UK Life Sciences Company Directory

Medical-grade collagen biomaterials for regenerative medicine devices

Evergen develops, manufactures, and supplies medical-grade collagen biomaterials and engineered tissue scaffolds for use in medical devices and regenerative medicine. Operating from Glasgow under GMP conditions, the company partners with OEM medical device manufacturers to develop and supply collagen formulations…

AI-driven digital modelling platform for pharmaceutical process development

PolyModels Hub is a software company developing a digital platform that uses physics-based and AI-driven models to help pharmaceutical process scientists design, simulate and optimise manufacturing processes. The platform replaces traditional experiment-heavy development workflows with predictive digital modelling,…

AI-powered portable diagnostics platform for field-based disease testing

Vidiia is a diagnostics company developing AI-powered, portable molecular testing devices for point-of-care and field-based disease detection. Its platform combines RT-LAMP assay chemistry with smartphone-connected artificial intelligence to interpret results, and has received UK regulatory approval for medical use.…

Preclinical to late-phase imaging and eClinical trial services

Perceptive is a contract research organisation providing imaging and eClinical services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies across the full drug development lifecycle. Its three divisions cover preclinical and in vivo imaging, clinical trial imaging core lab and independent central review, and randomisation…

Preclinical cardioprotective proteins for heart attack treatment

Forcefield Therapeutics is a preclinical biotechnology company developing cardioprotective protein therapies for acute myocardial infarction. Its programme uses naturally occurring proteins identified through the FunSel discovery platform to protect cardiomyocytes after a heart attack, reduce tissue damage and…

AI-powered EEG platform for CNS clinical trials

Cumulus Neuroscience is a digital health software company providing an integrated brain monitoring and analytics platform for neuroscience clinical trials. Its platform combines a medical-grade EEG headset with machine learning analytics to generate objective, at-home physiological and cognitive biomarker data.…

Extracellular vesicle platform for consistent, scalable regenerative therapeutics

Mesenbio is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a cell line platform that produces a consistent, scalable supply of therapeutic extracellular vesicles, addressing a key bottleneck limiting this treatment class. The company's cells generate naturally bioactive vesicles with combined…

In vivo safety pharmacology and cardiovascular preclinical testing

Vivonics Preclinical is a contract research organisation providing in vivo safety pharmacology studies for biotechnology and pharmaceutical drug development teams. Its services assess how experimental compounds affect vital organ function, particularly cardiovascular physiology, using telemetry, electrocardiography,…

Synthetic biology platform for sustainable biological textile dyeing

Colorifix is a UK biotechnology company applying synthetic biology to develop a biological dyeing process for the textile industry. The company engineers microorganisms to produce, deposit and fix pigments directly onto fabric, eliminating the need for toxic chemicals and reducing water and energy consumption compared…

Monoclonal antibodies for viral infectious disease

RQ Biotechnology is a passive immunisation company discovering and developing long-acting monoclonal antibodies to provide immediate protection against viral infections in immunocompromised and vulnerable populations. Founded by members of the UK COVID-19 Antibody Taskforce and co-founded with LifeArc, the company's…

Silica encapsulation platform eliminating cold chain for biologics

EnsiliTech is a biotechnology company developing ensilication, a patented platform technology that encases vaccines, antibodies, and other biologics within a silica matrix to render them thermally stable without refrigeration. The technology is applicable to existing and new biopharmaceutical formulations, enabling…

Defined live bacterial consortia for oncology and inflammatory bowel disease

Microbiotica is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing oral live biotherapeutic products comprising defined consortia of gut commensal bacterial strains. Candidate bacterial strains are identified by analysing microbiome data from clinical outcome studies, enabling mechanistically grounded strain…

Research antibodies, proteins and ELISA kits for life science laboratories

Antibodies.com is a supplier of research reagents for life science laboratories, offering a catalogue of more than 100,000 products. Its range includes primary and secondary antibodies, recombinant proteins, ELISA kits and other assay kits used in applications such as western blotting, immunohistochemistry, flow…

National institute uniting UK health data for research and discovery

Health Data Research UK is the UK's national institute for health data science, working across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Institute does not hold health data itself, but builds the infrastructure that makes NHS, university, charity and industry datasets safely and securely discoverable for…

ML platform designing optimised CAR-T and BiTE therapies

Coding Bio is a biotechnology company using machine learning and high-throughput screening to design chimeric antigen receptor and bispecific T cell engager therapies. The company's platform screens millions of modular protein candidates in living cells to identify designs that best induce immune responses, generating…

Pre-competitive biologics drug discovery platforms and services for partners

Alloy Therapeutics UK is the Cambridge-based research operation of Alloy Therapeutics, a biotechnology platform company providing pre-competitive drug discovery technologies and services across antibody, TCR, genetic medicine, cell therapy, peptide, and drug delivery modalities. The company offers both discovery…

Global life science tools, reagents, and bioprocessing supplier

Merck Life Science UK Limited is the UK subsidiary of Merck KGaA, a German science and technology company founded in 1668. The UK life science operation supplies research reagents, laboratory chemicals, filtration products, and bioprocessing materials to academic, industrial, and pharmaceutical customers. UK sites…

Droplet screening technology for high-throughput biological research

AssureDrop is an early-stage UK biotech company developing droplet-based screening technology for use in drug discovery, biomarker detection, and 3D cell culture research. Its platform enables the generation and handling of droplets directly within standard multiwell plates, including 1536-well format, without the…

University spatial transcriptomics and imaging platform for tissue research

The DRP Spatial Platform is a university core facility that supports spatial transcriptomics and imaging projects. It offers experimental design, histology and sample preparation, tissue imaging and laser capture microdissection, and spatial gene expression profiling, with support for data quality control and…

High-density e-textile sensors for AI-powered cardiac diagnostics

Polytecks is a University of Cambridge spin-out developing wearable, textile-based sensors for high-resolution bioelectrical mapping. Patented electrode arrays capture heart signals at far higher density than standard ECGs, with AI transforming the data into detailed cardiac maps within minutes to support earlier…