Company Directory

Global laboratory supplies and services distributor for life sciences

VWR International Ltd is the UK operating entity of Avantor, a global distributor of laboratory products, reagents, consumables, equipment, and services to the life science, biopharma, healthcare, and advanced technology industries. The company provides researchers, manufacturers, and quality teams with procurement solutions spanning chemicals, cell culture media, single-use assemblies, chromatography products, and laboratory instrumentation across research, development, and production settings.

Reference materials, genomics tools and measurement science for life sciences

LGC is a life science reagents and reference materials company providing analytical standards, genomics tools and measurement science services to the pharmaceutical, diagnostics, food safety and research sectors. Its portfolio spans certified reference substances, nucleic acid synthesis, genomic analysis reagents and proficiency testing schemes embedded in quality assurance workflows globally. LGC hosts the UK's National Measurement Laboratory for chemical and biological measurement and performs the statutory role of Government Chemist.

Global supplier of instruments, reagents and services for life science research

Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global life science company operating across 26 UK sites with more than 5,000 employees. Its UK operations span analytical instruments, laboratory reagents and consumables, CDMO services for sterile and biologic drug manufacturing, anatomical pathology products, chromatography consumables, and clinical trial logistics. The company serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic research institutions, hospitals and clinical diagnostic laboratories.

Specialist CRO for inhaled and nasal drug product development

Nanopharm is a contract research organisation specialising in the development of orally inhaled and nasal drug products, providing formulation development, materials characterisation, analytical testing, and in vitro and in silico modelling services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. The company supports development from preclinical through to cGMP clinical stages, including regulatory strategy. Its proprietary platform enables bioequivalence demonstration for generic inhalation products without comparative clinical endpoint studies.

Molecular biology reagents and immunological raw materials for diagnostics

Meridian Bioscience's UK operation manufactures and supplies molecular biology reagents and immunological raw materials to diagnostic test developers, pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions worldwide. Products include ultra-pure nucleotides, DNA polymerases, PCR master mixes, purified antigens and antibodies, and isothermal amplification reagents used as critical components in the development and manufacture of molecular and immunological diagnostic tests. The London facility is one of the world's few producers of ultra-pure dNTPs.

Contract research and analytical services for food and health industries

QIB Extra is a wholly owned commercial subsidiary of Quadram Institute Bioscience, providing contract research, analytical services, and consultancy to companies in the food, nutrition, and health sectors. Operating from Norwich Research Park, it gives commercial clients access to the facilities and scientific expertise of the Quadram Institute on a fee-for-service basis. Services include applied microbiology, food safety testing, bioactive analysis, gut health research, and sequencing. Clients range from SMEs to large multinationals.

Contract isolation and purification of high-value compounds using HPCCC

BioExtractions Wales is a contract extraction and purification company operating from a 10,000 sq ft facility in Tredegar, South Wales. The company provides isolation and purification services to the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, chemical, and food industries using High Performance Counter Current Chromatography, membrane filtration, and supercritical CO2 extraction. Its HPCCC systems enable separation of natural products, peptides, and synthetic molecules from gram to kilogram scale, isolating multiple target compounds in a single pass.

Manufacturer of amino acid analysers, spectrophotometers, and microplate readers

Biochrom is a UK-based manufacturer of analytical laboratory instruments serving clinical, life science, industrial, and educational markets. Its product range includes dedicated amino acid analysers, UV/visible spectrophotometers, microvolume spectrophotometers, colorimeters, and microplate readers and washers. The company supplies instruments for applications including protein characterisation, nucleic acid quantification, cell density measurement, and quality control in pharmaceutical and research settings. Biochrom also supplies associated reagents and offers instrument service and calibration.

Colorimetric assay kits for extracellular matrix analysis and quantification

Biocolor is a Northern Ireland manufacturer of dye-based, colorimetric assay kits for the quantitative analysis of extracellular matrix biomolecules. Its product range covers collagen, elastin, sulfated glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, hyaluronic acid, and apoptosis, using a simple dye-binding method compatible with standard laboratory spectrophotometers. Kits are widely cited in scientific literature and used in research across connective tissue biology, drug discovery, and bioengineering.

Chiral and achiral chromatography services for small molecule purification

Reach Separations is a contract chromatography company specialising in the analysis and purification of small molecules for clients in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and fine chemical sectors. Using HPLC and SFC technologies, the company provides chiral and achiral separation services from discovery scale through to kilogram-scale purification, supporting medicinal chemistry and drug development programmes. Services include impurity isolation, compound library QC, and LC-MS analysis.

In vitro diagnostic reagents, test kits and analysers for clinical laboratories

Fortress Diagnostics is a Northern Ireland-based manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic products, supplying clinical chemistry reagents, immunoassays, haematology reagents, haemostasis consumables, serology test kits, quality controls and calibrators, and diagnostic instrumentation to hospitals, blood banks, and research institutions across more than 100 countries. Operating from an ISO 13485-accredited facility at Antrim Technology Park, the company distributes through an established global network spanning five continents.

Specialist genetic and skin toxicology CRO

Scantox Manchester is a GLP-compliant contract research organisation providing genetic toxicology and genomic safety services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agrochemical companies. Its services span early genotoxicity screening using proprietary cell-based assays with minimal compound requirements, through to a full suite of regulatory GLP studies including Ames, in vitro micronucleus, comet assay and transgenic rodent mutation testing. Next-generation sequencing-based mutagenesis testing was added to the portfolio following its acquisition.