Cell line development companies create and optimise cell lines for research, drug discovery and the manufacture of biological products. Their services support the production of recombinant proteins, antibodies, vaccines and advanced therapies.
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Browse 62 UK cell line development companies below.
Recombinant and native protein products for life science research
Creative BioMart is a biotechnology supplier of recombinant and native protein products for the research, diagnostics and biopharmaceutical communities. The company offers over 100,000 products, including cytokines, antibodies, antigens and cell and tissue lysates, alongside custom services such as protein expression,…
Biologics CDMO for development and cGMP manufacturing
Northway Biotech is a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) specialising in biologics and advanced therapies. It develops mammalian cell lines and microbial production strains, provides upstream and downstream process development, and supports analytical method development and cGMP manufacturing.…
Non-viral intracellular delivery platform based on biomolecular condensates
PartitionBio is a biotechnology company developing a non-viral intracellular delivery platform based on liquid-liquid phase separation and biomolecular condensates. Its lead product, BubbleFect, is a room-temperature-stable, non-lipid reagent designed for bench-top use without specialist equipment or cold-chain…
Human iPSC platform for neurodegenerative disease drug discovery
Talisman Therapeutics is a drug discovery company specialising in human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models of neurodegenerative disease. The company operates both an internal discovery pipeline, focused on Alzheimer's disease targets including lysosome biology, pathogenic protein reduction and microglial…
Patient-derived mitochondrial screening for preclinical drug discovery
Mitotype Precision Labs is a contract research organisation providing patient-derived cellular assays for drug discovery and preclinical evaluation. Its screening services use fibroblasts, neurons and astrocytes to measure mitochondrial function, lysosomal biology and other disease-relevant cellular responses. The…
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…
Manufacturing and laboratory services for diagnostic innovators
Biofortuna is a contract development and manufacturing organisation providing assay development, lyophilisation, contract manufacturing, and controlled-environment storage services to the in vitro diagnostics, point-of-care, and life science sectors. Operating from ISO 13485-certified, ISO 17025-accredited,…
Cell-based quality control materials for immunohistochemistry and ISH
HistoCyte Laboratories is a developer and manufacturer of cell-based quality control materials for immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridisation. Its products use proprietary cell line processing technology to produce formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded control slides and blocks with reproducible, well-characterised…
Lentiviral vector yield enhancement via HDAC inhibitors and producer lines
Synthistat is a biotechnology company developing technologies to increase lentiviral vector production for cell and gene therapy manufacturing. Its work combines designed histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors with approaches to modify HEK293 producer cells. The company has reported early laboratory results from…
Mammalian recombinant protein production and cell line development services
Daresbury Proteins is a contract research organisation specialising in mammalian recombinant protein production and cell line development. Using proprietary expression vectors optimised for CHO-K1 and HEK293 systems, the company produces difficult-to-express proteins as research reagents and candidate targets for…
Primary cell lines and functional ingredients for cultivated meat
Quest Meat is a biotechnology company supplying primary cell lines and developing edible protein ingredients for alternative-protein production. Its catalogue includes bovine, porcine and water buffalo muscle satellite cells and adipose-derived stem cells for cultivated meat research, with quality documents and…
Baculovirus expression systems, research reagents and contract protein production
Oxford Expression Technologies is an Oxford Brookes University and NERC spin-out specialising in recombinant protein expression. Its flashBAC baculovirus expression systems, transfer vectors and engineered insect cell lines support protein production for pharmaceutical, vaccine and diagnostic research. The company…
In vitro pharmacology CRO for preclinical drug discovery
Excellerate Bioscience is a contract research organisation specialising in molecular and cellular pharmacology for preclinical drug discovery. The company provides in vitro assay development, biochemical and cell-based screening, target validation, and compound profiling services to pharmaceutical companies,…
Automated single-cell isolation and cloning instruments for cell biology
Iota Sciences is a developer of automated single-cell handling instruments and cell-line engineering services. The company's platform automates single-cell isolation and cloning in nanolitre volumes, supporting monoclonal cell line development with integrated viability monitoring and documentation. GRID Technology…
Gene editing tools, cell lines and genomic reagents for life science research
Horizon Discovery is a Cambridge-based life sciences company supplying gene editing and gene modulation tools, services, and engineered cell lines to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic customers. Its portfolio includes CRISPR and RNAi reagents, isogenic cell line pairs modelling disease-associated mutations,…
High-throughput iPSC reprogramming and stem cell drug discovery services
Oxford StemTech is a contract research company providing induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) reprogramming and drug discovery services using its proprietary platform. The technology enables large-scale, cost-effective generation of patient-derived iPSC lines from blood or skin samples, supporting disease modelling,…
Custom recombinant antibody and protein development services
Scotia Biologics is a contract research organisation specialising in custom antibody and recombinant protein development for biomedical researchers and diagnostic developers. Services span antigen design, polyclonal and monoclonal antibody generation via hybridoma and phage display, antibody engineering including…
Translational CRO offering oncology and women's health assay services
Inaphaea BioLabs is a translational contract research organisation based at MediCity Nottingham, offering cell-based assays and patient-derived cell (PDC) models to support early-stage drug discovery and preclinical development. The company specialises in oncology and women's health, providing biochemical and…
Engineering biology CRDMO for pharma and industrial biotech
Ingenza is a contract research, development, and manufacturing organisation applying engineering biology to solve manufacturing challenges across pharmaceuticals and industrial biotechnology. The company provides strain and cell line engineering, fermentation, bioprocess development, and analytical services for…
Combinatorial stem cell screening platform for therapy development
Plasticell is a biotechnology company developing cell and gene therapies and enabling drug discovery through its proprietary platform. The technology uses bead-based combinatorial screening to test thousands of cell culture variable combinations in parallel, identifying optimised protocols for stem cell expansion,…