Metabolic disease companies develop therapies, diagnostics and research technologies for disorders affecting how the body processes and stores energy. Their work spans diabetes, obesity, fatty liver disease and inherited metabolic conditions.
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Browse 46 UK metabolic disease companies below.
Rapid diagnostic test kits for clinical, pharmacy and consumer markets
CIGA Healthcare is an ISO 13485-certified manufacturer of rapid lateral flow diagnostic tests and immunoassay products, supplying pharmacy outlets, health services and retailers…
Hydrogel capsule platform for weight loss and oral drug delivery
Oxford Medical Products is developing a gastroretentive hydrogel platform with two applications. The technology is a swallowable dual-polymer capsule that expands in the stomach…
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…
GPCR-targeted small molecule therapeutics
Liminal BioSciences is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics that modulate G protein-coupled…
Synthetic chemical receptor R&D for implantable glucose biosensors
Lifecare Chemistry Ltd is a UK R&D subsidiary of Norwegian medical sensor company Lifecare ASA, established to develop and own proprietary analyte-specific synthetic receptors for…
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…
Engineered therapeutic red blood cells for rare metabolic and other diseases
Scarlet Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing a platform for generating therapeutic red blood cells (tRBCs). Erythroid cell lines are genetically engineered to…
Specialty biopharma covering oncology, neurology, and fertility
Merck Serono Limited is the UK commercial subsidiary of Merck KGaA's Healthcare division, a German science and technology company founded in 1668. The UK operation markets…
Specialist renal pharmaceuticals and clinical nutrition products
Stanningley Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on products for patients with chronic kidney disease and other hospital medicine therapeutic areas. The company…
AI-driven precision therapeutics for metabolic syndrome diseases
Multiomic Health is a data-centric therapeutics company developing precision medicines for metabolic syndrome-related conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular…
Clinical-stage biopharma developing treatments for cancer and rare diseases
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals is a Cardiff-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a pipeline of proprietary drug formulations for diseases with high unmet need. Its…
Reprogrammed stem cell therapies for vascular disease and chronic wounds
ReproGo is a Belfast-based regenerative medicine company developing Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products through direct cell reprogramming of adult cells into vascular lineages.…