Top Biotechnology Companies and Startups in the UK

4 years ago

This article showcases some of the most popular players in the Biotechnology space. Our analysts selected these companies for a variety of reasons. This list may include both state and private ventures providing the most value within the Biotechnology industry.

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SEMRush.

Top Biotechnology Companies


Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

The Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research (the Kennedy Trust) was formerly known as the Mathilda and Terence.

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Edinburgh Genomics

Edinburgh Genomics is a global reputation for the provision of advanced genomics services.

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Europe PubMed Central

Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) offers free access to biomedical literature resources.

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Barts Cancer Institute

Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) is one of the top cancer research centres in the UK.

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AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, manufactures and markets prescription medicines.

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GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline develops and markets products in the areas of pain relief, respiratory, digestive health, oral health, nutrition and skin.

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Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre

NIBEC is a multi-disciplinary research centre which combines skills in engineering, science, informatics and medicine.

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Abcam

An innovator in life science reagents and tools serving life science researchers globally to achieve their mission, faster.

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Elife Sciences

eLife Sciences, a nonprofit collaboration between funders and researchers, publishes research related to life sciences and biomedicine.

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National Institute for Health Research

National Institute for Health Research is a biotechnology company that provides facilities and technology for researchers to thrive.

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Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a group working with genome sequences to learn more about human biology and ways to treat illnesses.

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Almac Group

Almac is a financially secure, privately owned organisation with over 4,500 employees located within the US, Europe and Asia.

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LIGO Scientific Collaboration

LIGO Scientific Collaboration is a group of more than 900 scientists worldwide.

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ProClinical

ProClinical is a leading international recruitment agency.

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Biotechniques

BioTechniques publishes original methods, tools and protocols, novel modifications to existing methods, methods-oriented review articles.

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Royal Pharmaceutical Society is a company that provides preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs.

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Conference Series

ConferenceSeries conducts 3000+ Global Scientific Events in Medical, Clinical, Pharma, Engineering and Life Sciences across the Globe.

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies develops nanopore-based electronic systems for analyzing single molecules, including DNA, RNA, and proteins.

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The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

A centre of excellence in innovation, with the core purpose of building a world-leading cell and gene therapy sector in the UK.

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Astra Pharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical business.

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Horizon Discovery

Horizon is a gene editing company that designs & engineers genetically-modified cells, applying them to advance human health.

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Babraham Institute

The Babraham Institute is a world-class research institution.

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Evaluate Ltd

Evaluate provides trusted commercial intelligence for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

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ISARIC

ISARIC is a global initiative aiming to ensure that clinical researchers.

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Graphea

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences Companies.

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Bioline

Bioline is an evolving international company.

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CiteAb Ltd.

CiteAb Ltd. is a life science data provider that helps researchers and their suppliers make more informed decisions.

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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

ABPI is a research-based biopharmaceutical companies.

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Beckley Foundation

Beckley Foundation scientific programme initiates, designs and conducts research into the effects of psychoactive substances on the brain.

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Envigo

Envigo provides essential products and research services for pharmaceutical, crop protection.

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The Marine Biological Association of the UK

A learned society and one of the UK’s leading marine biological research institutes.

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Skipping Rocks Lab

Skipping Rocks Lab develops natural and biodegradable packaging for liquids made from seaweed extract.

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Shivom

Optimising the way DNA & other biodata is shared, secured & analysed.

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GW Pharmaceuticals

GW Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company.

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Human Tissue Authority

Human Tissue Authority

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Hammersmith Medicines Research Ltd

Hammersmith Medicines Research is a London-based biotechnology company that provides CRO services.

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Owen Mumford Ltd

Owen Mumford Ltd manufactures an innovative range of medical devices and disposables for drug delivery and capillary blood sampling

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Orchard Therapeutics

Orchard Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients through innovative gene therapies.

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COMPASS Pathways

Compass Pathways is a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health.

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Clustermarket

Clustermarket is an online sharing platform for scientists to list, discover, and book resources within their institution or cluster.

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Oxoid

Oxoid is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of microbiological culture media and other diagnostic products.

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Adaptimmune

Adaptimmune develops T cell therapies to treat cancer, human immunodeficiency virus, and infectious diseases.

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Lucideon

Lucideon is a development and commercialization organization (DCO), specializing in materials technologies and processes

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Cambridge Cognition

Cognitive assessment software for clinical trials, academic research and healthcare

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Harmony

Harmony is a biotech company converting fascinating plants into loveable products.

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Earlham Institute

Earlham Institute is a research institute focused on exploring living systems by applying computational science and biotechnology.

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4D Pharma PLC

4D Pharma PLC is a world leader in the development of live biotherapeutics.

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Synairgen

A drug discovery and development company focused on advancing novel approaches for severe respiratory conditions

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Premier Research

Premier Research is a biotech startup that helps biopharmaceutical and medical device companies bring their developments.

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Daye

Daye creates category-defining products and services that set a new standard for medical research and scientific innovation.

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Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust is a British biomedical research charity.

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Royal Marsden Hospital

The Royal Marsden is world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.

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Biomage

Biomage specializes in single-cell analysis transforming the life sciences.

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Rosemont Pharmaceuticals

Rosemont Pharmaceuticals manufactures and supplies liquid medicines.

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Avacta Group

Avacta Group plc is a provider of technologies, consumables and reagents for the life science markets, from drug discovery to diagnostics.

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LifeArc

LifeArc is an independent life science medical research charity committed to drastically improving positive patient outcomes everywhere.

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Abbexa

Abbexa is a pharmaceutical company located in Cambridge.

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ReNeuron Group

ReNeuron Group engages in R&D and the commercial exploitation of stem cell technologies for therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications.

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Abingdon Health

Abingdon Health is an innovative technology-led company focused on providing rapid and near-patient medical diagnostic testing solutions.

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ANGLE

ANGLE is a commercially driven specialist medical diagnostic company with pioneering products in cancer diagnostics and foetal health.

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Arctoris

Arctoris is the world’s first fully-automated drug discovery platform providing Data-as-a-Service.

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King’s Health Partners

King’s Health Partners is an Academic Health Sciences Centre.

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Preventx

Health screening via self-sampling.

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TwistDx

Twist Dx Ltd is a company developing proprietary technology in the area of DNA amplifications and sequencing.

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SB Drug Discovery

SB Drug Discovery is a contract research services company offering expertise in compound screening.

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Purolite Life Sciences

Purolite Life Sciences’ customers benefit from our 35 years of heritage, knowledge, customer-focus and expertise in the resin industry.

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Syncona Partners LLP

Syncona Partners LLP is a healthcare company focused on investing in and building global leaders in life science.

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Source BioScience

Source BioScience provides laboratory services and products to the healthcare and clinical, life science research and biopharma industries.

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LabGenius

LabGenius is a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics using a machine learning-driven evolution engine.

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The Native Antigen Company

The Native Antigen specialises in the development and manufacture of native and recombinant viral and bacterial antigens, antibodies.

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BiopharmaTrend.com

Market and Industry Research in Drug Discovery/Biotech — covering science and business trends.

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Genus

Pioneering animal genetic improvement to help nourish the world

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Synexus

Synexus is a site network organization that continues to pioneer important developments in the clinical trials industry.

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Cambridge Bioscience

Cambridge Bioscience is a specialist distributor of life science research products.

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Pubrica Healthcare

Pubrica’s services span all phases of Scientific Medical and Academic Writing, Editing, and Publishing.

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The Mentholatum Company

The Mentholatum Company is a pharmaceuticals company offering pharmaceutical, healthcare, and cosmetic products.

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Bio Market Insights

The leading business intelligence and networking platform for the complete bioeconomy value chain from lab to market.

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Lifebit

Lifebit CloudOS is the intelligent genomics platform that is the industry standard for unified, secure research over distributed big data.

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Open Targets

A partnership to transform drug discovery through the systematic identification and prioritisation of targets.

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Biocote

Biocote has successfully integrated antimicrobial technology into a broad range of product applications.

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LGC

LGC is an international life sciences measurement and testing company.

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Crescent Pharma

Crescent Pharma is a pharmaceutical company.

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Mereo Biopharma

Mereo is a new UK-based speciality biopharmaceutical company

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Antibodies.com

Antibodies.com is a leading supplier of protein research tools. Discover more from our range of distinct antibodies, proteins, and assays.

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Oxford Immunotec

Oxford Immunotec, a medical diagnostics company, develops tests for various diseases based on its innovative T cell measurement technology.

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evonetix

Evonetix is a provider of a desktop platform designed to synthesize DNA at unprecedented accuracy and scale.

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ViiV Healthcare

ViiV Healthcare is a global specialist HIV company established in November 2009 by GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)

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Gyroscope Therapeutics

Gyroscope is an ophthalmology company developing gene therapies for the treatment of eye diseases linked to an unbalanced complement system

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PolyProx

PolyProx Therapeutics is a developer of a novel class of drug intended to provide new therapies for cancer treatment.

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Cavendish Imaging

Cavendish Imaging has been providing an imaging service for Dentists, Maxillofacial Surgeons, Dental Implant Surgeons and Orthodontists.

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Biochrom

Biochrom designs and manufactures scientific instruments for various applications in clinical, life science, and industrial markets.

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hVIVO

hVIVO is a contract virology research company that aims to develop antivirals and vaccines in the field of biomedical research.

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Verona Pharma

Verona Pharma is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering new drugs for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases.

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Global Engage

Global Engage meetings are at the forefront of life science and health research.

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Biocomposites

Biocomposites is a manufacturer and marketer of calcium compound biologics.

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Radleys

Radleys provides chemistry equipments.

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Orchid Cellmark

Orchid Cellmark is the world’s largest private DNA testing firm.

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Bristol Laboratories

Bristol Laboratories is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of generic medicines.

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Research in Practice

Research in Practice Research in Practice

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Mologic

Mologic is a UK-based developer of point-of-care diagnostic devices

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Optibiotix Health

Optibiotix Health discovers and develops microbial strains, compounds and formulations, which modulate the human microbiome.

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Generon

Generon is a biotechnology company that focuses on the development in the field of protein preparation and analysis.

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