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.
AI-driven robotic chemistry platform for on-demand molecule synthesis
Chemify is a UK deep-tech company that digitises chemical synthesis by combining a proprietary chemistry programming language, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Its platform translates digital molecular designs into physical compounds, drawing on a large curated database of validated chemical reactions to…
Commercial-scale spray drying and particle engineering CDMO
Codis is a contract development and manufacturing organisation specialising in commercial-scale spray drying, amorphous solid dispersions, microencapsulation, and particle engineering. Formed through the integration of Particle Dynamics in the US and a spray drying facility in Haverhill previously operated by EuroAPI,…
Sterile injectable drug product development and fill-finish manufacturing
Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organisation operating from the West of Scotland Science Park in Glasgow. The facility specialises in sterile injectable drug product development and GMP manufacturing, including complex formulation, lyophilisation, and fill-finish for clinical and…
GMP-certified pharmaceutical testing, regulatory and pharmacovigilance services
Sciom is a pharmaceutical services company providing integrated analytical, regulatory, quality and pharmacovigilance support to life sciences organisations. Operating from an MHRA-approved, GMP-certified facility, its services span analytical method development and validation, QC and microbiology testing, stability…
UK and Ireland distributor of specialist analytical and life science instruments
Analytik is a scientific instrumentation distributor supplying specialist equipment to research, academic, and industrial organisations across the UK and Ireland. The company holds exclusive or preferred distribution agreements with a portfolio of international technology manufacturers, covering particle…
Magneto-optical endotoxin testing system and contract testing services
Cotton Mouton Diagnostics is a Cardiff-based diagnostics company that has developed an endotoxin testing system, a proprietary instrument combining magneto-optical detection with licensed LAL reagent to deliver faster and more resource-efficient endotoxin testing for pharmaceutical manufacturers and QC laboratories.…
Biophysical characterisation instruments for protein structure and kinetics
Applied Photophysics is a UK manufacturer of precision spectroscopic instruments for the biophysical characterisation of biomolecules. Its product range covers circular dichroism spectrometers for protein higher-order structure analysis, stopped-flow spectrometers for rapid reaction kinetics, laser flash photolysis…
Bioanalytical CRO supporting drug development from discovery to post-marketing
York Bioanalytical Solutions is a contract research organisation providing bioanalytical, metabolism and biomarker services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The company supports development of small and large molecule therapeutics through mass spectrometry-based bioanalysis, in vitro ADME studies, metabolite…
Custom synthetic chemistry and route development for drug discovery
Cortex Organics is a contract research organisation providing custom organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry support and synthetic route development for pharmaceutical and life science researchers. Its chemists design, prepare and optimise complex small molecules, including medicinally relevant building blocks and…
Crop nutrition technologies combining foliar chemistry and biological research
Crop Intellect is an agricultural technology company developing crop nutrition formulations and plant-performance technologies for sustainable farming. Its R-Leaf foliar photocatalyst converts atmospheric nitrogen oxides into nitrates that plants can use, while Tecal is designed to improve crop calcium delivery and…
Clinical chemistry reagents and diagnostic products for human and veterinary use
Glenbio is a Northern Ireland-based manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic reagents, specialising in clinical chemistry reagents and liquid stable protein formulations for use across multiple analyser platforms. Operating from ISO 13485-accredited manufacturing and testing facilities in Antrim, the company supplies…
Structural and physicochemical characterisation CRO for biopharmaceuticals
BioPharmaSpec is a contract research organisation specialising in the structural and physicochemical characterisation of biopharmaceuticals during discovery and preclinical development. Using mass spectrometry, chromatography and spectroscopy, it analyses monoclonal antibodies, biosimilars, antibody-drug conjugates,…
Molecular modelling and cheminformatics software for drug discovery
Molecular Discovery is a computational chemistry software company supporting molecular design, virtual screening and compound optimisation. Its GRID molecular interaction field technology underpins FLAP for virtual screening, VolSurf+ for property modelling and MetaSite for metabolism prediction. It also provides…
Academic drug discovery accelerator developing small molecule therapeutics
Slingshot Therapeutics is a drug discovery accelerator that identifies early-stage scientific programmes from academic institutions and advances them towards clinical development. The company provides centralised expertise, operational infrastructure, and funding to progress small molecule candidates through…
Instruments, reagents, and diagnostics for life science research and clinical laboratories
Bio-Rad Laboratories Limited is the UK subsidiary of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global manufacturer of instruments and reagents for life science research and clinical diagnostics. Its life science portfolio spans electrophoresis, PCR and digital droplet PCR, flow cytometry, protein purification, multiplex…
Engineered biological systems for selective rare-earth metal recovery
LanthaGen Bio is an industrial biotechnology company developing biological systems to recover rare-earth metals from complex material streams. It combines engineered metal-binding proteins with selective separation processes to capture lanthanides from sources such as electronic waste. Its approach aims to concentrate…
Biopharmaceutics and dissolution consultancy for drug product development
Biowaived is a contract research organisation providing biopharmaceutics and dissolution expertise to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers consultancy and laboratory-based experimental services spanning dissolution method development, physicochemical characterisation of active pharmaceutical…
Breath biomarker research instruments and analytical services
Owlstone Medical Limited is a diagnostics company developing breath-based biomarker tools and laboratory services for clinical and life science research. Its sampling instruments collect exhaled breath for analysis of volatile organic compounds, which may reflect metabolic activity and disease processes. The company…
Single-particle Raman analysis platform for nanoformulation characterisation
SPARTA Biodiscovery is an analytical technology company developing a benchtop instrument using Raman spectroscopy and optical trapping to characterise individual nanoparticles in a label-free, automated, high-throughput process. The platform provides chemical composition, drug loading, and stability data at the…
GLP/GMP biosafety testing centre of excellence for biologics and vaccines
SGS Vitrology is a biosafety testing contract research organisation operating from a 3,100m² GLP and GMP-accredited facility in Glasgow. The site serves as SGS's global centre of excellence for biosafety, providing cell bank characterisation, viral safety testing, mycoplasma detection, lot release testing, and…