Infectious disease companies develop technologies, diagnostics and therapeutics that prevent, detect and treat bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections. Their work supports global health, outbreak response and disease surveillance.
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Browse 99 UK infectious disease companies below.
Generic injectable medicines for NHS secondary care
Bowmed Ibisqus is a privately owned pharmaceutical company supplying generic injectable medicines to NHS hospitals and the private healthcare sector. Operating as a marketing…
Needle-free solid dose vaccine formulation and delivery platform
aVaxMed Limited is a UK biotech developing the aVaxziPen platform, a proprietary needle-free, thermally stable, solid dose vaccine delivery system. The technology encapsulates…
Precision bacteriocin antibiotics targeting drug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens
Glox Therapeutics is a Scottish biotech developing a pipeline of engineered protein bacteriocins as precision antibiotics against drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, including…
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…
Clinical-stage biopharma targeting cancer immunotherapy and obesity
Poolbeg Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule therapies for high unmet medical needs. Its lead programme, POLB 001, is a p38 MAP kinase…
Specialist virology research services and antiviral testing
Virology Research Services is a UK-based consultancy and experimental service provider specialising in virus research. The company operates state-of-the-art containment level 2…
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…
Rapid diagnostic platforms for infectious disease and consumer testing
Sapphiros is a privately held diagnostics portfolio company backed by KKR and Neoenta. UK operations include Biocrucible, a molecular diagnostics company developing ultra-rapid…
Multiplex PCR pathogen detection kits for infectious disease diagnostics
Genetic Signatures is a molecular diagnostics company supplying multiplex real-time PCR detection kits for infectious disease testing in hospital and pathology laboratories. Its…
Rapid bacterial viability detection using optical electrophysiology
Cytecom is a biotechnology company developing instruments for the rapid detection and quantification of live bacteria. The company's platform combines fluorescence microscopy with…
Phage-based blood test for tuberculosis and mycobacterial disease
PBD Biotech is a diagnostics company that develops phage-based blood and milk tests for detecting active mycobacterial infections, including bovine tuberculosis, Johne's disease…
mRNA vaccine manufacturer and R&D partner
Moderna is a company developing and manufacturing mRNA-based medicines and vaccines across infectious disease, oncology and rare disease. Its UK Innovation and Technology Centre,…