UK Life Sciences Company Directory

CRO-CDMO process chemistry and API manufacturing centre for global pharma partners

Sai Life Sciences operates a UK research and development site providing contract research and development and manufacturing services to global biotech and pharmaceutical companies. The Alderley Park facility serves as a centre of excellence for active pharmaceutical ingredient process and analytical development,…

GMP biomanufacturing and biopharmaceutical development services

Ab Biotechnology is a UK-based contract development and manufacturing organisation providing process development, assay development and GMP manufacturing services for biopharmaceutical products. The company offers protein production, peptide synthesis, purification, analytical testing and small-scale GMP manufacture…

Clinical chemistry reagents and diagnostic products for human and veterinary use

Glenbio is a Northern Ireland-based manufacturer of in vitro diagnostic reagents, specialising in clinical chemistry reagents and liquid stable protein formulations for use across multiple analyser platforms. Operating from ISO 13485-accredited manufacturing and testing facilities in Antrim, the company supplies…

Yeast strain engineering platform for recombinant protein biomanufacturing

Phenotypeca is a synthetic biology company that engineers baker's yeast strains for the production of recombinant proteins, biosimilars, and vaccine antigens. Using proprietary quantitative trait loci technology, the company generates and screens large libraries of yeast variants to identify production strains with…

AI-driven precision therapeutics for metabolic syndrome diseases

Multiomic Health is a data-centric therapeutics company developing precision medicines for metabolic syndrome-related conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The company integrates multi-omics data with longitudinal clinical datasets…

DNA topoisomerase enzymes and substrates for drug discovery

Inspiralis is a John Innes Centre spinout supplying DNA-modifying enzymes, substrates and assay kits to pharmaceutical and academic researchers. Its product range centres on topoisomerases, enzymes that regulate DNA topology and represent validated targets for antibiotic and anticancer drug development. Alongside its…

Precision medicines targeting protein isoforms for neuromuscular disease

ISOgenix is a biotechnology company developing precision medicines that target disease-relevant protein isoforms for neuromuscular and neurological conditions. The company's approach focuses on identifying and modulating specific isoforms produced through alternative gene splicing and epigenetic regulation, aiming to…

Breath-based volatile organic compound test for multi-cancer detection

SpiraCheck is a biotechnology company developing a non-invasive breath test for the early detection of gastrointestinal cancers. Patients exhale into a collection device; the sample is analysed in the laboratory by mass spectrometry to quantify volatile organic compounds, and a patented algorithm interprets the…

Confocal ophthalmoscope for preclinical retinal imaging in small animals

Vox Imaging Technology is a UK-based developer of laboratory imaging instruments for preclinical eye research. The company's benchtop confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope is designed for retinal imaging in small animals, built to overcome limitations of existing research instruments identified through consultation…

AI-controlled modular aquaculture for local seafood production

Raygonal develops Aquary, a modular, AI-assisted system for land-based aquaculture and local seafood production. The platform integrates water management, environmental monitoring, automation and renewable energy to support controlled cultivation of fish, including tropical species. The company is piloting its system…

Engineered enzymes for recycling plastics and mixed textiles

Evoralis is a biotechnology company developing enzymes that break down plastics such as polyester, nylon and polyurethane into their chemical building blocks for recycling. The company uses a microfluidic screening platform to test large numbers of enzyme variants rapidly, allowing candidates to be discovered and…

Integrated academic drug discovery facility for anti-infectives and innovative targets

The Drug Discovery Unit is an academic drug discovery facility at the University of Dundee, integrating medicinal chemistry, high-throughput screening, structural biology, cell biology, and DMPK in a single purpose-built facility. The DDU conducts small molecule drug discovery programmes across two areas:…

Semiconductor platform for benchtop gene synthesis

Evonetix is a company developing a semiconductor chip platform for de novo gene synthesis. Its silicon array technology uses thermal control and on-chip error correction to enable accurate, gene-length DNA synthesis at the benchtop, with applications across engineering biology, medicine, agriculture, and materials…

Manufacturer of biological reagents, sera, and QC products

TCS Biosciences is a UK manufacturer and distributor of biological reagents, quality control products, and diagnostic test kits, serving the clinical, pharmaceutical, and environmental sectors. The company is Europe's leading supplier of animal blood and sera for microbiological applications, and also supplies cell…

Targeted nanoparticle formulations for nucleic acid delivery

XapHe is a biotechnology company developing peptide-based nanoparticles for therapeutic nucleic acid delivery. Its HAWC platform packages RNA and DNA payloads into formulations designed for cell entry and tissue targeting. The company supplies transfection kits and offers custom nanoparticle formulation services for…

Directed evolution platform engineering microbes for industrial biomanufacturing

Evolutor is a biotechnology company developing directed evolution technologies to enhance microbial performance for industrial biomanufacturing. Its proprietary genetic toolbox links bacterial cell fitness to recombinant protein production rates, generating evolved production strains with substantially improved…

Menstrual blood biomarker test for gynaecological condition diagnosis

Woost is a biotechnology company developing a home test kit and AI-assisted digital platform that uses menstrual blood as a diagnostic matrix for gynaecological conditions. The platform enables women to track condition-relevant biomarkers from self-collected samples, with initial focus on polycystic ovary syndrome.…

Microbial food-waste treatment integrated with robotic handling

Vuala is an industrial biotechnology and robotics company developing on-site food-waste treatment equipment. Its systems combine microorganisms with automated handling and separation to process mixed food waste into a stabilised organic feedstock suitable for downstream energy recovery. Robotics manage bin lifting,…

Tau-targeting therapeutics and diagnostics for neurodegenerative disease

TauRx Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments and diagnostics for Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. Its pipeline centres on tau aggregation inhibitors, which target the pathological accumulation of tau protein implicated in dementia. The company's…

Plasma fractionation and manufacture of plasma-derived therapies

Kedrion Biopharma is a biopharmaceutical manufacturer specialising in the fractionation of human blood plasma to produce albumin solutions, immunoglobulins and coagulation factors for the treatment of rare and life-threatening conditions including immunodeficiencies and bleeding disorders. Operating from a 130,000…