UK Life Sciences Company Directory

Veterinary diagnostic instruments, reference laboratory and imaging services

IDEXX Laboratories Limited is the UK subsidiary of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in veterinary diagnostics. Operating from Wetherby, North Yorkshire, the company provides in-clinic diagnostic analysers and consumables, a UKAS-accredited reference laboratory spanning biochemistry, haematology, microbiology,…

Blood-based liquid biopsy for endothelial glycocalyx and microvascular health

Dimension Biotechnologies is a biotech developing a rapid, blood-based diagnostic for microvascular health based on analysis of the endothelial glycocalyx, the molecular layer lining blood vessel walls whose biochemical integrity is disrupted early in cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and sepsis. The…

AI-guided plant biosynthesis platform for novel therapeutic compounds

HotHouse Therapeutics is a drug discovery platform company that engineers plants as sustainable biofactories for pharmaceutical compound production. Using AI to design and optimise biosynthetic pathways, it produces both natural and new-to-nature molecules via transient and stable plant expression systems capable of…

Newcastle's city-centre life science and innovation district

Newcastle Helix is a 24-acre urban innovation district in central Newcastle upon Tyne, developed through a partnership between Newcastle City Council, Newcastle University, and Legal & General. The site brings together life science, data science, and urban science businesses, researchers, and public sector…

AI-driven antibody reagents and diagnostics for research and clinical use

Vertebrate Antibodies is a contract research organisation developing custom monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, and AI-driven diagnostic products for research and clinical applications. Its AI-driven epitope prediction and antigen display platforms enable highly specific antibody generation against novel…

Not-for-profit research organisation targeting intrinsically disordered proteins

Bind Research is the UK's first Focused Research Organisation, established to make intrinsically disordered proteins druggable targets for new medicines. The organisation integrates NMR spectroscopy, biophysical characterisation, chemoproteomics, and AI to build comprehensive datasets of disordered protein-small…

Bacterial-like particle vaccine platform targeting recurrent UTIs

Spectre Bio is a biotechnology company developing a non-antibiotic prophylactic vaccine for recurrent UTIs, a major unmet medical need and significant driver of antimicrobial resistance. The company's platform produces programmable, non-replicative bacterial cells that retain a full native antigen profile while being…

Early-stage drug discovery CRO specialising in GPCR target validation

Z7 Biotech is a Nottingham-based contract research organisation specialising in early-stage drug discovery and target validation. It develops bespoke target engagement, signalling and ligand-binding assays for challenging biological targets, including GPCRs, transporters, ion channels and membrane-associated proteins.…

Clinical research organisation offering trial delivery and functional outsourcing services

Advanced Clinical is a clinical research organisation supporting biopharmaceutical and medical device companies through full-service and functional service provider models. It provides clinical trial management, site monitoring, quality and validation services and strategic resourcing, placing specialist clinical…

Macromolecular crowding supplements for scalable cell culture

milieu.bio is a UK supplier of cell-culture media additives for biopharmaceutical research, cell therapy and cellular agriculture. It commercialises CityMix and CytoBoost, macromolecular crowding formulations designed to support cell expansion and extracellular matrix production while reducing reliance on costly media…

Rare disease partnering platform connecting patient groups with drug developers

Aspire Biosciences is a Cambridge-based company accelerating treatment development for rare and unaddressed diseases through its Systematic Serendipity methodology. The company facilitates structured partnerships between rare disease patient organisations and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies through…

DNA, drug, and alcohol testing laboratory for legal and workplace clients

AlphaBiolabs is a UKAS-accredited laboratory providing DNA relationship and paternity testing, drug and alcohol testing, and health screening services. The company serves the legal profession, businesses, social services, and the general public, with results accepted by the Ministry of Justice, Home Office, and UK…

Gut microbiome tests predicting biologic drug response in IBD

AlphaBiomics is a precision medicine company developing diagnostics that analyse the gut microbiome to guide treatment decisions. Its lead test uses a stool sample collected at home and machine learning analysis of microbial sequencing data to predict which patients with inflammatory bowel disease are likely to…

Non-profit partnership developing livestock health products for low-income markets

GALVmed is a non-profit public-private partnership facilitating the development and market access of vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics for livestock diseases affecting small-scale producers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Operating as a product development partnership, it coordinates funding, regulatory…

Life sciences and medtech industry association for the Midlands

Medilink Midlands is a not-for-profit membership organisation supporting the growth of the life sciences, medtech, and health technology sectors across the Midlands and East of England. It provides specialist business support, funding access, regulatory guidance, and sector connectivity to companies at all stages of…

End-to-end viral vector design, production and gene delivery

VectorBuilder is a global provider of gene delivery solutions offering an integrated suite of research products, custom services, and clinical-grade manufacturing. The company's platform spans viral vector design and cloning, packaging of lentiviral, AAV, and adenoviral vectors, plasmid and IVT mRNA manufacture,…

Precision fermentation platform producing sustainable palm oil alternatives

Sun Bear Biofuture is an industrial biotech company developing a precision fermentation platform to produce sustainable alternatives to palm oil. Using engineered yeast strains and agricultural side streams as feedstock, the company produces oils with functional properties comparable to palm oil, targeting food…

Biparatopic PD-1/VEGFR2 antibody for solid tumour oncology

Ottimo Pharma is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing biparatopic antibody therapeutics for solid tumour cancers. Its lead programme, Jankistomig, is a first-in-class single-agent IgG antibody that simultaneously targets PD-1 for immune checkpoint inhibition and VEGFR2 to suppress tumour angiogenesis. The…

Organ-on-chip devices and preclinical drug testing services

DLOC Biosystems is a biotechnology company developing patented organ-on-chip and human-on-chip technology for preclinical drug testing. Its microfluidic chips enable cells to grow into three-dimensional tissues that preserve in vivo properties, supporting more accurate drug safety and efficacy testing than…

Antimicrobial and biocompatible surface coatings for orthopaedic implants

Accentus Medical is a surface engineering company developing and applying biocompatible and antimicrobial coatings for implantable medical devices, particularly orthopaedic implants. Its technologies include plasma-sprayed titanium and hydroxyapatite coatings that support bone integration, and silver-ion surface…