UK Life Sciences Company Directory

Inhaled therapies for COPD and chronic respiratory diseases

Verona Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercialising inhaled therapies for chronic respiratory diseases. Its lead product, ensifentrine, is a first-in-class dual inhibitor of PDE3 and PDE4 that combines bronchodilator and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory activity in a single inhaled compound.…

National trade association for UK science and innovation parks

The United Kingdom Science Park Association (UKSPA) is the national trade body representing science parks, research campuses, innovation districts, and technology incubators across the UK. Founded in 1984, UKSPA supports over 130 member locations accommodating approximately 6,000 companies and 120,000 employees. UKSPA…

High-performance PCR reagents and deployable pathogen detection

Amped PCR is a Welsh biotechnology company developing high-performance PCR reagents and a modular, deployable diagnostic system for rapid pathogen detection. Its ambient-stable mastermix formulations support qPCR workflows across research and applied markets, while its automated detection platform is designed for…

Engineered bacteria to remodel the tumour microenvironment

Neobe Therapeutics is a UK synthetic biology company developing programmable live biotherapeutics that colonise solid tumours and disrupt the local microenvironment to enable immune cell infiltration. The platform engineers tumour-colonising bacteria to break down stromal barriers that exclude immune cells, aiming to…

Specialty biopharma covering oncology, neurology, and fertility

Merck Serono Limited is the UK commercial subsidiary of Merck KGaA's Healthcare division, a German science and technology company founded in 1668. The UK operation markets prescription medicines across oncology, neurology, immunology, endocrinology, and fertility. Key products include Erbitux for colorectal and…

Cardiff University innovation centre for life sciences startups and spinouts

Cardiff Innovations is an innovation centre within Cardiff University's sbarc|spark building on the Cardiff Innovation Campus, providing laboratory, office, and co-working space for startups, spinouts, and commercial partners. Part of a £300m campus investment, it offers tenants co-location with Cardiff University's…

Preclinical CRO for pharmaceutical and agrochemical drug development

Labcorp Early Development Laboratories is a major nonclinical contract research organisation operating from its Harrogate campus in North Yorkshire. The facility provides preclinical pharmaceutical development services including safety pharmacology, toxicology, pathology, bioanalytical testing, and drug metabolism and…

Curative genetic medicines for peripheral nerve diseases

CureAge Therapeutics develops genetic medicines for peripheral nerve disorders, initially targeting neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Its investigational platform uses locally delivered lipid nanoparticles to carry genetic material into Schwann cells, aiming to restore NF1 gene function and address surrounding tumour…

Immuno-oncology target discovery and antibody therapeutics developer

4C Biomed is a biotechnology company developing immuno-oncology therapies and target discovery platforms based on patient-derived tumour and immune cell systems. The company uses integrated screening technologies and clinical data to identify novel immune targets and develop antibody therapeutics designed to enhance…

Functional plant proteins from agricultural co-products

Bland Company is a food biotechnology business developing functional plant proteins from underused agricultural co-products. Its process isolates proteins from plant feedstocks and modifies their properties using protein chemistry, with a focus on solubility, emulsification, foaming and moisture retention. The…

Ethically sourced human tissues and bespoke biospecimen procurement

Tissue Solutions is a Glasgow-based human biospecimen sourcing service within BioIVT, supplying ethically collected samples to pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers. Its virtual biobank coordinates access to fresh, frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues, blood and other biospecimens,…

GLP-accredited animal-free safety and efficacy testing for cosmetics and chemicals

XCellR8 is a contract research organisation providing exclusively animal-free safety and efficacy testing services to the cosmetics, personal care, and chemical industries. Operating from a GLP-accredited laboratory at Sci-Tech Daresbury, the company uses human cell culture systems to deliver regulatory tests for skin…

Biosensor R&D, analytical prototyping and product development services

Bio Nano Consulting is the research and product-development consultancy of AquAffirm, specialising in biosensors, nanomaterials and analytical technologies. Its scientists provide assay development, electrochemical sensor prototyping, microfluidics, product characterisation and digital platform engineering for…

Preclinical in vitro bioassay CRO for drug discovery programmes

Cellomatics Biosciences is a UK-based contract research organisation providing bespoke preclinical in vitro bioassay services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients. The company specialises in cell-based assays, phenotypic screening, target validation, and toxicity profiling across oncology, immuno-oncology,…

Life science and agritech campus in the heart of Kent

Kent Science Park is a 65-acre life science and technology campus in Sittingbourne, Kent, operated by Pioneer Group. Spanning 47 buildings and over 500,000 sq ft of purpose-built laboratory, office and manufacturing space, it supports more than 60 companies across biotech, biopharma, agritech and related sectors. The…

Laboratory automation orchestration software and custom robotic workcells

Lab Donkey is a laboratory automation technology company developing software that coordinates instruments, robots and scientific workflows. Its platform provides device drivers, workflow orchestration, deterministic scheduling, live monitoring and recovery after equipment errors. It also supports guided digital…

Engineered patient cells for sustained therapeutic antibody production

Semper-B Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing a cell-engineering platform intended to enable patients’ own cells to produce therapeutic antibodies over prolonged periods. The approach aims to achieve durable, precise modulation of immune activity by using engineered cells as a continuing source of…

Computationally designed broadly protective vaccines against pandemic viruses

DIOSynVax is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing broadly protective vaccines using a computational antigen design platform. The company's technology applies protein structure modelling and immune optimisation to engineer synthetic vaccine antigen payloads targeting conserved regions of viruses, enabling…

ML-enabled nanoparticle delivery platform for targeted therapeutics

Vector Bioscience is a University of Cambridge spin-out developing a machine learning-enabled drug delivery platform based on metal-organic framework nanoparticles. The technology provides cargo-agnostic, targeted delivery of oligonucleotides and small molecules with controlled release, initially focused on…

Human biospecimen and disease-state plasma supplier

Logical Biological is a UK supplier of human biological materials including disease-state and normal-donor serum, plasma, swabs, tissues, PBMCs, and biofluids to IVD manufacturers and life science researchers worldwide. The company sources specimens through a global network of donor centres and blood banks across five…