In vitro diagnostics companies develop tests used to examine patient samples outside the body for disease detection, screening and clinical monitoring. Their products support decision-making across central laboratories, hospitals, clinics and point-of-care settings.
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Browse 34 UK in vitro diagnostics companies below.
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,…
Human biospecimen and disease-state plasma supplier
Logical Biological is a UK supplier of human biological materials including disease-state and normal-donor serum, plasma, swabs, tissues, PBMCs, and biofluids to IVD manufacturers and life science researchers worldwide. The company sources specimens through a global network of donor centres and blood banks across five…
AI-powered cancer biomarker profiling from tissue images
Panakeia is an AI diagnostics company developing software that predicts molecular biomarker status directly from standard H&E-stained tissue images. Its CE-marked and UKCA-certified breast cancer product reports ER, PR, and HER2 status in minutes, reducing the need for conventional laboratory testing. The platform…
Diagnostic reagents, allergy testing products and contract diagnostics manufacturing
Bio-Diagnostics is a manufacturer of diagnostic products and provider of contract services for the in vitro diagnostics industry. Its own range covers reagents and tests for infectious disease, autoimmunity and immunohistochemistry, alongside an extensive portfolio of allergens and accessories for patch and skin prick…
Human biospecimens and plasma processing services
AbBaltis is a supplier of human biological samples and plasma processing services supporting diagnostic development, biotechnology and laboratory research. The company provides characterised plasma and serum specimens, custom sample processing and assay support used in IVD development, validation and quality control.…
Integrated NGS assays for genomic profiling of haematological malignancies
Univ8 Genomics is a Belfast-based genomics diagnostics company developing targeted next-generation sequencing assays for the integrated clinical characterisation of haematological malignancies. Its assays enable simultaneous detection of clonal rearrangements, chromosomal translocations, copy number alterations and…
Blood-based circulating tumour DNA tests for cancer
Inivata is a liquid biopsy company developing molecular tests for cancer using circulating tumour DNA from blood samples. Its sequencing-based assays identify tumour-associated genetic changes and have been used to investigate residual disease, recurrence and treatment response. The technology supports molecular…
Human biospecimens and rapid tests for diagnostic applications
SeraDiag is a supplier of human biospecimens and rapid diagnostic tests for laboratory research, in vitro diagnostics and personal health screening. It provides characterised human serum, plasma and residual clinical samples from healthy and disease-state donors for assay development, quality control and…
Lateral flow and molecular diagnostic tests for multiple applications
AccuBio is a UK-based manufacturer of in-vitro diagnostic products, producing lateral flow assays and molecular diagnostic tests across infectious disease, toxicology, oncology, cardiovascular, and veterinary applications. Operating from manufacturing facilities in Alva, Scotland, acquired from Omega Diagnostics, the…
Electrochemical biosensors for biopharmaceutical biosafety and diagnostics
Aureum Diagnostics is a biotechnology company developing electrochemical biosensor platforms for rapid detection of biological and chemical targets. Its technology combines portable readers with disposable test strips and cartridges to measure analytes including nucleic acids and proteins. The company serves…
Molecular controls manufacturer for infectious disease diagnostics
Qnostics is a manufacturer of molecular controls for use in molecular diagnostic laboratories and IVD product development. The company develops, manufactures and distributes a portfolio of characterised viral, bacterial and fungal reference materials for infectious disease targets, supporting assay performance…
FDA-approved AI blood test for diabetic kidney disease risk
Renalytix is an artificial intelligence-enabled in vitro diagnostics company focused on the clinical management of chronic kidney disease. Its blood-based test combines biomarker analysis with machine learning to generate a five-year kidney function decline risk score in adults with type 2 diabetes and CKD stages 1 to…
Blood-based CIZ1B biomarker test for early-stage lung cancer detection
Cizzle Biotechnology is a UK-based diagnostics company developing a non-invasive blood test for the early detection of lung cancer. The company's CIZ1B biomarker test identifies a stable plasma biomarker highly correlated with early-stage disease, offering an alternative to imaging or biopsy procedures. Cizzle's test…
DNA nanoprobes for intracellular biomarker profiling in neurodegeneration
Esya Labs is a precision biomarker company using patented DNA nanoprobes to measure ion signatures within intracellular organelles including endosomes and lysosomes. The technology enables ratiometric quantification of subcellular chemical states in living cells, with applications in early detection of…
Rapid point-of-care bacterial diagnostics and antibiotic susceptibility testing
FluoretiQ Limited is a diagnostics company developing rapid point-of-care tools for bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing to support antimicrobial stewardship. Its platform uses functionalised nanoparticles and machine learning to identify and quantify bacterial pathogens from clinical samples…
AI-powered stain-free digital pathology for liver fibrosis quantification
HistoIndex is a contract digital pathology organisation providing quantitative histology services for clinical trials and diagnostics, with a primary focus on liver fibrosis in metabolic liver disease. Its platform combines stain-free microscopy with artificial intelligence to generate objective, reproducible fibrosis…
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry instruments for clinical microbial identification
Ascend Diagnostics is a developer of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry systems for high-throughput clinical diagnostic laboratories. Its platform identifies bacteria and other microorganisms from patient samples by measuring their characteristic protein profiles and matching them against a microbial reference database,…
IVD manufacturer serving clinical laboratory and transfusion medicine
QuidelOrtho is a global in vitro diagnostics company with a major UK manufacturing and development facility in Pencoed, Wales, employing over 600 people. The site produces immunohematology reagents for transfusion medicine and immunoassay products covering infectious disease, endocrinology, and oncology testing,…
T cell-based tuberculosis diagnostics and clinical laboratory testing services
Oxford Immunotec is an Abingdon-based diagnostics company developing, manufacturing, and supplying T cell-based diagnostic tests for infectious and immunological diseases. Its platform measures specific T cell immune responses to inform clinical diagnosis, with the T-SPOT.TB test for tuberculosis detection cleared by…
T cell immune monitoring products and immunology contract research
ImmunoServ is a Welsh contract research and diagnostics company specialising in T cell immunology and cancer immunotherapy. The company develops and supplies standardised T cell testing kits that measure antigen-specific cellular immune responses from blood samples, with applications in infectious disease…