55 Best Cambridge Based Pharmaceutical Startups and Companies to Work For

June 8, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best Cambridge based Pharmaceutical companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Pharmaceutical industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top Cambridge Pharmaceutical Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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

Phico Therapeutics

Phico Therapeutics

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Phico Therapeutics is a developer of novel platform technology designed to overcome antibacterial resistance.

Phico Therapeutics

Nuclera

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Nuclera makes biology accessible through desktop enzymatic protein and gene synthesis.

Phico Therapeutics

F-star Therapeutics

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F-star is developing a pipeline of novel bispecific antibodies with a therapeutic focus in immuno-oncology and oncology.

Phico Therapeutics

Wren Therapeutics

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Wren Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company based, focused on drug discovery and development for protein misfolding diseases.

Phico Therapeutics

Acacia Pharma

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Acacia Pharma is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the R&D of supportive care drugs for cancer patients.

Phico Therapeutics

OKRA Technologies

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OKRA is an AI analytics company for healthcare. We combine complex data sets, you get evidence-based insights and predictions in real time.

Phico Therapeutics

Definigen

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Definigen provides human cells to the drug discovery sector for use in lead optimization and toxicity programs.

Phico Therapeutics

PharmEnable

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PharmEnable has developed a rapid and cost effective way to identify better chemical starting points to drive the discovery.

Phico Therapeutics

Exonate

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Exonate is a biotech company spun out of the University of Nottingham that is focused on alternative splicing of (VEGF) in ophthalmology.

Phico Therapeutics

Sentinel Oncology

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Sentinel Oncology is a drug discovery company specialising in the delivery of candidate drugs to treat diseases.

Phico Therapeutics

Exvastat

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Exvastat is an innovative, preclinical-stage pharmaceutical company.

Phico Therapeutics

SuperX

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SuperX is a virtual biopharmaceutical company developing products to deliver anticoagulation without bleeding

Phico Therapeutics

Sphere Fluidics

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Sphere Fluidics develops products for use in single cell analysis and characterization, and provides associated collaborative R&D services.

Phico Therapeutics

Cancer Targeting Systems

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CTS aims to combine the imaging and treatment of cancer, enabling clinicians and patients to make clearer choices.

Phico Therapeutics

Nemesis Bioscience

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Nemesis Bioscience is a new biopharmaceutical company .

Phico Therapeutics

Ario Pharma

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Ario Pharma is focused on the development of drugs for the treatment of respiratory indications.

Phico Therapeutics

Critical Pressure

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Critical Pressure is a virtual bio-pharmaceutical company that develops products to treat vascular dysfunction and shock.

Phico Therapeutics

Discuva

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Antibacterial discovery research has been driven, medically, commercially

Phico Therapeutics

Mundipharma

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The Mundipharma story, spanning over six decades, is one that brings together a visionary approach.

Phico Therapeutics

Intellegens

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Cambridge spin out using Deep Learning to train on big, incomplete data. Currently working in drug discovery and material design.

Phico Therapeutics

Astex

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Astex is a UK-based biotechnology company that discovers and develops novel small molecule therapeutics.

Phico Therapeutics

AB-PolyBlok

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Revolutionary technology platform which has the potential to treat, and potentially partially reverse, the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Phico Therapeutics

KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd

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KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd discovers and develops drugs based upon the science of DNA damage sensing, signaling.

Phico Therapeutics

ImmunoBiology Ltd

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ImmBio is developing next-generation vaccines targeting a number of serious infectious diseases, based on its proprietary technologies.

Phico Therapeutics

Ionix Pharmaceuticals

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A leader in the discovery and development of new analgesic medicines for the treatment of acute and chronic pain.

Phico Therapeutics

Talisman Therapeutics

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Talisman Tx is a stem cell research and development company committed to revolutionising the discovery of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

Phico Therapeutics

GPrX Data

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GPrX Data translates NHS practice level prescribing data into easily-reviewed intelligence.

Phico Therapeutics

Serentis

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Serentis develops medical products and drugs.

Phico Therapeutics

Cambio

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Cambio is an excellent reputation for the supply of quality Molecular Biology reagents and consumables to scientific research laboratories.

Phico Therapeutics

Cantab Biopharmaceuticals

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Cantab Biopharmaceuticals engages in the discovery and development of innovative drugs and drug formulations.

Phico Therapeutics

Methuselah Health

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Methuselah Health identifies novel targets for treatment of ageing-related diseases.

Phico Therapeutics

Isomerase Therapeutics

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Isomerase Therapeutics is an agile drug discovery and development company.

Phico Therapeutics

Takeda Cambridge

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Takeda Cambridge specializes in developing oral diabetes medications.

Phico Therapeutics

Cambridge Medical Communication

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Cambridge Medical Communication providing clear and imaginative medical communication materials.

Phico Therapeutics

Abbexa

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Abbexa is a pharmaceutical company located in Cambridge.

Phico Therapeutics

Napp Pharmaceuticals

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Napp Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company that moves medicine forward for doctors and patients.

Phico Therapeutics

Cambridgene

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Cambridgene is provides robust multi-omic analytics workflows and access to novel clinical genomic data to accelerate clinical research.

Phico Therapeutics

De Novo Pharmaceuticals

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De Novo Pharmaceuticals is an emerging computational drug design company.

Phico Therapeutics

Spirea Ltd.

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Spirea Ltd. operates as a healthcare technology company.

Phico Therapeutics

Funxional Therapeutics

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Funxional Therapeutics develops pharmaceutical products focusing on the treatment of various diseases and disorders.

Phico Therapeutics

Altacor

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Altacor develops ophthalmic products for ophthalmologists and patients.

Phico Therapeutics

Nuformix

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Nuformix develops pharmaceutical products using its cocrystal technology in the United Kingdom.

Phico Therapeutics

Mundipharma Reasearch GmbH & Co KG

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Mundipharma Research is a dynamic organisation that has committed itself entirely to the research and development of innovative medications.

Phico Therapeutics

TheraSci

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TheraSci is a drug discovery company that discovers and develops pharmaceutical compounds.

Phico Therapeutics

CeNeS

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CeNeS is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes drugs for pain control, sedation and other CNS disorders.

Phico Therapeutics

Cambivac

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Cambivac is develops antiviral drugs for respiratory diseases in pigs and poultry.

Phico Therapeutics

Medical Device Usability

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Medical Device Usability is an independent Human Factors and usability consultancy specialising in pharmaceutical and medical devices.

Phico Therapeutics

Cambridge Cell Networks

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Cambridge Cell Networks is delivers services solutions to the research community in the biotechnology industry.

Phico Therapeutics

Pharma eReport

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Pharma eReport provides intuitive electronic product data management and reporting software for pharmaceutical regulatory professionals.

Phico Therapeutics

Serket

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Serket is a pharmacy-integrated mobile service which ensures medication delivery, solving the urgent adherence problem costing billions.

Phico Therapeutics

Cambridge Biotechnology

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Cambridge Biotechnology is involve in drug discovery and development for the treatment of clinical obesity and pain.

Phico Therapeutics

Ceros Pharmaceuticals

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Ceros Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge, UK-based developer of compounds to treat osteoporosis.

Phico Therapeutics

Cambridge Theranostics

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Cambridge Theranostics is develops natural supplements that improve heart health.

Phico Therapeutics

Open PHACTS FOUNDATION

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The Open PHACTS Foundation is a registered charity dedicated to sustaining and developing the Open PHACTS Discovery Platform.

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