered microbiome and phage therapy platform for gut disorders
GutSee Health is a biotechnology company developing precision microbiome therapies for gut disorders including irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. Its AI discovery platform integrates multi-omics and microbiome data to identify molecular disease signatures and therapeutic targets. A parallel…
Pathogen genomic surveillance tools and antimicrobial resistance research
Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance is a University of Oxford research centre developing genomic epidemiology methods and tools for infectious disease surveillance. Its Pathogenwatch and Microreact platforms support pathogen genome analysis, antimicrobial resistance prediction, strain clustering and visualisation…
Infectious disease drug development and partnering organisation
Infex Therapeutics is a clinical-stage drug development company focused on antimicrobial resistance and pandemic-priority infectious diseases, based at Alderley Park. Founded as The AMR Centre in 2016, the company acquires and co-develops novel therapeutics through in-licensing and risk-sharing partnerships with…
Bacterial-like particle vaccine platform targeting recurrent UTIs
Spectre Bio is a biotechnology company developing a non-antibiotic prophylactic vaccine for recurrent UTIs, a major unmet medical need and significant driver of antimicrobial resistance. The company's platform produces programmable, non-replicative bacterial cells that retain a full native antigen profile while being…
Engineered bacteriophages for precision antimicrobial discovery
BioPhoundry is an engineering biology company developing bacteriophage-based technologies for precision antimicrobial research. Its Phax platform combines machine learning, synthetic biology and cell-free production to accelerate phage discovery and engineering. The company aims to generate tailored phages for…
Digital microscope platform for veterinary parasite diagnostics
Techion (UK) is the UK subsidiary of New Zealand-founded Techion Group, developer of an integrated digital diagnostics platform for parasite management in production animals. Its FECPAKG2 system combines a portable digital microscope with cloud-based image analysis and decision support software, enabling on-farm…
Bacteriophage-integrated antibacterial textiles for surgical implant infection prevention
Oxford Silk Phage Technologies is a biotechnology company developing antibacterial biomaterials that integrate bacteriophages into silk-based medical textiles, for use in surgical implants and wound care devices. The technology embeds high-density cocktails of bacteriophages throughout the textile structure, producing…
Multiomics research and bioinformatics for microbial systems
GenomeByte is a contract research and bioinformatics company supporting microbiology and multiomics investigations. Its services span experimental design, genomic and transcriptomic analysis, proteomics and integration of biological datasets. Researchers develop tailored workflows for studying host-pathogen…
Small-molecule anti-biofilm add-on therapy for antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections
BioTryp Therapeutics is a UK-based drug discovery company developing small-molecule therapies that inhibit bacterial biofilm formation. The company's lead programme is an oral add-on therapy designed to be used alongside existing antibiotics, targeting a bacterial protein conserved across more than 85 species to…
Portable multiplex PCR molecular diagnostic platform for point-of-care use
QuantuMDx is a medical technology company developing a battery-operated, handheld molecular diagnostic system that delivers multiplex PCR results from a single-use reagent cassette within 35 minutes. Designed for point-of-care and resource-limited settings, the CE-IVD marked device supports assays for respiratory…
Metagenomic microbiome analysis for aquaculture health monitoring
Esox Biologics is a biotechnology company providing metagenomic analysis for aquaculture health monitoring. Its Detect service sequences microbial DNA in water and animal swab samples, profiling pathogens and beneficial microorganisms without predefined target panels. The company also researches bacteriophage-based…
Global drug discovery and development partnership company
Evotec is a global drug discovery and development company with major UK operations at Milton Park, Abingdon, and Alderley Park, Cheshire. Its Abingdon campus houses over 800 staff spanning target validation, medicinal chemistry, structural biology, in silico design, process development, and biologics manufacturing…
Microbiology CRO for antimicrobial product testing and regulatory support
BluTest Laboratories Limited is a UKAS-accredited contract research organisation providing microbiology testing and development services to manufacturers of antimicrobial products, disinfectants, and medical devices. The company offers bactericidal, fungicidal, sporicidal, and virucidal efficacy testing to EN, ASTM,…
Integrated academic drug discovery facility for anti-infectives and innovative targets
The Drug Discovery Unit is an academic drug discovery facility at the University of Dundee, integrating medicinal chemistry, high-throughput screening, structural biology, cell biology, and DMPK in a single purpose-built facility. The DDU conducts small molecule drug discovery programmes across two areas:…
Metal-based antimicrobial drugs and antibiofilm coating compounds
MetalloBio is a University of Sheffield spin-out developing metal-based antimicrobial compounds against drug-resistant bacterial infections. Its KLS-1 series includes investigational antibacterial candidate KLS-116, designed to act against multidrug-resistant pathogens and biofilms. The KLS-2 series is being developed…
Isothermal molecular diagnostics and assay development services
Simplex Molecular is a biotechnology company developing instrument-free nucleic acid testing technology alongside molecular biology research services. Its proprietary isothermal amplification chemistry operates at room temperature and is being developed into a portable, multiplexed diagnostic platform with…
Bacteriophage antimicrobials targeting livestock pathogens to replace antibiotics
Aparon is a biotechnology company developing bacteriophage-based technologies as novel antimicrobials for use in livestock production. Its research focuses on identifying and formulating bacteriophage cocktails that selectively destroy bacterial pathogens in animals, offering an alternative to conventional antibiotic…