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 57 UK antimicrobial resistance companies below.
Rapid light-based point-of-care diagnostics for infections and pathogens
ExGen Dx, previously Linear Diagnostics, is a University of Birmingham spin-out developing a portable, light-based diagnostic platform that detects multiple infections from a…
Culturing microbial dark matter to discover novel antimicrobials and bioactives
Bactobio is a biotechnology company using synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing, and machine learning to culture the vast majority of environmental microbes that have…
CRISPR-based Guided Biotics platform for precision microbiome modulation
FOLIUM Science is a biotech developing a patented CRISPR-Cas platform that selectively silences genes in target bacteria to modulate animal and food microbiomes without disrupting…
AI drug discovery platform developing novel biologics for cancer and AMR
AMPLY Discovery is a biotechnology company developing an AI-driven drug discovery platform that combines machine learning, next-generation sequencing, and synthetic biology to…
High-performance PCR reagents and deployable pathogen detection
Amped PCR is a Welsh biotechnology company developing high-performance PCR reagents and a modular, deployable diagnostic system for rapid pathogen detection. Its ambient-stable…
Analytical testing, development and training for pharma and food sectors
Reading Scientific Services (RSSL) is a contract research organisation based at the University of Reading, providing analytical testing, product development, consultancy and…
R&D consultancy and laboratory services for life sciences companies
Biophys is a contract research and consultancy organisation supporting biomedical, diagnostic device, and biotechnology companies from early development through to…
Contract microbiology testing and consultancy for industry and research
Orion Microbiology is a contract testing laboratory providing microbiological analysis, regulatory compliance testing, and consultancy services to pharmaceutical, cosmetics,…
AI-driven tRNA synthetase platform for novel small molecule therapeutics
Oxford Drug Design is an Oxford biotech developing small molecule therapeutics using an integrated platform combining aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase biology with proprietary generative…
Broad-spectrum intranasal antivirals targeting respiratory viral infections
Pneumagen is a Scottish clinical-stage biotechnology company developing broad-spectrum intranasal antiviral therapies. Pneumagen’s platform generates multivalent carbohydrate…
CRO specialising in human challenge trials
hVIVO is a specialist contract research organisation providing human challenge trial services for infectious and respiratory disease. The company conducts controlled human…
Rapid point-of-care antibiotic susceptibility testing for antimicrobial resistance
Microplate Dx is a diagnostics biotechnology company developing a rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing platform for use at the point of care. Its biosensor technology uses…