Supplier & Engineering

Electronics

Service Robotics Ltd was set up to bring "robotics as a service"​ to ordinary people, to help make their lives better by embracing companion robotics.

The company's first project is GenieConnect®, which is a service platform with a friendly robot interface to enable extended independent living for older adults. The service helps to alleviate loneliness, and provide engagement and stimulus to promote cognitive retention.

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Analytical services, CMO (Contract Manufacturing Organization), Fill & finish

SGS Quay Pharma is a contract development manufacturing organisation (CDMO) offering services from development to clinical supply.
They provide a comprehensive outsourcing service for the development, testing, and clinical supply of pharmaceutical products.

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Analytical services, CMO (Contract Manufacturing Organization), CRO (Contract Research Organization), Screening, Synthesis services

China Pharma Solutions, represented by Medicilon UK/EU in Cambridge UK, takes great pride in establishing strategic alliances. The aim is to provide combined CRO/CMO/CDMO services, research collaboration, licensing, and investment opportunities to aid novel drug discovery and development companies in partnering with large Chinese pharmaceutical companies, healthcare institutes, and investment funds with successful track records over the past 12 years.

Medicilon, as one of the leading Chinese Contract Research Organizations, offers integrated services across biology, chemistry, and preclinical services to support client research programs from the initial idea stage to the IND filing phase, with fast allocation times and competitive costs. As an FDA and AAALAC accredited laboratory, effectively supports clients ranging from small novel drug discovery companies, research organizations, university scientists, to multinational pharmaceutical companies including Roche, AZ, GSK, and Takeda.

Over the past 19 years, more than 2000 clients worldwide have benefitted from scientific research, with over 380 projects successfully registered with relevant authorities NMPA, FDA, EMA, and TGA for Phase I clinical trials. The Medicilon research team is capable of, but not limited to, medicinal research of small molecule chemicals, antibodies, PROTAC, ADC, CAR-T, etc.

Medicilon headquarters, along with an additional facility in Chuansha Economic Park, Shanghai, and a new CDMO site in Hangzhou China, occupy over 84600 square meters in lab space and employ over 3,000 professionals across biology, chemistry, and preclinical research. More than 50% of employees hold M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, with over 10% having foreign education and/or working experiences. Medicilon boasts the largest animal facilities in Shanghai with over 2200 primates.

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Analytical services, Bioinformatics, Diagnostic services, Genomics, Screening

Sigenex Oxford Ltd is engaged in developing precision health interventions for everyone everywhere through accessible NGS based molecular diagnostics. The company has developed automated, standardized protocols to mitigate cross contamination and human error. Sigenex also offers AI powered analytics, newborn screening, rapid AMR testing, noninvasive prenatal testing, rapid pathogen detection, microbiomics and pharmacogenomics.

Biotechnology - Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Cell therapy

Neoplasms / cancer / oncology

Singula Bio Ltd. is a biotechnology company in seed stage developing precision medicinal therapeutics. The company provides neoantigen-based cell therapies for cancer patients. The company's mission is to become a world leader in creating individualised cancer T-cell therapy options, more precisely for solid malignancies that are difficult to treat, such as ovarian cancer. To this end, the company is developing immunological, surgical, medical, and computational technologies for selective therapies with a patient-centered and multi-discipline approach.

Biotechnology - Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Immunotherapy

Neoplasms / cancer / oncology, Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs & immune disorders / hematology / immunology, Diseases of the nervous system / neurology, Respiratory / pulmonology, Digestive system / gastroenterology, Skin and subcutaneous tissue / dermatology, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Sitryx Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing oral small molecule therapies for chronic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. By targeting immunometabolism the metabolic pathways within immune system cells the company develops treatments aimed at rebalancing immune function rather than causing broad immunosuppression. The company's clinical pipeline includes candidates designed to address conditions such as atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and ulcerative colitis by targeting specific metabolic regulators within immune cells.

Professional Services and Consulting

Human resources services

Skills4Group is a specialized UK apprenticeship training provider and workforce development organization. The company delivers accredited vocational courses, training solutions, and recruitment support, bridging skills gaps for employers and learners primarily across the healthcare, science, and housing sectors.

Investor

Venture capital fund

Sofinnova Partners is an independent venture capital firm. The firm invests in start-ups, early-stage companies, corporate spin-offs and occasionally restarts. The company seeks to invest in the healthcare, technology, and life sciences sectors.

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Analytical services, CRO (Contract Research Organization), Synthesis services

Solvias is a CRO/CDMO, providing integrated analytical services to the pharma, biotech and medical device industries for all stages of drug development. The company's services include analytical method development & validation, cGMP drug substance & drug product testing & release, excipients & raw materials testing and release, extractables & leachables analysis, etc.

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Analytical services, Bioinformatics, Diagnostic services, Genomics

Infectious and parasitic diseases / infectiology / parasitology

Source BioScience provides laboratory services in Genomics and Histopathology, partnering with biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare and academia. Source LDPath provides an end-to-end clinical diagnostic service, from histopathology, including digital pathology and AI, through to molecular diagnostic services. Source Genomics provides a broad portfolio of multi-omic services, delivering high-quality data in Genomics, Spatial Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Epigenomics.

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Analytical services, Diagnostic services, Genomics, Screening, Synthesis services

Spectre Bio Limited is a small biotech startup working in synthetic biology. The company focuses on building genome-inactivated bacterial-like particles (BLiPs)—biological chassis in which the native bacterial genome is removed but the cell’s core machinery (metabolism, protein production, etc.) is retained. The company aims to develop a safe, programmable biological (BLiPs) platform that can be equipped with custom genetic programs (software) to perform tasks such as diagnostics, therapeutics, and environmental sensing or cleanup.

Medical Technology

Biomaterials

Diseases of the nervous system / neurology, Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue / Orthopedics

Spintex manufactures pure and tough silk fibres and materials for medical devices and regenerative medicine using their proprietary technology. Spintex artificially spins the highest performance silk fibres available, through a spider inspired process and markets for advanced technical textiles, including lightweight composites for aerospace and automotive industries, and biocompatible medical textiles. The fibres produced by Spintex have the potential for nerve regeneration, device coatings, and artificial tendons, among others.

Biotechnology - Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Anti-infectives, Drug delivery, Vaccines

Infectious and parasitic diseases / infectiology / parasitology, Neoplasms / cancer / oncology

SporeGen Limited is a biotechnology company that develops spore-based technologies for healthcare and life science applications. The company engineers bacterial spores as stable platforms for delivering vaccines, therapeutic agents, probiotics, and diagnostic solutions. They develop innovative, heat-stable probiotics, mucosal vaccines, and preventative treatments for conditions like Clostridium difficile (C. diff).

Supplier & Engineering

Distributors, Laboratory consumables and reagents

St John's Laboratory Ltd is a supplier of life science research reagents and laboratory products for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and academic research institutions. The company specializes in antibodies, ELISA kits, recombinant proteins, peptides, nanobodies, and other molecular biology reagents. St John's Laboratory product portfolio supports research areas including cancer biology, immunology, neuroscience, infectious diseases, and cell signaling. The company provides products for applications such as western blotting, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, and ELISA testing.

Professional Services and Consulting

Human resources services

Stafford Martin is the executive search partner for life sciences and technology companies navigating pivotal moments of growth, transformation, and investment. The company help organisations make business-critical leadership decisions with confidence when the stakes are highest.

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Genomics

Substrate Bio Ltd is a UK-based AI-native biotech infrastructure company that builds a network of fully autonomous wet laboratories. The company generates large-scale, high-quality, structured biological data designed specifically to train and power AI foundation models for biological discovery. The company operates two initial scientific programs targeted for full autonomous execution on Protein Characterisation and Functional Genomics.

Biotechnology - Other

Environmental

Sun Bear Bioworks Ltd is a biotechnology research company intends to reduce carbon emissions. The company's platform is on a mission to reimagine farming by blending the natural process of precision fermentation with modern science and technology, in order to produce healthier and sustainable everyday ingredients for the food, cosmetics, medical, and fuel industries, enabling users to retain all the benefits of daily essentials goods minus the sustainability issues and a healthier chemical profile. Sun Bear Bioworks primarily serves the consumer goods industry, offering a sustainable ingredient for a wide range of products.

Investor

Venture capital fund

SV Health Investors is a healthcare and life sciences venture capital and growth equity firm. SV targets early-stage opportunities in biotechnology; early-stage and revenue-stage opportunities in medical devices; and growth equity investments for later-stage businesses in healthcare services and digital health.

Biotechnology - Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Immunotherapy

Neoplasms / cancer / oncology

Switch Biologics is a biotechnology company developing precision immunotherapies that aim to activate potent therapeutic molecules selectively within diseased tissues, such as tumors, while minimizing activity in healthy tissues. Its approach is designed to improve treatment effectiveness and reduce unwanted side effects by controlling where and when biologic drugs become active.

Pharma (fully integrated)

Other

Synbio Lifescience Ltd manufactures basic pharmaceutical products. The company is also engaged in the research and experimental development activities on biotechnology.