Chemical and analytical companies provide testing, characterisation and analytical services that support research, development, manufacturing and regulatory compliance across the life sciences sector.
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Browse 146 UK chemical and analytical companies below.
In vitro diagnostic reagents, test kits and analysers for clinical laboratories
Fortress Diagnostics is a Northern Ireland-based manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic products, supplying clinical chemistry reagents, immunoassays, haematology reagents, haemostasis consumables, serology test kits, quality controls and calibrators, and diagnostic instrumentation to hospitals, blood banks, and research…
PCB electrochemical electrodes and custom biosensor development
Macias Sensors develops electrochemical sensor platforms, laboratory electrodes and bespoke biosensing systems for research and product development. Its portfolio includes printed circuit board electrodes, screen-printed electrochemical sensors and potentiostat equipment, alongside contract design and manufacturing of…
Microbial biosynthetic pathways for novel biocatalysts and chemicals
ErebaGen is an industrial biotechnology company using engineered microorganisms to discover enzymes and chemistry from specialised microbial metabolism. Its platform activates normally silent biosynthetic gene clusters, combining computational pathway prediction, genetic engineering and high-throughput…
Specialist genetic and skin toxicology CRO
Scantox Manchester is a GLP-compliant contract research organisation providing genetic toxicology and genomic safety services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agrochemical companies. Its services span early genotoxicity screening using proprietary cell-based assays with minimal compound requirements, through to a…
Biological raw materials and reagents for veterinary and food safety testing
ARGiP Technologies is a Welsh manufacturer and supplier of biological raw materials for veterinary diagnostic, food safety, and cosmetic applications. Its primary product is porcine-derived pepsin, used as the standard enzymatic reagent for Trichinella parasite detection in meat under EU regulatory testing protocols,…
Pharmaceutical regulatory, batch release and wholesale distribution services
Wave Pharma is a pharmaceutical services company supporting generic medicine developers and new market entrants with regulatory, quality and supply chain services. It provides regulatory strategy and submissions, medical writing, batch release and quality assurance, GMP, GCP and GLP audits, and quality control…
AI-driven enzyme discovery for sustainable industrial ingredients
Scindo is a UK biotechnology company developing an AI-powered enzyme discovery and engineering platform to produce bio-based alternatives to petroleum-derived industrial ingredients. The company combines machine learning with proprietary experimentally validated reaction datasets to discover and optimise enzymes…
Crystal and particle engineering to improve drug performance
CrystecPharma is a pharmaceutical technology company that uses supercritical fluid processing to engineer drug crystals and particles. Its platform improves the dissolution, stability and delivery of small and large molecule medicines, including inhaled powders. The company provides formulation and process development…
Diagnostic reagents, instruments and quality controls for clinical and research laboratories
Randox Laboratories is a global manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic reagents, clinical chemistry analysers, quality control materials, and biochip array technology for laboratory medicine. Products serve clinical, research, molecular, forensic toxicology, food safety, and veterinary laboratory markets across more than…
Integrated drug discovery CRO specialising in small molecule programmes
Domainex is a contract research organisation providing integrated drug discovery services to pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, patient foundations and academic institutions. The company offers medicinal and computational chemistry, protein expression, assay development and structural biology, supporting…
Programmable biological manufacturing of sustainable designer chemicals
Lypo is an Edinburgh-based biotechnology company developing a platform for the programmable manufacture of high-performance chemicals from sustainable and waste-derived feedstocks. The company's designer molecules are being explored across multiple application areas, including cosmetics, polymers, cancer treatment and…
Independent UK distributor of laboratory equipment, chemicals and consumables
Scientific Laboratory Supplies is the UK's largest independent distributor of laboratory equipment, chemicals, and consumables, supplying over 600,000 products from leading manufacturers to research, pharmaceutical, and industrial laboratory customers. The company also manufactures its own consumable and chemical…
Automated chiral chemistry platform for small molecule drug discovery
LCC Technologies is a drug discovery company providing biopharma partners with access to its platform, which combines a proprietary billion-scale virtual chiral library with AI-driven design and automated high-throughput synthesis. The platform delivers stereodefined, sp3-rich building blocks and drug-like compounds…
Structural chemistry database and software for drug discovery
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) is a non-profit organisation that curates and distributes the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), the world's repository of experimentally determined small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures, containing over one million entries. Alongside the…
GMP/GLP contract microbiology testing for pharma and medical devices
Wickham Micro is a GMP/GLP compliant contract testing laboratory providing microbiology services to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Services include sterility, bioburden, bacterial endotoxin and cytotoxicity testing, microbial identification, method validation and environmental monitoring, supporting…
Enzyme indicator technology for hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination
Protak Scientific manufactures Enzyme Indicator technology, a rapid validation tool for measuring hydrogen peroxide gaseous bio-decontamination efficacy in pharmaceutical manufacturing and cleanroom environments. Developed in collaboration with Public Health England, the system delivers results in 60 seconds and is…
GLP-accredited animal-free safety and efficacy testing for cosmetics and chemicals
XCellR8 is a contract research organisation providing exclusively animal-free safety and efficacy testing services to the cosmetics, personal care, and chemical industries. Operating from a GLP-accredited laboratory at Sci-Tech Daresbury, the company uses human cell culture systems to deliver regulatory tests for skin…
Analytical instruments, consumables and services for life science laboratories
Agilent Technologies LDA UK Limited is the principal UK subsidiary of Agilent Technologies, Inc., a global provider of analytical instruments, software, consumables, and services for life science, diagnostic, and applied chemical laboratories. UK operations include a major R&D facility at Harwell Campus housing the…
Specialty chemical building blocks and reagents for drug discovery research
Fluorochem is a UK manufacturer and supplier of specialty chemicals, reagents and biochemical building blocks, with a catalogue spanning several hundred thousand products used across chemistry, pharmaceuticals and medicinal chemistry research. The company's offering includes ADC linkers, PROTACs, bioconjugation tools…
Custom peptide synthesis, antibodies, and protein analysis services
Alta Bioscience is a manufacturer and accredited analytical laboratory specialising in custom biochemical synthesis and protein analysis services. The company produces custom peptides, peptide libraries, DNA oligonucleotides, and polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for academic, pharmaceutical, and food industry…