London’s Best Health Care Companies – To Work For and Buy From

April 14, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best London based Health Care companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Health Care 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

Top London Health Care Companies

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Manual

Manual

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Manual is a men’s health and well-being startup offering a suite of diagnostic tools and blood tests to offer data-driven health solutions. The company provides men with easy access to advice, free medical support, and the treatment choices they need to help them make proactive decisions about their wellbeing.

Manual was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in London, UK.. .

Babylon Health

Babylon Health

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Babylon is a digital health service provider that combines AI technology with the medical expertise of humans. Babylon delivers full access to healthcare, including personalized health assessments, treatment advice, and face-to-face appointments with a doctor 24/7.

Babylon’s mission is to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth. With the Babylon app, you can talk to a physician within minutes via phone or video call, ask simple medical questions via their text service and monitor your health with their comprehensive tracking system.

The Babylon app is everything you need to proactively manage your healthcare.. .

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

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GlaxoSmithKline is a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. The company aims to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with its 3 global businesses, scientific and technical know-how, and talented people.

GSK’s Pharmaceuticals business has a broad portfolio of innovative and established medicines with commercial leadership in respiratory and HIV. Our R&D approach focuses on science related to the immune system, the use of genetics, and advanced technologies.

The Vaccines business has a broad portfolio and innovative pipeline of vaccines to help protect people throughout life. It delivers over two million vaccine doses per day to people living in over 160 countries.

The Consumer Healthcare business develops and markets an innovative portfolio of consumer preferred and expert-recommended brands in the Pain relief, Respiratory, Digestive health, Oral Health, Nutrition, and Skin health categories.. .

Wellcome Trust

Wellcome Trust

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Wellcome Trust is a medical research charity that funds research that aims to protect and improving human and animal health. It focuses on the fields of public engagement, investments, innovation, humanities, and social science.

It was founded in 1936 and headquartered in London, England.. .

HealthHero

HealthHero

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HealthHero offers remote access to experienced doctors and expert clinicians directly to patients, insurance-policy holders and employees.

Arix Bioscience

Arix Bioscience

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Arix Bioscience is a global healthcare and life science company that drives value in private and public companies through operational and strategic direction as well as patient capital Their extensive experience in academic science, clinical and commercial strategy, company operations, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and corporate finance puts them in an especially strong position to build and support a wide range of businesses and technologies. Arix Bioscience has privileged agreements with leading universities in the UK, Europe and Australia, providing direct access to innovative new technologies.

They also have access to a broad range of research projects from US academic institutions.. .

LumiraDx

LumiraDx

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LumiraDx helps achieve better health care, social care, and financial outcomes, affordably, in the here and now. It offers proven solutions to help achieve your health care transformation goals, practically and reliably, in the here and now.

The company’s clients universally deliver more integrated, more informed, patient-centered care that is safer, more efficient, and with demonstrably better outcomes. LumiraDx makes diagnostic-led care simpler and more accessible with smarter connected diagnostics and diagnostic-led care solutions to enable better outcomes: better health, better experiences, and better value.

The diagnostic system platform combines a small, portable instrument, advanced low-cost test strip, and seamless digital connectivity.. .

Achilles Therapeutics

Achilles Therapeutics

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Achilles Therapeutics is a developer of immunotherapies intended to offer next-generation, patient-specific therapies to treat cancer.

Anima

Anima

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Anima is a tech-enabled provider of healthcare triage to get the right care at the right time. The company develops a healthcare management application that allows people to submit their problems and difficulties from their phone or computer after which the doctors remotely access victims review and decide on the next steps for their care that enable clinicians to resolve suffers concerns quickly and patients to stay connected with the doctor in every step of the way and improve the quality of life.

Founded by Shun Pang and Rachel Mumford in 2020, Anima is headquartered in London, England.. .

Huma

Huma

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Huma is a global health tech company with a mission to help people with chronic, complex, and rare diseases to live longer, better lives. Huma works with world-leading healthcare providers, pharmaceutical, insurance and technology companies, including Apple and Tencent, to build a connected digital health ecosystem.

Headquartered in London, Medopad has offices in the US and China.. .

Thriva

Thriva

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Thriva offers a personalized at-home finger-prick blood test which enables individuals to easily track and improve health. All tests are analyzed by their partner laboratory and results are reviewed by their in-house Doctor (a qualified GP of 7 years).

Thriva also helps users understand what they need to focus on to make improvements. It was founded in 2015..

Urban

Urban

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Urban is a wellness service platform used to offer an online wellness appointment portal for booking at-home treatments. The company’s platform makes it easy to book treatments such as massage, beauty, personal training, and osteopathy.

It seeks to democratize wellness by making wellness rituals accessible in urban cities and making balance an integral part of the cosmopolitan urban lifestyle. Customers can choose between trusted and pre-vetted practitioners by viewing detailed profiles with personal bios, ratings, and reviews while the practitioners take home 72% of bookings.

Jack Tang and Giles Williams co-founded Urban in London, England in 2014.. .

Bea Fertility

Bea Fertility

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Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking.

BIMA

BIMA

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BIMA is an insurtech player using mobile technology to provide insurance and health services to emerging markets. To serve its customers, the company has developed a proprietary technology platform, established exclusive partnerships with mobile operators, and built relationships with international insurers.

BIMA utilizes its technology platform to serve customers in 13 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America and has reached to date 31 million subscribers.. .

Treatwell

Treatwell

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Treatwell is the booking platform for beauty and wellbeing treatments on the Benelux with over 2500 spa’s, salons and studios in 60 cities, amongst others Amsterdam, Cologne, Antwerp, Düsseldorf, Rotterdam and Berlin. Offices in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Treatwell is part of the Wahanda Group, Europe’s leading marketplace for beauty and wellbeing services. They are a marketing driven technology company, serving consumers for more convenience, and partners for better business performance.

They provide consumers a superior online experience when searching for, comparing and booking treatments, while they bring new and more loyal customers to salons and thus increase their revenues.. .

Vamstar

Vamstar

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Healthcare marketplace is broken from a long-time. Both buyers (hospitals, health systems) and suppliers (pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers/digital health companies/service or solution providers) struggle to find the optimum opportunities for developing a transaction.

It takes time and resources to effectively commercialise new healthcare technology. We use the latest data automation technologies (NLP, ML, DL etc).

to aggregate demand from millions of sources and provide real-time analytics to shape the transaction. We aggregate more than $2tn of global demand (70+ countries) in our system and make it easier for healthcare companies to start closing more deals.

Our customers use a range of search and bid-development tools within our platform to quickly find the most suitable opportunity and finalise a transaction. Additionally, buyers (hospital, clinics etc.) can directly launch procurement and sourcing programs in our platform and get access to thousands of suppliers in the market for their respective products/services.

We have millions of contracts in our platform across countries for suppliers to bid, we have onboarded some of the world’s most innovative healthcare companies, we are continuing to raise money to build the world’s first digital marketplace, we have won innovation awards, and we’re backed by some of the best investors in the world. And we are JUST GETTING STARTED..

Unmind

Unmind

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Unmind is a B2B mental health platform – providing clinically-backed tools and training to create healthier, happier, more human organisations. Unmind offers a positive, proactive solution that anyone can use to bolster their mental health.

Their digital platform includes: • Learning & Development – Engaging programmes developed by industry experts. • Tools & Training – World-class exercises for stress, focus, sleep and more.

• Assessments & Insights – Gold-standard assessments and anonymised dashboards. • Support & Signposting – Private, ironclad support; anytime, anywhere, any device..

Cera

Cera

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Launched in November 2016, Cera is a technology-enable care company which has grown rapidly to become one of the largest home care providers in the United Kingdom, as well as one of fastest-growing healthtech businesses in Europe. Cera has nearly 6,000 staff across more than 70 offices in England, Scotland and Wales, and delivers around 30,000 care visits each day.

The company has pioneered machine learning, AI and data analytics technologies to transform the care sector – empowering users to live longer, healthier and better lives at home by supporting care workers and predicting changes in the health of users faster than traditional methods. More than 85% of carers using Cera’s app believe it enables them to deliver a safer and more effective service.

With plans to double the business’s headcount through 2021, Cera has established partnerships with a range of public and private sector organisations including the NHS, the Department for Health & Social Care, IBM, Deliveroo and Uber. Cera is actively recruiting for thousands of new care roles, and is a recruitment technology partner of the UK government for the wider care sector through the Join Social Care initiative.

These technologies, and Cera’s carer network, have been recognised through 30+ industry awards including Most Outstanding Home Care Provider from Home Care Insight from the Home Care Awards, Health Start-Up of the Year. Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu, and its advisory board is chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission..

HelloSelf

HelloSelf

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HelloSelf is a health and wellness platform that provides its users with digital access to therapists. HelloSelf works with you to easily test the changes you can make to your life and measure their impact on your mind.

Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in London, England.. .

Zedsen

Zedsen

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Zedsen provides biosensors that create a 3-Dimensional electrical field and gathers biological signals within a human body.

Lumeon

Lumeon

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Lumeon is a digital health company that has defined the market for Care Pathway Management (CPM). From scheduling and revenue management to clinical reporting and aftercare, by looking across the end-to end care pathway, Lumeon addresses the system, and not just the symptom, behind healthcare transformation.

Lumeon’s customers number among Europe’s fastest growing and most innovative healthcare providers including BUPA, Nuffield Health, Alliance Medical, HCA, Optegra and Newmedica. It is headquartered in London employing over 90 people..

Yoppie

Yoppie

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Yoppie is a DTC subscription-based, organic period care and PMS solutions provider.

Orchard Therapeutics

Orchard Therapeutics

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Orchard Therapeutics is a leading global fully integrated commercial-stage company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare diseases through innovative gene therapies. Orchard’s portfolio of autologous ex vivo gene therapy programs has demonstrated sustained clinical benefit in over 150 patients across five disease areas.

These programs include Strimvelis®, the first autologous ex vivo gene therapy approved by the EMA in 2016, 3 programs in advanced registrational studies in MLD (metachromatic leukodystrophy), WAS (Wiskott Aldrich syndrome) and ADA-SCID (adenosine deaminase severe combined immunodeficiency), 2 other clinical programs in X-CGD (X-linked chronic granulomatous disease) and beta-thalassemia, as well as an extensive preclinical pipeline. The company is partnered with world-leading institutions in gene therapy, including University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, the University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals, the University of California Los Angeles and Boston Children’s Hospital, and Telethon Institute of Gene Therapy/Ospedale San Raffaele.

Orchard is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: ORTX) with offices in the UK and the US, including London, San Francisco and Boston.. .

Kheiron

Kheiron

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At Kheiron, we are going where only a few have gone before; seeking a new understanding of cancer and how to detect it using artificial intelligence and human insight. We’ve made significant breakthroughs with our breast cancer screening product Mia but this is just the beginning of our journey.

Ultimately we want to radically improve the outcomes for cancer patients by pioneering a new era of, what we call, precision radiology. While this all sounds very serious and it is, we believe in having fun along the way.

Karaoke is our favourite sport. We also have an incredible crew from more than twenty different countries and offices in London, Budapest, Amsterdam and San Francisco.

Giving every woman a better fighting chance against cancer.. .

Healthily by Your.MD

Healthily by Your.MD

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Healthily is the world’s first medically approved self-care app designed around you. Combining responsive AI with trusted insights and tools, we match your personal needs to the latest information from doctors and healthcare specialists.

So you can understand your health and take the next step with confidence, wherever you are. Used by millions of people all over the world, Healthily’s pioneering approach to online clinical safety has attracted the support of leading investors and health organisations..

Digital Surgery

Digital Surgery

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Digital Surgery is a privately-held pioneer in surgical artificial intelligence (AI), data and analytics, and digital education and training

Perfect Ward

Perfect Ward

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Perfect Ward is the health and quality inspection solution.

Lantum

Lantum

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Lantum is an end to end staffing platform enabling healthcare organisations to operate. Clinics use Lantum to manage their freelance physicians and also to find new ones via a marketplace of high quality vetted physicians.

Lantum allows clinics to perform compliance checks on physicians as well as rate them and pay them fast. Lantum also provides a toolkit for freelance physicians enabling them to manage their working lives and do their taxes and send The idea came to CEO and founder Melissa Morris while working at Mckinsey in the Healthcare Practice.

She since left and went to work for NHS London to get a better idea of what healthcare organisations need.. .

Oviva

Oviva

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Oviva provides technology-enabled dietetic services and their goal is to help people lead happier & healthier lives. They have developed unique, personalised behaviour change programmes that combine our smartphone app and learning portal to support dietitian-led behaviour change for conditions such as type 2 diabetes and complex obesity.

Their approach allows patients to achieve a better health outcome without having to attend clinic appointments, whilst saving health systems significant sums by preventing the development of complications related to these health conditions.. .

Elder

Elder

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Elder was founded on the basic idea that you shouldn’t have to go to a care home unless you want to. You should be able to keep the life you know and love, all while getting the care you need.

Elder offers an online platform that focuses on connecting elders with homecare service providers. It offers its services in the United Kingdom.

They enables its customers to find homecare service providers according to their needs and preferences.. .

Second Nature

Second Nature

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Second Nature is a digital programme that helps people lead healthier lives

AccuRx

AccuRx

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AccuRx is on a mission to bring patients and their healthcare teams together. We let GP practices communicate with their patients, team and other organisations.

In a year we’ve grown from being used in 10 GP practices, to 20% of GP practices in England.. .

Zava

Zava

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Zava is an online doctor service in which real GPs prescribe real medicines in real time. Zava offers trustworthy, affordable and regulated medical consultations without the need for a face-to-face visit.

Zava is a discreet and convenient way to get medical treatment, wherever and whenever you need it. No unnecessary questions.

And you don’t have to see a doctor in person. Their team are dedicated to helping you stay on top of your health.

Simply complete a medical questionnaire, place your order and their doctors will check the treatment you’ve requested is suitable for you, or recommend an alternative. Once they’re happy, your order will be sent out safely and securely to your chosen address.

Their service doesn’t end when you receive your order. If you have any questions at all about your treatment or condition, you can contact one of their doctors free of charge..

Gripable

Gripable

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Gripable is develops simple digital therapy tools, combining them with mobile games, motivating physically impaired patients. GripAble began during our research with stroke patients struggling to use their hands for simple activities.

Everyday tasks – getting dressed in the morning, holding a glass of water – are a huge frustration for them. This is the reality for over 500 million people around the world suffering with impaired arm mobility.

These patients need, and want, more therapy. GripAble’s first product is a highly sensitive, portable hand-grip that connects wirelessly with a mobile-based app, allowing patients to play our fun therapy games.

It is designed for low-cost, easy-access assessment and therapy of hand and arm disability, providing increased engagement and allowing for self-training in hospitals and at home.. .

Signifier Medical Technologies

Signifier Medical Technologies

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Snoozeal was founded in 2015 in United Kingdom. Co-founder Prof.

Dr Anshul Sama, working in a multidisciplinary sleep team, was deeply empathic with many of his patients that were struggling with conventional treatment options that had failed to change in the last two decades. Not dissimilar to practice in many parts of conventional medicine, the emphasis was on treatment of the end result (i.e.

splinting the airway open) rather than treating the root cause- collapse of airway due to excessive loss of muscle tone. Over the years Prof Sama came across many devices, all of which had to be worn during sleep, were invariably uncomfortable, only effective when in use and further disrupted the already poor sleep quality..

MindLabs

MindLabs

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MindLabs is the world’s first live mental health platform.

Koru Kids

Koru Kids

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Koru Kids is a building better childcare services, starting with nanny sharing in London. The team behind Koru Kids has a background in childcare (their own and other people’s), healthcare and tech startups.

Their company name is Koru Kids, company number is 10047637, and their HQ is 110 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2LS. Koru Kids’ is a registered trademark (UK00003153316).

They are registered with the Information Commissioners’ Office (registration number ZA181818), and also affiliated with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Innovation Hub. They are grateful for the ongoing support (financial and moral!) of Camden Council..

These were being designed over night by a selection of client chosen freelance engineers, based in America and Asia.. .

FitXR

FitXR

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FitXR is the leading developer of VR/AR fitness apps. Passionately dedicated to making fitness more fun and accessible for everyone, FitXR has built the world’s first virtual fitness club, merging immersive VR with unparalleled total body workouts designed by top fitness experts.

FitXR is the only VR fitness app that provides a truly engaging, multiplayer experience with constantly refreshed content, studios, classes and music. FitXR transports players to a virtual fitness studio where they can meet new people and work out together all from the comfort of their own home.

FitXR is one of the top performing non-gaming apps available on Oculus Quest and has won multiple awards. FitXR will be launching on Steam & PlayStation VR platforms in 2021..

Spill App

Spill App

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Spill is an app that makes all the benefits of talking therapy available to everyone, every day. How does it work? We match each user with one of our Spill mentors, all of whom are fully-qualified counsellors.

Users are then able to message them every day, and they’ll reply with support, guidance and exercises to improve wellbeing and self-understanding over time. We currently work with some amazing businesses and organisations, including Rightmove and Monzo, and recently launched our product to the public with a disruptive monthly subscription plan that works out at around half the price of a single face-to-face therapy session.

It’s all part of our bigger mission to get everyone talking about their feelings more. Because we believe – and it has been scientifically proven – that we’re all happier, healthier and more self-aware as a result.

Go to www.spill.chat to find out more, or get in touch with us ([email protected]) if you’re a qualified counsellor interested in working for Spill.. .

Birdie

Birdie

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Birdie is a digital care companion transforming the way they look after the elderly living at home.

BioBeats

BioBeats

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BioBeats is a human company that creates digital artificial intelligence products to tackle mental health globally. Mental and substance use disorders constitute 10.4% of the global burden of disease and are the leading cause of disability among all disease groups.

The global direct and indirect economic costs of mental disorders were estimated at US$2.5 trillion in 2010, and are growing. Both direct and indirect costs of mental disorders are expected to double by 2030.

Current clinical and social provisions are inadequate and rely on therapeutic devices that cannot track neurological and physiological correlates to psychological progress. Smartphones and wearables brought real-time data.

BioBeats is the result of 15 years of research, 5 of which have been in commercial/clinical/consumer deployment. Their team fuses work at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and the Social Cognition Lab at the University of Oxford to use real-time data not only to bring physiological data to psychological therapy but to produce machine learning that can predict the onset of the disorder and intervene early.

BioBeats was established in 2012 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom.. .

Atlas Biomed Group

Atlas Biomed Group

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The Atlas DNA and gut microbiome tests evaluate your health status and provide personalised recommendations to improve wellbeing.

Qured

Qured

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Extraordinary care, at the touch of a button. We believe in accessible healthcare that is tailored to your individual needs: no travel, no wait, no hassle.

Delivered when and where you need it.. .

Pando

Pando

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Forward is now Pando! Pando is an essential tool for teamwork and secure collaboration in health and social care.

Cognino AI

Cognino AI

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Cognino empowers Contextual decisions with Explainable AI. It transforms data at a cloud-scale into intelligence with speed and accuracy

Echo

Echo

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At Echo, we believe health is about people not pills. That’s why we’ve created a new kind of pharmacy.

One that comes to you, not the other way around. We start with being brilliant at fulfilling prescriptions, because getting people taking the right medicine is the first step in staying well.

But there’s more we can do. It’s not just patients we support, its partners.

Together with other like-minded pharmacies, GPs and prescribing services we deliver even more positive experiences. Ultimately, we want to help patients understand and do more for themselves, so together they can make the right decisions with their GPs.

And when it comes time to improve our health, we all know more Technology should make the future of health care more human. So ours comes packed with care..

TalkLife

TalkLife

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The Social Network That Saves Lives

DeepCrawl

DeepCrawl

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DeepCrawl is a comprehensive website crawler, that provides their clients with a complete overview of their websites’ technical health. They aim to empower search marketers with actionable data and insights needed to make their websites visible, turning their organic traffic into revenue.

DeepCrawl is based of internal research, its clients saw on average, 62% growth within site visibility after utilizing the platform for just 12 months. All 6 major global group agencies utilize DeepCrawl to achieve results for their clients: WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, Havas, IPG, and Dentsu..

Silence Therapeutics

Silence Therapeutics

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Silence Therapeutics plc is a United Kingdom-based ribonucleic acid (RNA) technology company. The Company is primarily involved in the research and development of pharmaceutical products.

The Company’s technology harnesses the body’s natural mechanisms to create therapeutic effects within its own cells. The Company has a has a genetic toolkit with its own therapeutic payloads to modulate gene expression up as well as down in preclinical in vivo models, and delivery systems for various organs and cell types..

Florence

Florence

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Florence is an online marketplace that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers looking for extra work. Our online platform takes an intelligent approach to managing the healthcare staffing crisis.

Florence is built with the needs of nurses and healthcare providers at the forefront. It operates as a marketplace that cuts out the middleman and empowers healthcare operators to find the right staff with the right skills at the right time.

The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England.. .

Mereo Biopharma

Mereo Biopharma

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Mereo is based in London and was founded in March 2015 to fund and develop novel, innovative specialist focused products from large pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. Pharmaceutical companies face increasingly difficult choices in the allocation of internal resources to their drug development programs.

With significant P&L constraints and rich pipelines it has become increasingly difficult for many companies to fully fund and advance development all of their drug candidates, especially beyond Phase 2. Mereo has been formed to take advantage of the global pharmaceutical industry’s drive for creative ways to progress their clinical development pipelines.

Mereo has acquired an initial mid-late stage portfolio of three exceptionally well characterised novel products for the treatment of diseases with considerable unmet medical need from Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Each of these programmes has a comprehensive dataset for both pre-clinical and proof-of-concept clinical studies.

Additional product opportunities are under evaluation. Mereo’s focus is the development of innovative medicines that have the potential to significantly transform the lives of patients suffering from rare and other specialised conditions around the world.

To do this, the Company depends on the combination of its team’s expertise in selecting and acquiring product opportunities, creating value in the development pipeline and structuring creative transactions. Mereo’s internal expertise is complemented by a unique partnership with a leading global CRO, ICON.

Mereo combines the operational discipline and efficiency of a small company with the financial resources to conduct comprehensive clinical studies. Mereo will rapidly progress each of the products through further value inflection points before partnering or divesting its products.

Antidote.me

Antidote.me

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Antidote is a digital health company focused on accelerating and improving medical research. By combining proprietary technologies, data, and well-established business models, the company is transforming the way patients and researchers connect, so that breakthroughs happen faster.

Antidote was launched as TrialReach in 2010 and rebranded to Antidote in 2016. The company is based in the US and the UK..

Ixaka

Ixaka

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Ixaka is a private UK-based cell and gene therapy company with operations in the UK, Spain and France. The company is focused on the natural power of the body to cure disease.

Our proprietary technologies enhance the inherent therapeutic power of cells by targeting curative cells to the site of disease and by directly modifying cells within the body to improve their therapeutic action. Ixaka’s technologies – concentrated multi-cell therapies and targeted nano-particles – demonstrate potential for the treatment of a broad range of serious diseases across oncology, cardiovascular, neurological and ocular diseases, and genetic disorders..

Medicalchain

Medicalchain

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Medicalchain uses blockchain technology to securely store health records and maintain a single version of the truth. The different organisations such as doctors, hospitals, laboratories, pharmacists and health insurers can request permission to access a patient’s record to serve their purpose and record transactions on the distributed ledger.

Medicalchain provides solutions to today’s health record problems. The platform is built to securely store and share electronic health records.

By digitizing health records and empowering users they can leverage countless industry synergies.. .

DoctorLink

DoctorLink

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DoctorLink was founded in 2016 to help individuals have a better experience with their GP and at the same time help GP Practices to reduce their growing levels of demand. In 2017 they are launching thier first product.

It uses a clinically certified Symptom Assessment tool and integrates with your Practices IT system, so they can give personalized healthcare advice for what you need at the moment, and, in case you need to book an appointment with your GP or other NHS Service, they help you with that as well. They were founded by a team of Healthcare experts and a visionary team that believes technology can empower GP Practices and individuals to do a better job together.

They are just getting started and they have a series of developments in the next year which include obtaining a prescription for certain conditions and making referrals to other services (such as physiotherapy) much easier. If your practice is not modernized by using DoctorLink yet, let them know about this new service.

It’s completely free for you and your family to use.. .

Myovant Sciences

Myovant Sciences

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Myovant Sciences is to deliver innovative women’s health and prostate cancer solutions by efficiently advancing new medicines to market.

Kuur Therapeutics

Kuur Therapeutics

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Kuur Therapeutics is committed to transforming the lives of patients with cancer and is leading the development of off-the-shelf engineered CAR-NKT cell therapies. Our approach combines the highly differentiated, natural biology of a specific subset of cytotoxic T cells, called natural killer T cells (NKT cells) and innovative CAR construct engineering.

In combination, this delivers a very compelling and unique platform, that we believe has the potential to produce many future therapies targeting both hematological and solid tumors.. .

Tictrac

Tictrac

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Tictrac is a connected health platform that engages people in their health through their data.

FundamentalVR

FundamentalVR

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FundamentalVR delivers VR haptic ‘flight simulators’ for surgery creating a safe, measurable & repeatable space to refine to refine skills.

Sirenum

Sirenum

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Sirenum is a cloud-based platform for managing the staff lifecycle for agencies, recruiters and organisations who rely on staff for operational purposes. Sirenum is built on a highly agile technology platform, which allows us to connect with other service providers for functions not yet in the system.

This trick allows us to deliver features that they would not otherwise have, if a client requires these features up front. Once significant demand for a particular feature becomes apparent, they may decide develop that feature in house, replacing the outside vendor and retaining additional profits.

Sirenum is geared towards employers who operate complex workforces of shift workers. Sirenum is particularly suited to the Staffing, Railway, Aviation, Construction, Hospitality, Healthcare, Home care, Deliveries, Logistics and Transportation.

Operators in these sectors typically have hundreds or thousands of employees.. Marathon supports a family of labels to innovate and stay true.

Marathon is founded by paul-rene albertini, philippe ascoli and jimmy mikaoui. Marathon is also home to house anxiety records, introducing the prodigious escapism of jamie isaac and the soulful shoegaze of childhood..

Behold.ai

Behold.ai

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Radiology using Artificial Intelligence

Skin Analytics

Skin Analytics

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Skin Analytics build a digital history of your skin so that you and your doctor can measure, track and ultimately understand your skin. Meaning you have the tools to take control and ultimately improve your skin health.

Their patent-pending algorithms measure how the skin is changing from smartphone images to identify, inform and evaluate treatment options across a range of consumer health and clinical skin conditions. Which means they build digital platforms that personalise skin health so people can control their skin health rather than be controlled by it.

They’re focused on delivering a series of skin health products over the next 3 years ranging from consumer to clinical.. .

Peppy Health Ltd

Peppy Health Ltd

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Peppy. Support in the moments that matter.

Hussle

Hussle

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Hussle is the smart new way to fit fitness into your life. We partner with amazing gyms across the UK.

When you Hussle, you can go to any of these gyms. There are no contracts, no inductions, no sign-up fees.

Just thousands of gyms, pools and spas – wherever you are, whenever you want to go. So when you Hussle, you can make fitness a part of your day, not a pause in it.

Hussle. Make life work out..

Physitrack

Physitrack

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Physitrack is a global leader in remote patient engagement solutions for clinical exercise prescription, patient education, outcomes analysis and Telehealth. It has global presence with offices in Australia, the Netherlands, the UK and the US.

Physitrack became one of the first participants in Apple’s accelerator program for iOS – the Mobility Partner Program – in 2015.. .

Kokoon Technology

Kokoon Technology

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Kokoon’s is a digital health company on a mission to transform the sleep experience. Their team of scientists and engineers are passionate about making sleep science more personalised, accessible and enjoyable.

Applying the latest advances in sensor technology and data science Kokoon delivers personalised audio coaching and experiences via it’s app-based software platform.. .

Zesty

Zesty

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Zesty is a multi-award winning European digital health company backed by a group of international VC funds, including Mangrove Capital, LBO France and Qualcomm Ventures. We offer a suite of patient facing digital tools to healthcare providers.

Our clients are hospitals, clinics and general practice surgeries. They pay us an annual SaaS fee or a fee per patient.

Our apps remove the friction from everyday health related tasks, like booking appointments with doctors, reading letters digitally and managing repeat drug prescriptions. Our Vision is to build the UK’s first fully transactional Personal Health Record enabling patients to be at the centre of their care.

Our Mission is to help healthcare providers offer a truly digital experience, empowering patients to manage their care, share their data and be actively involved in their treatment pathways.. .

KatKin

KatKin

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KatKin is a Fresh take on cat health – putting cats, and their people first.

Healingclouds

Healingclouds

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Healingclouds offers online mental wellbeing services with certified and experienced mental health therapists. We offer online therapy sessions along with content, courses and community with affordable monthly subscription plans for people globally.

We help people to address their mental and emotional wellbeing without worrying about the high costs of seeing a qualified and accredited therapist. Our platform empowers people to connect with a therapist easily, as soon as the next day.

Our affordable monthly subscription plans offer people online therapy sessions, online courses, access to our online community, blogs, articles and other self-help resources at a low price every month. Our vision is to ensure that everyone has access to high-quality mental wellbeing services at affordable rates.

With a seamless 3-step process to help people connect with the best-matched therapists, Healingclouds makes online therapy very accessible to everyone.. .

Heights

Heights

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Heights provide the daily nutrients, knowledge, and network you need to elevate your cognitive potential and brain health.

DrDoctor

DrDoctor

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At DrDoctor we’re building the future of outpatient care. Our cloud-based patient management tools automate and virtualise processes and care, so that Doctors can focus on their patients, and that patients can engage as true partners in their care.

Our vison is that all care will be provided based on the needs of the patient and their condition. That you’ll have a real time, two-way dialogue with your doctor and care will be provided in the setting that suits you most..

Live Better With

Live Better With

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Live Better With is here to make everyday living a little bit better for the millions of people living with cancer all over the world. Together with the cancer community, they handpick products that help ease symptoms and side effects, and improve the quality of day-to-day life.

Uniquely, they group all the products by how someone might be feeling (e.g., “Feeling sick” or “Can’t sleep”), so it’s very easy to discover all the relevant and helpful things that have worked for others with the same need as you.. .

Artvisor bridges the gap between the large number of potential buyers of contemporary art and the complex art collecting process, which requires a high level of dedication and commitment. The amount of information available in today’s contemporary art world is overwhelming for people approaching it from the outside.

By offering a selection of high-end artworks tailored to each user’s preferences, Artvisor’s ambition is to become a market leader by making the art advisory process scalable.. .

BTG International

BTG International

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BTG acquires, develops, manufactures, and commercializes pharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Interventional Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, and Licensing.

The Interventional Medicine segment offers interventional oncology products and systems, such as beads and TheraSphere for treatment of liver cancer; and GALIL medical system, a cryoablation technology for use in kidney cancer and other indications. This segment also provides interventional vascular products consisting of EKOS system, an ultrasonic catheter drug delivery device used in the treatment of blood clots; Varithena for the treatment of varicose veins; and PneumRx Coil for the treatment of emphysema, a debilitating lung disease.

The Pharmaceuticals segment offers antidote products, such as CroFab for the treatment of crotalid snake envenomations; DigiFab for the treatment of digoxin toxicity; and Voraxaze for high-dose methotrexate toxicity. The Licensing segment provides Zytiga for treatment of prostate cancer; Two-Part Hip Cup; and Lemtrada.

The company also manufactures and commercializes therapeutic ultrasound devices, and roxwood systems, as well as develops venous thrombus management devices. British Technology Group International that began operation in 1948 became BTG in March 1995.

Its headquarters is in London in the United Kingdom.. .

Togetherall

Togetherall

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Togetherall, is a leading online mental health service that provides millions of people throughout the UK, New Zealand, Canada, and the US access to community and professional support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The service is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and is clinically proven to help those who are struggling with stress, isolation, anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues.

Togetherall has supported large populations with their mental health since launch in partnership with clients in the education, health, corporate, and charity sectors.. .

Eleusis

Eleusis

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Clinical stage company established to unlock the therapeutic potential of psychedelics through mitigating and managing psychoactivity

Heydoc

Heydoc

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The integrated clinical system for managing your patients’ medical data and admin tasks.

WeWALK

WeWALK

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WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone. Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonic sensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.

Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone. It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK.

With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications.

WeWALK integrations developed so far include “Google Maps” and Alexa virtual assistant service.. .

Entia

Entia

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Entia is a medical technology company that specializes in improving access to blood tests. Its featured products include Aptus, designed for haemoglobin and haematocrit and Affinity, designed for people with cancer to monitor their blood counts at home.

The company is a multidisciplinary team spanning design, engineering, quality assurance, business development, and innovation.. .

Patchwork

Patchwork

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Patchwork is a health tech start up providing software solutions in attempt to solve temporary staffing challenges.

Blueheart

Blueheart

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Blueheart is a sex therapy AI-powered app that provides research & science based sex therapy.

Prokarium

Prokarium

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Prokarium is a London-based biotech focused on developing microbial immunotherapy for solid tumors and vaccines against infectious diseases

Advanz Pharma

Advanz Pharma

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ADVANZ PHARMA is a global pharmaceutical company focussed on serving the needs of patients and healthcare providers around the world with enhanced access to high quality, niche established medicines. The Company has an international footprint with sales in more than 100 countries and has a diversified portfolio of more than 200 established, off-patent molecules that make up more than 1,300 SKUs.

It also markets orphan drugs through its Orphan Drug Division, currently consisting of Photofrin for the treatment of certain rare forms of cancer, which is currently undergoing testing for potential new indications.. .

Shivom

Shivom

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

uMotif

uMotif

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UMotif is a scalable and engaging patient-centred data capture platform for modern research.

Gymbox

Gymbox

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Gymbox Limited owns and operates a chain of gyms/fitness centers in London. Its gyms offer classes in the areas of Thai boxing, yoga, fusion dance/martial arts aerobics, torso toning, indoor cycling, boxing, workouts, and kick boxing.

The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.. .

Novoic

Novoic

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Novoic is a digital biotech company that develops AI-based speech analysis.

Small Pharma

Small Pharma

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Small Pharma applies expert intellectual property design to guide academic discovery to commercial product. We operate a scalable model of outsourced drug development.

We assemble specific expert teams to design and execute development programs with demonstrated track-records in all disciplines essential to their success.. .

knok healthcare

knok healthcare

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Knok is an app-based healthcare platform offering patients a holistic solution for their health through a combination of AI chatbots, video calls, face to face appointments at home, and integration with hospitals in one single application. This solution is convenient for the patient and efficient for the health system: the AI chatbot helps patients self-assess their condition and directs the patient within the app to a video appointment or a face to face appointment.

If the issue is serious enough, knock will direct the patient to the hospital.. .

Vitrue Health

Vitrue Health

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Whether you’re a patient recovering from knee surgery or a desk worker starting to feel an ache in your back, the first step to getting you back to your best is getting an accurate measurement of your issue. Vitrue’s products accurately and objectively measure musculoskeletal issues from the workplace to the clinic.

Vitrue VIDA uses a desk worker’s webcam to assess their posture, desk ergonomics and several other aspects of their workplace wellbeing (including burnout risk). Vitrue EVVA uses depth sensors to perform clinical grade assessments of patients and is used in orthopaedics, elite sport injury prevention and preventative health screening..

Baby2Body

Baby2Body

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Baby2Body is the number one app for women to keep healthy and happy during and after pregnancy. The app is a fully automated health, fitness and wellbeing coaching platform for pregnant women and mothers, helping women to optimize their health and wellbeing.

Based on multiple data points from each user, they use machine learning and proprietary, evidenced based content, to deliver personalised information and lifestyle advice: fitness, nutrition, psychological and emotional wellbeing and updates on the growth and development of their baby. Backed by science and expert -led, the company has reached over a million women in 100 countries, and continues to grow..

They work with their members in all cities, regions, and nations to strengthen the voice of the UK’s creative industries, advocate sector priorities, convene their network with thought leaders, politicians, and practitioners, and deliver practical services to support their creative community.. .

My Online Therapy

My Online Therapy

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MyOnlineTherapy, a mobile mental health company, is the first of its kind virtual psychology clinic.

Playbrush

Playbrush

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With Playbrush, boring brushing routines suddenly become an exciting adventure. The colourful smart toothbrush attachment fits onto the handle of any manual toothbrush so kids control planes, paint masterpieces and win dance battles via their brushing movements.

Personalised feedback, statistics and brushing rewards mean brushing is now not only fun, but also effective. The Playbrush comes with a variety of games, a data monitoring application for parents and regular toothbrush and toothpaste supplies..

Healum

Healum

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Healum provides connected software and apps to improve self-management for patients with long term conditions.

Spire Healthcare

Spire Healthcare

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Spire Healthcare is a leading provider of private healthcare.

MysteryVibe

MysteryVibe

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MysteryVibe creates award-winning Sexual Health Products. Deeply researched, anatomically designed, doctor-endorsed products to make intimacy easy.

Our vision is to create a world where everyone has the space, freedom, knowledge & power to elevate their sexual health & wellbeing. WE RESEARCH, WE INVENT We invent category defining products that combine the best of humanity & technology to create the ultimate personalised pleasure experience.

Our tech is patented and proven. Our products are the most certified, award winning and loved out there.

WE CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO We want to make sexual health as commonplace as … health.

So anyone from post-natal to post-menopause; adventurer to ED solver; singles to long-term couples, can use our tools, talks & techniques to bring that mystery back into their bedrooms. WE MAKE THINGS PERSONAL We believe that understanding our pleasure is the key to unlocking our progress.

As individuals, within relationships and as a society. By encouraging self discovery, self exploration, self awareness, self confidence and self love, we can improve the world’s health and wellbeing..

SuperCarers

SuperCarers

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SuperCarers is an online platform helping families to find trusted carers living in their local area.

Yaqrit

Yaqrit

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Liver cirrhosis kills more than a million people a year. More than 650 million people around the world suffer from chronic liver disease, costing economies €15.8 billion annually.

Yaqrit Limited is developing a family of liver disease treatments that will transform the lives of these patients. Today, there are few options for treatment.

Antibiotics and laxatives, which target gut bacteria and bacterial products, or a liver transplant are the standards of care. The drawbacks of widespread antibiotic use are well-known, and waiting lists for transplants are long – in the UK, for example, 30% of patients on the waiting list have been there for more than two years..

Fertifa

Fertifa

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Fertifa is an innovative employer benefit solution making fertility care more accessible and affordable. The company works with employers to offer a valuable employee benefit which bridges the gap between an employer and their employees when dealing with the sensitivity and privacy of employees’ reproductive issues.

It also offers guidance and advice, next-generation fertility treatment, and access to a range of holistic services for the best chance of success. The company was founded in 2019 and based in London, United Kingdom..

ThinkSono

ThinkSono

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Cutting edge AI ultrasound software for detection of blood clots (DVT)

Proximie

Proximie

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We save lives by sharing the world’s best clinical practice.

You may write to us at: BestStartup.co.uk/Fupping Ltd, 349 Royal College Street, London, England, NW1 9QS.

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