UK Life Sciences Company Directory

Oral iron deficiency therapy for adults across multiple indications

Shield Therapeutics is a commercial-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on iron deficiency. Its lead product, Accrufer/Feraccru (ferric maltol), is an oral iron therapy approved for adults with iron deficiency with or without anaemia. The product is commercialised in the US with Viatris and licensed to…

Enzyme engineering platform for sustainable biomanufacturing of natural ingredients

Pathfinder Bio is a UK-based biotechnology company developing an enzyme discovery and engineering platform for sustainable chemical manufacturing. Using ultra-high-throughput screening of engineered bacterial cells, the company measures the performance of billions of enzyme variants to design optimised biocatalytic…

Real-time DNA and RNA sequencing at any scale

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is a biotechnology company developing and commercialising electronic nanopore sequencing instruments and consumables for the direct analysis of DNA and RNA. Its devices range from pocket-sized portable units to high-throughput benchtop systems, enabling long-read sequencing without…

Point-of-care diagnostics and AI triage for cancer patients

52North is a medical technology company developing diagnostics and digital tools for urgent cancer care. Its lead programme is a point-of-care blood test designed to help chemotherapy patients assess their risk of neutropenic sepsis outside hospital, alongside an AI-supported app for triaging acute oncology symptoms.…

Pluripotent stem cell lines for cultivated meat production

Roslin Technologies is a biotech company developing and commercialising animal pluripotent stem cell lines for the cultivated meat industry. Its iPSC and ESC lines, covering beef, pork, lamb and seafood, are designed for scalable, indefinitely self-renewing production and can differentiate into muscle and fat tissue.…

Molecular biology enzymes and UK scientific reagent support

New England Biolabs (UK) is the British sales and technical-support subsidiary of New England Biolabs, supplying molecular biology reagents to research laboratories. Its catalogue includes restriction enzymes, DNA and RNA modifying enzymes, nucleic acid purification products, PCR reagents and sequencing library…

Molecular biology reagents and immunological raw materials for diagnostics

Meridian Bioscience's UK operation manufactures and supplies molecular biology reagents and immunological raw materials to diagnostic test developers, pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions worldwide. Products include ultra-pure nucleotides, DNA polymerases, PCR master mixes, purified antigens and…

Circular RNA therapeutics and scalable RNA production

RNAvate is a Cambridge biotechnology spinout developing circular RNA (circRNA) technologies for RNA medicines, founded from research at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Its platform focuses on scalable circRNA synthesis and purification to support durable therapeutic protein expression. Published laboratory…

Small molecule drugs targeting intrinsically disordered proteins in cancer

Kodiform Therapeutics is a drug discovery company developing first-in-class small molecule inhibitors against intrinsically disordered protein targets in cancer, a class historically considered undruggable due to the absence of stable binding pockets. The company uses intracellular antibody technology to identify and…

Proprietary phage display platform for therapeutic antibody discovery

RxBiologics is a Cambridge-based antibody discovery CRO and subsidiary of RxCelerate. Its proprietary phage display library platform incorporates in-line optimisation technology modelled on B cell affinity maturation, designed to generate clinic-ready antibody candidates with drug-like properties from first selection.…

Clinical gamma scintigraphy for pharmaceutical formulation evaluation

Cardiff Scintigraphics is an independent contract research company specialising in gamma scintigraphy, a clinical imaging technique using radiolabelled drug formulations to visualise and quantify in vivo drug deposition in humans. Its services support pharmaceutical and medical device companies in evaluating inhaled,…

Engineered iPSC-derived exosomes for tissue-targeted drug delivery

Excellio Labs is a biotech developing engineered exosome platforms for targeted drug delivery. The technology exploits the inherent tissue-specificity of iPSC-derived extracellular vesicles, which are further surface-modified to create precision drug carriers capable of delivering nucleic acids, proteins, and small…

Research reagents, protein analysis instruments and spatial biology technologies

Bio-Techne is a global life sciences company supplying research reagents, analytical instruments and diagnostic technologies through its UK subsidiary. Its portfolio includes recombinant proteins, antibodies, immunoassays, cell culture reagents, automated protein analysis instruments and spatial biology platforms.…

Intranasal anti-CD3 immunotherapy for neuroinflammatory diseases

Tiziana Life Sciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing immunomodulatory therapies for neurological and inflammatory diseases. Its lead candidate, intranasal foralumab, is a fully human anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody designed to modulate T-cell activity through nasal administration. The 48-patient…

Engineered cell-derived vesicles for targeted RNA and drug delivery

AAB Therapeutics develops programmable nanovesicles from engineered human cell membranes for targeted intracellular drug delivery. The vesicles are designed to carry RNA, small molecules or biologics, using surface targeting molecules and fusogenic proteins to release their cargo into cells. The preclinical company…

High-performance counter-current chromatography instruments and services

Dynamic Extractions is a Welsh instruments and contract services company specialising in the design, manufacture, and application of High Performance Counter Current Chromatography technology. Its range of liquid-liquid separation processors enables rapid, scalable purification of complex mixtures for pharmaceutical…

Life science reagents and assay technologies distributor

2BScientific is a UK-based distributor of life science reagents, assay kits and research technologies serving academic, clinical and commercial laboratories across the UK and Europe. The company supplies a broad portfolio of molecular biology, immunology and cell biology products from global manufacturing partners,…

Fluorinated building blocks and fine chemicals for research and pharma

Apollo Scientific is a manufacturer and supplier of fine chemicals for research and pharmaceutical development, specialising in aromatic, heterocyclic and fluorinated building blocks. It holds a large stock of building blocks and intermediates for rapid dispatch, alongside reagents for life science research. The…

Robotic automation platform for scalable cell therapy manufacturing

Cellular Origins is a biotechnology company developing robotic automation systems for the industrial-scale manufacture of cell therapies. Its platform uses mobile robotics and automated sterile fluidic interconnection to link existing bioprocess instruments into fully automated, GMP-compliant manufacturing workflows.…

Plasma amino acid biomarkers for multi-cancer risk assessment

Proteotype Diagnostics develops blood tests to support earlier assessment of possible cancer. Its Enlighten test measures patterns of circulating amino acids in plasma and applies machine learning to estimate the likelihood of malignancy across several solid tumour types. It is designed to inform further clinical…