UK Life Sciences Company Directory

Calcium-compound bone and antibiotic-carrier devices for surgical infection management

Biocomposites is a UK-based medical device company that engineers, manufactures and markets calcium compound devices for infection management in bone and soft tissue. Its product range includes bone graft substitutes and antibiotic-carrier matrices used to deliver local antibiotic treatment during surgery, serving…

Natural product-inspired small molecules for sexual and mental health

Kadence Bio is a clinical-stage biopharma company developing small molecule therapeutics for sexual and mental health. Its lead asset KH-001 is an on-demand oral treatment for premature ejaculation, developed from nature-inspired medicinal chemistry based on kanna plant alkaloids and optimised through standard drug…

Microfluidic nanoparticle formulation instruments for gene and cell therapy

Unchained Labs (Royston) is a developer of microfluidic mixing instruments for nanoparticle and lipid nanoparticle formulation, spanning early-stage screening through GMP-ready production. The site's technology, developed from decades of microfluidics expertise, supports researchers formulating and scaling lipid…

Intra-uterine sensor platform for continuous uterine biomarker monitoring

Verso Biosense is a femtech medtech company developing a miniaturised intra-uterine sensor device for continuous physiological monitoring of the uterus. The battery-free implantable device measures temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH in real time, transmitting data wirelessly to a proprietary software platform.…

Semiconductor biochips and instruments for high-throughput DNA synthesis

LinkZill is a semiconductor technology company developing instruments and consumables for high-throughput DNA synthesis and molecular research. Its thin-film transistor (TFT) biochips use electronic control of electrochemical reactions to manufacture oligonucleotide microarrays and DNA pools. The company supplies…

Synthetic DNA, gene synthesis and NGS reagents for life science research

Twist Bioscience is a synthetic biology company offering a broad portfolio of DNA-based products and services for research, diagnostics, and therapeutic development. Its silicon-based DNA synthesis platform enables high-throughput production of synthetic genes, oligo pools, NGS target enrichment panels, and antibody…

Life sciences and medtech incubator on Cardiff's Heath Park

Cardiff Medicentre is a dedicated incubation facility providing office and laboratory space to early-stage biotech and healthcare companies. Established in 1992 as the first incubator of its kind in the UK, it operates as a joint venture between Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board on the…

Oral small-molecule therapies targeting autoimmune disease pathways

SMIN Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing oral medicines for autoimmune diseases. Its drug discovery platform studies interactions between proteins to identify therapeutic compounds, with an initial focus on the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), which regulates immunoglobulin G (IgG). The company is…

Topical peptide therapeutics targeting inflammatory skin disease

Carocell Bio is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company developing proprietary peptide-based therapeutics for inflammatory diseases. Its pipeline centres on topical formulations that inhibit mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK/p38), a key regulator of the inflammatory cascade. Lead programmes target atopic…

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 to suppress appetite without pharmacological intervention; a Phase 2a clinical trial is underway following positive Phase 1 results. Oxford…

ADC pipeline targeting mutant stem cells in blood cancers

Alethio Therapeutics Limited is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company developing antibody-drug conjugates for myeloproliferative neoplasms, a group of chronic blood cancers. Its pipeline targets the mutant stem and progenitor cells that drive disease progression and fibrosis, with the aim of modifying rather than…

Molecular serotyping microarrays and surveillance services for vaccine pathogens

BUGS Bioscience is a not-for-profit biotechnology spin-out of the Bacterial Microarray Group at St George's, University of London. The company develops and provides molecular serotyping microarray platforms and associated genomic surveillance services for vaccine-preventable bacterial pathogens, including…

Medicinal and computational chemistry services for drug discovery

Sandexis Medicinal Chemistry is a specialist consultancy providing medicinal and computational chemistry services for small-molecule drug discovery. Its scientists support hit identification, molecular design, virtual screening, docking, chemical database interrogation, project evaluation and lead optimisation.…

CSF-1R antibody therapy for tenosynovial giant cell tumour

SynOx Therapeutics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing emactuzumab, a humanised monoclonal antibody targeting CSF-1R, for the treatment of tenosynovial giant cell tumour and other macrophage-driven conditions. Emactuzumab was licensed from Roche and inhibits the CSF-1 receptor to deplete…

Chromatography columns and sample preparation products for analytical science

Phenomenex is a global manufacturer and supplier of analytical chemistry consumables and instruments, specialising in chromatography columns and sample preparation products for separation and purification applications. Products include HPLC, UHPLC, and GC columns, solid phase extraction cartridges, and bulk…

Integrated bioprocessing technologies, consumables and services for biopharma

Sartorius Stedim Biotech is a global supplier of bioprocessing technologies, filtration systems, single-use solutions and laboratory instruments for the biopharmaceutical industry. Its UK operations span manufacturing, commercial and contract testing functions, including sites in Stonehouse (consumables and single-use…

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…

Biomedical software development for genomics and medical imaging

Phenopolis is a London scientific software company developing applications and analysis pipelines for biomedical research and healthcare. Its services cover genetics, DNA methylation analysis, medical imaging, large-scale data processing and secure handling of patient information. It builds cloud and on-premises…

AI decision support tools for blood cancer pathology diagnosis

Spotlight Pathology is a software company developing artificial intelligence decision support tools for haematopathology. Its platform applies computer vision models trained on clinical datasets to analyse digital images of lymph node and bone marrow biopsies, supporting pathologists in the diagnosis of blood cancers…

Microcarrier platform enabling adherent cell screening for drug discovery

Semarion is an advanced materials engineering company developing microcarriers for adherent cell assays in drug discovery workflows. Fabricated using microchip-style microfabrication techniques, Semarion develops magnetically steerable cell carriers that enable small colonies of adherent cells to be moved, pooled, and…