Browse life science companies across South West England, including biotechnology businesses, suppliers and research institutes.
Citation-based antibody search and scientific reagent market data
CiteAb is a scientific data company providing citation-based search and market intelligence for research reagents. Its online platform indexes antibodies, proteins, biochemicals, kits and other laboratory products, linking supplier information to publications and experimental evidence. Researchers use these data to…
Life science and defence technology campus near Salisbury
Porton Science Park is a life science and defence technology science park located on the Porton Down Science Campus in south Wiltshire, adjacent to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the UK Health Security Agency. Opened in 2018 and owned by Wiltshire Council, the park provides wet laboratory,…
Sterile injectable drug manufacturing and fill-finish for global pharma
Patheon is a contract development and manufacturing site operating as part of Thermo Fisher Scientific's Pharma Services business. The site specialises in sterile liquid and freeze-dried injectable products, including high potency medicines and large volume parenterals, offering development, commercial manufacturing,…
Hollow fibre bioreactor technology for cultivated food and cell culture
Cellular Agriculture is a UK biotech developing modular hollow fibre bioreactor systems to enable scalable cell culture for cultivated food production and broader biomanufacturing applications. The company supplies bioreactor technology to food producers and biopharma partners rather than producing cultivated products…
Feed enzymes and betaine for global animal nutrition
AB Vista is a UK-based animal nutrition technology company supplying feed enzymes, natural betaine and yeast products to the global animal feed industry. Its enzyme portfolio spans phytases, xylanases and beta-glucanases serving poultry, swine, ruminant and aquaculture sectors. The company is one of the largest global…
Integrated sample collection and rapid molecular diagnostic devices
ReadyGo Diagnostics develops disposable sample-collection and preparation devices for rapid diagnostic testing. Its technology combines swab collection and lysis chemistry in a single unit and is designed to work with lateral flow, molecular and immunoassay formats. It also supports rapid isothermal molecular tests…
Engineered bacteria producing biopolymers from atmospheric CO2
Neo-Fossil is an industrial biotechnology company engineering bacteria with plant-derived DNA to produce stable, carbon-rich biopolymer compounds that lock atmospheric carbon dioxide for centuries. Drawing on the chemistry of ancient plant fossils, the company uses machine learning to identify optimal target compounds…
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…
Life sciences and medtech industry association for the South West
Medilink South West is a not-for-profit membership organisation supporting life sciences, medtech, and health technology companies across the South West of England. It provides innovation and commercialisation support, regulatory guidance, funding intelligence, and networking events to companies at all stages of…
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 use in Lifecare's implantable continuous glucose monitoring technology. Working in collaboration with researchers at the University of…
Manufacturer of small molecule and peptide reagents for life science research
Tocris Bioscience is a manufacturer and supplier of high-purity small molecule and peptide research reagents serving the global life science community. Its catalogue of over 4,500 products includes receptor agonists and antagonists, ion channel modulators, enzyme inhibitors, signalling pathway tools, and fluorescent…
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 produce red blood cells carrying high concentrations of therapeutic proteins, exploiting their natural tissue distribution, 120-day circulating…
AI live cell imaging platform for stem cell therapy development
CellVoyant is a biotech developing AI-powered live cell imaging and process optimisation platforms for stem cell therapy development. The technology uses computer vision and neural network models to predict stem cell differentiation behaviour in real time, without destructive sampling, enabling earlier and more…
Targeted lipid nanoparticle delivery platform for precision therapeutics
Hone Bio is a preclinical biotechnology company developing targeted lipid nanoparticle drug delivery technology. Its proprietary platform uses engineered proteins that enable cell-specific LNP delivery while actively blocking off-target liver uptake, addressing a key limitation of conventional LNP systems. The…
Global CDMO for drug development, delivery and manufacture
Catalent Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing organisation providing drug development, formulation, and manufacturing services across small molecules, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products. The company offers proprietary drug delivery platforms including its orally…
Multiplex nanophotonic blood testing platform for point-of-care diagnostics
Attomarker is a developer of point-of-care multiplex diagnostic devices using proprietary gold nanoparticle nanophotonic technology. Its platform measures up to 20 biomarkers simultaneously from a single finger-prick blood sample, delivering quantitative results within minutes. Tests are UKCA-marked and in clinical…
Preclinical immunology CRO for drug discovery programmes
Nexus BioQuest is a contract research organisation specialising in preclinical immunology services for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The company offers bespoke assay development and in vitro screening across immuno-oncology, autoimmunity, inflammation, and neuroinflammation, including cytokine…
Affordable biochemicals, antibodies and reagents for life science research
Hello Bio is a Bristol-based manufacturer and supplier of biochemicals, antibodies, and reagents for life science research, offering validated tools at up to half the price of major suppliers. Products are manufactured in-house under ISO 9001 certification and span receptor ligands, enzyme inhibitors, ion channel…
Cell culture CDMO for cultivated meat and sustainable food biotech
Extracellular is a Bristol-based contract development and manufacturing organisation supporting companies developing cell-cultured food, cosmetic, and materials products. The company provides process development, scale-up, and biomanufacturing services for cultivated meat and other animal and plant cell culture…
Herpesvirus-vectored vaccines for livestock and companion animals
The Vaccine Group develops recombinant herpesvirus-vectored vaccines against infectious diseases affecting livestock and companion animals. Its modular platform is designed to generate durable immune responses in young animals, including those carrying maternally derived antibodies. Development programmes include…