UK Life Sciences Company Directory

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…

Anti-inflammatory drugs for neurodegenerative disease

Sitala Bio is a Cambridge-based biotech developing small molecule drugs that target chronic neuroinflammation in conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. The company's approach focuses on blocking microglial dysfunction to restore toxin clearance in the brain. Founded by NLRP3 inflammasome expert Matt…

Mechanobiology platform for target discovery and validation

Mechanome Bio is a Cambridge-based company developing a mechano-transcriptomics platform for biomarker and drug target discovery. The platform combines spatial multi-omics data from human tissue samples with mechanical tissue profiling and in silico tissue modelling to identify targets linked to changes in tissue…

Programmable RNA for scalable cell engineering and biomanufacturing

Plurify is a biotechnology company developing PluRNA, a programmable RNA platform for sustained protein expression without genome integration. Its technology is designed to engineer cells through controllable RNA-based programmes, with applications in stem-cell therapy manufacturing, cell purification, biologics…

Parenteral drug and nutrition stability testing and analytical services

Biopharma Stability Testing Laboratory is a contract research organisation specialising in extended stability testing of parenteral drug products, biopharmaceuticals, and nutritional formulations. Services are performed to UK NHS Yellow Cover Document, British Pharmacopoeia, and European Pharmacopoeia standards,…

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…

RNA-based gene control systems for safer cell and gene therapies

Concinnity Genetics is a biotechnology company developing RNA-based control systems that enable precise regulation of gene therapies after administration. Its technology allows therapeutic gene expression to be modulated or reduced in response to side effects or clinical need, addressing a fundamental safety…

Small molecule MMR inhibitors to enhance tumour immunogenicity

NeoPhore is a UK immuno-oncology company developing first-in-class small molecule inhibitors of the DNA mismatch repair pathway. By transiently blocking MMR, the company's compounds render tumours MMR-deficient and immunogenic, generating neoantigens that stimulate immune responses against cancer. The approach aims to…

Discovery platform targeting therapy-induced antigens driving cancer relapse

Errigal Bio is an oncology-focused drug discovery company developing a platform that identifies therapy-induced antigen targets arising in cancer cells that survive standard treatment. The company's approach is based on the premise that these surviving tumour cells carry exploitable vulnerabilities created by the…

Clinical and laboratory diagnostics systems for the UK market

Roche Diagnostics is the UK diagnostics subsidiary of F. Hoffmann-La Roche, based in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. The company supplies high-throughput laboratory analysers, reagents, and diagnostic software to NHS hospitals, clinical laboratories, and research institutions across the UK. Its portfolio spans clinical…

Real-world mental health and dementia data platform for drug development

Akrivia Health is a software company providing a real-world data and AI platform for neuroscience research and drug development. Its dataset of de-identified electronic health records from 6.3 million patients across 20 NHS Trusts covers mental health and dementia conditions, enriched through proprietary natural…

Specialist CRO for oncology, rare disease, and neurology clinical trials

Evestia Clinical is a global specialist contract research organisation providing full-service and functional clinical trial support to biotech and pharmaceutical companies. The company offers clinical operations, site and project management, regulatory affairs, biostatistics, pharmacovigilance, and medical writing…

Nitric oxide therapeutics developer for infectious and respiratory disease

30 Technology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing nitric oxide-generating therapies for the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant infections and chronic respiratory diseases. The company’s proprietary platform enables controlled, sustained delivery of nitric oxide across inhaled, topical and powder…

AI-driven platform engineering better crop varieties

Wild Bioscience is an agricultural biotechnology company developing next-generation crop varieties using a platform that combines evolutionary biology with machine learning. By mining genetic variation in wild plant relatives, the company identifies and designs gene edits targeting traits including nitrogen use…

Bioprocess cost and sustainability modelling software for biopharmaceutical manufacturing

Biopharm Services is a software and consulting company that helps biopharmaceutical manufacturers design and evaluate production processes before they are built. Its modelling platform lets users assemble processes from preconfigured libraries, run what-if scenarios and estimate cost of goods, facility requirements…

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,…

T cell-based tuberculosis diagnostics and clinical laboratory testing services

Oxford Immunotec is an Abingdon-based diagnostics company developing, manufacturing, and supplying T cell-based diagnostic tests for infectious and immunological diseases. Its platform measures specific T cell immune responses to inform clinical diagnosis, with the T-SPOT.TB test for tuberculosis detection cleared by…

Specialist pharma acquiring and developing rare disease therapeutics

Ambrose Healthcare is a UK specialist pharmaceutical company developing treatments for rare diseases and patients in hospital and specialist care settings. The company builds its pipeline through the acquisition and licensing of late-stage clinical assets with existing human safety and efficacy data, targeting…

Real-time cell aggregate monitoring for stem cell manufacturing

MorphoKinetics is a life science instrumentation company developing real-time monitoring technology for stem cell manufacturing. Its process analytical platform combines automated sampling, machine vision and artificial intelligence to measure the size, shape and growth of cell aggregates in bioreactor cultures. The…

Microbial conversion of waste into sustainable aviation fuel feedstock

Neela Biotech develops microbial processes that convert food, agricultural and forestry waste into fatty acids for sustainable aviation fuel production. Its approach combines AI-guided microbes with anaerobic digestion and is designed to integrate into existing biogas plants rather than require entirely new…