Browse life science companies in London, including biotechnology firms, pharmaceutical companies and leading research organisations.
Medical research charity translating science into treatments and diagnostics
LifeArc is a self-funded UK medical research charity focused on translating early-stage science into treatments and diagnostics for patients with rare diseases and global health challenges. Formerly MRC Technology, the organisation operates its own drug discovery and diagnostics development laboratories in Stevenage…
Federated genomic data platform for secure biomedical research
Lifebit is a London-based software company providing a federated Trusted Research Environment for large-scale health and genomic data analysis. Its platform enables pharmaceutical companies, health systems, and research organisations to access, harmonise, and analyse distributed clinico-genomic datasets securely,…
T-cell immune profiling diagnostics and immunology research reagents
Virax Biolabs develops diagnostic tests that measure T-cell immune responses to viral infections. Its lead assay focuses on post-acute infection syndromes, including long COVID, and is intended to help characterise patients' cellular immune responses. The company also supplies immunology research reagents, including…
Secure genomic data vaults and permissioned research access
Genomes.io is a London genomics software company developing privacy-preserving storage and controlled access to individual whole-genome data. Its DNA Vault platform uses encrypted environments and permission-based access to genomic files. The company offers whole-genome sequencing through external laboratory providers…
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…
Small molecule drugs targeting intrinsically disordered proteins in cancer
Kodiform Therapeutics is a drug discovery company developing first-in-class small molecule inhibitors against intrinsically disordered protein targets in cancer, a class historically considered undruggable due to the absence of stable binding pockets. The company uses intracellular antibody technology to identify and…
Platform making human microbiology computable for drug discovery
Outpost Bio is a biotechnology company building predictive models of human microbial ecosystems by integrating automated wet lab experimentation with machine learning. Its Lab-in-the-Loop platform generates large-scale datasets on microbe-host and microbe-drug interactions, with the aim of predicting how microbial…
Lab-grown human muscle platform for preclinical drug testing and safety assessment
Myomaker Bio is a UK-based CRO specialising in pre-clinical muscle biology. The company has developed a platform of lab-grown human skeletal muscle tissues and organs that replicate the structure and function of native muscle, enabling researchers to study drug response, toxicity, injury and regeneration under…
Rapid airborne DNA sequencing service for pathogen detection and biosecurity
Agnos Biosciences is a deep tech company commercialising AirSeq, a rapid DNA air sequencing technology for the detection and quantification of airborne biological material. AirSeq combines novel molecular biology, DNA sequencing and bespoke computational analysis to simultaneously identify thousands of species,…
National genomics research and NHS whole genome sequencing
Genomics England is a government-owned organisation that partners with the NHS to deliver whole genome sequencing diagnostics and advance genomic medicine in the UK. It operates the National Genomic Research Library, providing approved researchers with access to linked genomic and clinical data to identify the causes…
AI-powered biomedical evidence analysis and drug development research
rodent2human is a biomedical software company developing AI tools to support drug discovery and translational research. Its evidence-analysis platform combines scientific literature, biological databases and computational approaches to investigate therapeutic targets, mechanisms, safety signals and clinical relevance.…
Novel ADC payloads targeting NMT enzymes in cancer
Myricx Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of antibody-drug conjugate payloads based on inhibition of N-myristoyltransferase, an enzyme essential to cancer cell survival. Its NMTi payload chemistry platform addresses limitations of existing ADC payloads, including resistance and…
Specialist respiratory CRO delivering human challenge trials and preclinical models
Virtus Respiratory Research is a contract research organisation specialising in early-stage clinical and preclinical research for respiratory drug development. The company conducts human virus challenge trials and in vitro preclinical studies focused on asthma, COPD, respiratory virus infections, and related…
GMP lentiviral and retroviral vector design and manufacture for CGT
ViroCell Biologics is a specialist contract development and manufacturing organisation providing GMP design and manufacture of lentiviral and retroviral vectors for cell and gene therapy clinical trials. The company serves academic and corporate innovators developing CAR-T therapies, rare disease gene therapies, and…
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…
Engineering biology commercialisation and biofoundry research support
SynbiCITE is an engineering biology innovation centre hosted by Imperial College London, supporting the translation of synthetic biology research into commercial applications. It connects researchers, start-ups and industry through accelerator programmes, technical expertise and access to the London Biofoundry, which…
Independent global health research institute focused on chronic diseases
The George Institute for Global Health (UK) is an independent medical research institute conducting large-scale clinical trials, population studies, and health policy research on non-communicable diseases. Based at Imperial College London's White City Campus and affiliated with Imperial as a strategic partner, the UK…
UK trade association for in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and distributors
The British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) is the national trade body for the UK IVD industry, representing over 200 manufacturers and distributors of in vitro diagnostic products. BIVDA advocates on behalf of its members to government, the NHS and professional bodies, and engages with international…
AI-designed regulatory DNA sequences to boost biologics manufacturing yields
Genosys Bio is a UK biotechnology company developing AI models that learn the regulatory grammar of DNA to design improved promoter and terminator sequences for biologics manufacturing. Its platform optimises gene expression in CHO cell lines, helping increase protein yields without changing existing cells, processes…
Computational cell models for novel drug target discovery
Oppilotech is a UK biotechnology company that uses systems biology and machine learning to build high-resolution computational models of cells and bacteria. Its proprietary platform simulates biochemical pathways to identify viable drug targets and generate first-in-class discovery programmes. The company's primary…