Drug discovery companies identify, validate and develop new therapeutic candidates for the prevention and treatment of disease. The sector combines biology, chemistry, data science and clinical expertise to bring new medicines from concept to clinic.
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Browse 422 UK drug discovery companies below.
Clinical-stage antibody-drug conjugate developer for cancer
Iksuda Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing antibody-drug conjugates for difficult-to-treat cancers. Its platform combines stable bioconjugation…
Novel small-molecule therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases
Nevrargenics is a UK-based biotech company developing novel small-molecule therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. Spun out of Durham University and built on research…
Clinical-stage therapeutics for advanced liver disease
Yaqrit is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing treatments for patients with advanced liver disease, including cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure. Its…
Gene therapy company targeting complement-mediated ocular diseases
Complement Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies and protein-based therapeutics for diseases driven by dysregulation of the complement…
Oral iron deficiency therapy for adults across multiple indications
Shield Therapeutics is a commercial-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on iron deficiency. Its lead product, Accrufer/Feraccru (ferric maltol), is an oral iron therapy…
World's largest independent cancer research funder and charity
Cancer Research UK is a registered charity and the world's largest independent funder of cancer research, supporting over 4,000 researchers, doctors and nurses across the UK. The…
Antibody fragment drug conjugate platform for solid tumour oncology
Antikor Biopharma is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company developing antibody fragment drug conjugates for the treatment of solid tumours. The company's proprietary platform…
Multimodal small molecule therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease
Elixa MediScience is a UK drug discovery company developing novel small molecule compounds designed to slow the progression and delay the onset of neurodegenerative diseases…
ECM-targeted drug discovery platform for fibrosis and solid tumours
Engitix is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics that target the extracellular matrix (ECM) in fibrosis and solid tumours. Its proprietary discovery…
C. elegans whole-organism platform for preclinical drug and compound screening
Magnitude Biosciences Limited is a contract research organisation providing preclinical drug discovery and compound screening services using Caenorhabditis elegans as a…
Engineered bacteria to remodel the tumour microenvironment
Neobe Therapeutics is a UK synthetic biology company developing programmable live biotherapeutics that colonise solid tumours and disrupt the local microenvironment to enable…
In vitro biology CRO for immunology and oncology drug discovery
BioMedha is a pre-clinical contract research organisation specialising in in vitro biology for early-stage drug discovery. The company provides assay development, target…