Cell culture media companies develop and supply the nutrients, growth factors and supplements needed to grow and maintain cells in vitro. Media formulations vary according to cell type and application, from routine research and biopharmaceutical production to cell therapy and cultivated meat.
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Browse 38 UK cell culture media companies, suppliers and technology providers below.
Global laboratory supplies and services distributor for life sciences
VWR International Ltd is the UK operating entity of Avantor, a global distributor of laboratory products, reagents, consumables, equipment, and services to the life science, biopharma, healthcare, and advanced technology industries. The company provides researchers, manufacturers, and quality teams with procurement…
Antibodies, proteins and immunoassays for life science research
Proteintech Europe is the UK and European subsidiary of Proteintech Group, a US-based manufacturer of research reagents. The company produces antibodies, recombinant proteins, nanobodies and immunoassay kits for life science research, with a catalogue covering more than 13,000 protein targets. Additional product lines…
Stem-cell disease models and multi-omics toxicology platforms
Stemnovate is a Cambridge biotechnology company developing human stem-cell models and multi-omics platforms for drug discovery and toxicology. Its induced pluripotent stem cell biobank supports reprogramming, differentiation and the development of disease-relevant cellular models. Genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic…
Life science reagents supplier and flow cytometry stabilisation manufacturer
Caltag is an employee-owned supplier of research, clinical and diagnostic reagents to laboratories across the UK and Ireland. It distributes antibodies, assay kits, cells and tissues, nucleic acid tools, proteins and consumables from specialist manufacturers worldwide. The company also manufactures a cell…
Global supplier of instruments, reagents and services for life science research
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global life science company operating across 26 UK sites with more than 5,000 employees. Its UK operations span analytical instruments, laboratory reagents and consumables, CDMO services for sterile and biologic drug manufacturing, anatomical pathology products, chromatography…
Global supplier of instruments and reagents for cell research and therapy
Miltenyi Biotec is a company developing and supplying instruments, reagents and services supporting biomedical research and cell and gene therapy manufacturing. Its product portfolio spans magnetic-activated cell separation, flow cytometry, cell culture, molecular analysis and preclinical imaging, with clinical-grade…
Specialised culture media for animal IVF and embryo production
IVF Bioscience is a manufacturer of specialised culture media for animal in vitro fertilisation and embryo production. Its serum-free formulations support oocyte maturation, fertilisation, embryo development, cryopreservation and transfer across livestock species, including cattle and horses. The company supplies…
AI-designed serum-free cell culture media for biomanufacturing
Multus Biotechnology is a UK developer and manufacturer of serum-free, animal-component-free cell culture media and growth media ingredients. The company combines machine learning and high-throughput robotic automation to design and optimise custom media formulations for specific cell types across cultivated meat,…
Cultivated chicken meat produced from egg cells for pet food
Meatly is a cellular agriculture company producing cultivated chicken meat for the pet food industry. Using cells taken from a chicken egg, the company grows real chicken protein in bioreactors using a proprietary protein-free culture medium, without slaughter, GMOs, or antibiotics. In 2024 Meatly became the first…
Engineered bacterial protein polymers for cell culture and cultivated meat
MarraBio is a biotechnology company developing engineered Caf1-based protein polymers as xeno-free, thermostable alternatives to extracellular matrix proteins and growth factors used in mammalian cell culture. Its proprietary platform enables scalable, cost-effective production of multifunctional materials that…
Plant-based expression platform for recombinant protein production
Bright Biotech is a UK CDMO developing and applying a proprietary plant-based expression system for the production of recombinant proteins. Its platform uses chloroplast engineering in tobacco plants to express high yields of target proteins, offering an animal-free and scalable alternative to conventional cell-based…
Cultivated animal fat ingredient for meat alternatives
Hoxton Farms is a cellular agriculture company producing cultivated pork fat as an ingredient for meat alternatives and processed food products. Using animal stem cells grown in proprietary bioreactors, the company produces real fat tissue without slaughter, guided by computational biology to optimise cell growth…
Global life science tools, reagents, and bioprocessing supplier
Merck Life Science UK Limited is the UK subsidiary of Merck KGaA, a German science and technology company founded in 1668. The UK life science operation supplies research reagents, laboratory chemicals, filtration products, and bioprocessing materials to academic, industrial, and pharmaceutical customers. UK sites…
Global bioprocess technology and life science tools provider
Cytiva is a global life sciences company providing technologies, instruments and services for biopharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing. Its UK operations span multiple sites including Amersham (protein analysis, Western blotting), Cardiff (single-use bioprocessing manufacturing, genomics R&D, magnetic…
Cell culture media, sera and research reagent supply
PAN Biotech UK is a UK supplier of cell culture media, sera and laboratory reagents for research and bioprocessing. It distributes products manufactured by Germany-based PAN-Biotech GmbH, including fetal bovine serum, serum-free media, growth factors, albumins and cell culture supplements. The company provides product…
Macromolecular crowding supplements for scalable cell culture
milieu.bio is a UK supplier of cell-culture media additives for biopharmaceutical research, cell therapy and cellular agriculture. It commercialises CityMix and CytoBoost, macromolecular crowding formulations designed to support cell expansion and extracellular matrix production while reducing reliance on costly media…
Cellular agriculture and biomanufacturing platforms for sustainable food production
Newform Foods is an industrial biotechnology company developing cell-based production platforms for sustainable food and functional ingredients. The company provides animal and plant cell-line development, culture-media optimisation, bioprocess engineering and scalable cultivation technologies. Its platform supports…
AI-native platform for cell culture process design and optimisation
Tolemy Bio Ltd is a company developing an AI-native platform for cell therapy process development and manufacturing optimisation. The platform ingests experimental and bioreactor data including cell growth, phenotype, potency, and metabolite profiles, then applies causal AI models to identify the biological drivers of…
Independent distributor of laboratory equipment, consumables and reagents
Appleton Woods is a Birmingham-based independent distributor of laboratory equipment, consumables, and chemical reagents, supplying universities, research institutes, biotech companies, and clinical laboratories across the UK. The company carries an extensive range of third-party brands alongside own-brand product…
Cell culture media, reagents, and instruments for life sciences
STEMCELL Technologies UK is the British subsidiary of STEMCELL Technologies Canada Inc., a privately held Canadian biotechnology company founded in 1993. The Cambridge facility serves as the company's European hub for sales, marketing, research and development, and customer training, supporting researchers across the…