UK Life Sciences Company Directory

Oncology drug discovery and IP licensing from rural Wales

Morvus Technology is a privately owned pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, and out-licensing of novel oncology drugs and platform technologies. The company's portfolio includes ProTide nucleoside chemistry, out-licensed to NuCana plc for clinical development; an inhaled anti-tumour agent for…

Specialist vaccine development and GMP manufacturing in Scotland

Valneva Scotland Limited is the UK manufacturing and R&D subsidiary of Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company. Operating from an MHRA-authorised GMP facility in Livingston, the site produces commercial and pipeline vaccines including IXCHIQ, the world's first approved chikungunya vaccine, and IXIARO for Japanese…

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…

Global viral vector CDMO for cell and gene therapy

Oxford Biomedica (OXB) is a global contract development and manufacturing organisation specialising in viral vectors for cell and gene therapy. The company provides lentiviral, adeno-associated virus (AAV), and adenoviral vector development and manufacturing services from early-stage process development through to…

Deep-UV sensors for continuous microbial water monitoring

Orb develops optical sensors and analytical software for monitoring microbial changes in water systems. Its in-line probes use deep-ultraviolet autofluorescence to measure biological signatures in drinking and process water, providing continuous trends rather than relying exclusively on periodic laboratory sampling. A…

Benchtop super-resolution microscopes for single-molecule biological imaging

Oxford Nanoimaging (ONI) is an Oxford-based manufacturer of compact super-resolution fluorescence microscopes and consumable application kits for life science research. Its instruments enable researchers to visualise individual proteins, DNA, RNA, viruses, and nanoparticles at 20 nanometre resolution without…

Genomic diagnostics products for cytogenetics, oncology and rare disease

Oxford Gene Technology is a genomic diagnostics company developing and manufacturing hybridisation-based reagents and assays for clinical and research laboratories. Its product portfolio spans FISH probes, chromosomal microarrays and next-generation sequencing panels, enabling detection of chromosomal abnormalities…

Global biopharma with UK manufacturing, commercial and clinical operations

MSD is a global biopharmaceutical company discovering, developing, manufacturing and marketing medicines and vaccines across oncology, infectious disease, immunology, cardiometabolic disease and animal health. Its UK operations span pharmaceutical manufacturing at Cramlington, Northumberland, which supplies medicines…

Automated bioreactor platform for cell and gene therapy manufacturing

microfluidX is a UK instruments company developing automated bioprocessing platforms for cell and gene therapy research and manufacturing. Its core product is a microfluidics-based bioreactor system designed for parallel cell culture process development and scalable cell expansion. The platform integrates online…

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…

Global pharma company in immunology, vaccines, and oncology

GSK is a multinational biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and commercialisation of medicines and vaccines. Its pipeline and portfolio span respiratory and immunology, oncology, HIV (through its specialist subsidiary ViiV Healthcare), and infectious diseases including vaccines.…

Clinical-stage antifungal drug developer targeting invasive fungal infections

F2G is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel antifungal therapies for life-threatening invasive fungal infections. The company discovered the orotomides, a new class of antifungal agents that selectively inhibit fungal dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, a mechanism of action distinct from all approved…

Clinical trial supply and early access programmes for unapproved medicines

Bionical Emas is a specialist services company supporting pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with access to medicines during and around clinical development. Its clinical trial supply business sources commercially available medicines, comparators and ancillary materials for studies worldwide. Its early access…

Scientific informatics and cheminformatics software for R&D

Dotmatics is a scientific informatics software company connecting chemical, biological and experimental data across research and development. Its Vortex platform supports chemical data visualisation, structure-aware analysis and structure–activity relationship exploration. Its wider portfolio includes electronic…

Oral and injectable peptide therapies for obesity and cardiometabolic disease

Verdiva Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation oral and injectable treatments for obesity and cardiometabolic disorders. Its pipeline centres on rationally engineered peptide candidates acting on GLP-1 and amylin receptors, advanced through a proprietary oral absorption technology…

Oral microbiome therapeutics for gastrointestinal and hepatic disease

EnteroBiotix is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing orally delivered, full-spectrum microbiome therapeutics for diseases linked to gut microbiome disruption. Its lead asset EBX-102-02 demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in irritable bowel syndrome in Phase 2a trials, with a Phase 2b study…

Quantitative genetics and agricultural breeding decision-support

AbacusBio is a science-led agricultural genetics and analytics consultancy supporting breeding programmes for livestock, crops and aquaculture. Its teams combine quantitative genetics, genomic evaluation, production economics and data science to improve selection decisions and forecast breeding outcomes. The company…

Animal bioscience, agritech and One Health innovation centre

Roslin Innovation Centre is the University of Edinburgh's science and business incubator for animal bioscience, agritech, aquaculture and One Health innovation. Located on the Easter Bush Campus, it provides flexible laboratories, office space and access to nearby scientific expertise and collaboration opportunities.…

Oncolytic vaccinia virus platform targeting refractory solid tumours

VacV Biotherapeutics is a cancer immunotherapy company developing engineered oncolytic Vaccinia virus-based therapeutics for the treatment of solid tumours. Spun out of Barts Cancer Institute and Queen Mary University of London, the company's platform uses a modified Vaccinia virus to simultaneously destroy tumour…

CDMO supplying custom reagents, antibodies, and diagnostic components

Life Science Group is an independent UK contract development and manufacturing organisation supplying custom cell culture media, sera, buffers, and reagents, alongside antibody generation services and diagnostic kit components. Operating from an ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified facility in Bedfordshire, the company…