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.
Probiotic microbiome platform for skin health and dermatological conditions
SkinBioTherapeutics is a biotechnology company developing microbiome-based technologies for skin health. Its proprietary platform harnesses lysates derived from probiotic bacteria…
Antibodies, proteins and reagents for life science research
Abcam is a global supplier of biological research reagents and tools serving approximately 750,000 researchers across more than 130 countries. The company develops and distributes…
Novel mRNA technology platform for safer, faster vaccines
CamMed Therapeutics (Cambridge Medixine Ltd) is a preclinical biotechnology company developing a novel mRNA technology platform for vaccines and therapeutics. Inspired by natural…
Biophysical platform revealing molecular behaviour for discovery
Apoha is a deep tech company developing a biophysical measurement platform based on nonlinear acoustic wave propagation at liquid interfaces. The platform generates…
AI-powered drug discovery and repurposing for rare diseases
Healx is a clinical-stage biotech applying AI to drug discovery and repurposing for rare diseases. Its platform analyses drug and disease data at scale to identify novel treatment…
Preclinical therapeutic company targeting tissue fibrosis in allergic asthma
Fibraxis is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company developing a therapeutic for allergic asthma that targets tissue fibrosis in the lung. Spun out of Aston University and…
Quantum simulation and AI platform for enzyme-targeted drug discovery
Kuano is a computational drug discovery company combining quantum simulation with artificial intelligence to design inhibitors against enzyme targets. The platform models…
Global CDMO for biologics development and manufacture
Lonza is one of the world's largest contract development and manufacturing organisations, providing services across biologics, cell and gene therapy, and small molecules. Its…
Genetic insights to guide drug discovery and development
Sequoia Genetics is a contract research organisation applying human genetic data to inform drug discovery and clinical development. The company works with pharmaceutical…
Specialist life science research product distributor for UK and Ireland
Cambridge Bioscience is a specialist distributor of life science research products and services, supplying academic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology organisations across the UK…
UK national centre advancing alternatives to animal research
The NC3Rs is a UK scientific organisation dedicated to the replacement, reduction, and refinement of animals in research and testing. Funded primarily through MRC and BBSRC, it…
Federated genomic data analysis platform for research and drug discovery
Omecu is a software company developing a high-performance, federated genomics data analysis platform. Its computation engine enables researchers to query and analyse millions of…