🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 101 Top English Biotechnology Startups & Firms

August 14, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best English Biotechnology companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Biotechnology 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 English Biotechnology Startups

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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.

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Autolus

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Autolus is in T-cell programming and manufacturing technology.

GlaxoSmithKline

Phystech Ventures

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Phystech Ventures is an early-stage deeptech VC firm with focus on next-gen computing, life sciences, energy, mobility, and space.

GlaxoSmithKline

Multus Media

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Creating the next generation of animal-free growth media for the cultivated meat industry

GlaxoSmithKline

FabricNano

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FabricNano is a cell-free biomanufacturing company that develops a DNA-based flow reactor to unlock the future of biochemistry.

GlaxoSmithKline

MiNA Therapeutics

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MiNA Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutic medicines to harness gene activation mechanisms.

GlaxoSmithKline

Orchard Therapeutics

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

GlaxoSmithKline

LabGenius

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

GlaxoSmithKline

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.

GlaxoSmithKline

Alchemab Therapeutics

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Alchemab Therapeutics is developing natural protective antibodies designed to keep people free of hard-to-treat diseases.

GlaxoSmithKline

Arix Bioscience

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Arix Bioscience is a healthcare and life science company.

GlaxoSmithKline

Achilles Therapeutics

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Synthace

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Synthace uses open source technology to make process in biotechnology move faster.

GlaxoSmithKline

Antidote.me

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Antidote is a digital health company that accelerates and improves medical research by combining technologies, data, and business models.

GlaxoSmithKline

Lifebit

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Kuano

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Kuano provides innovative quantum and AI solutions for drug discovery and design.

GlaxoSmithKline

Unibio International

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Unibio is operating in the biotechnology sector with core competences within bacterial fermentation.

GlaxoSmithKline

Arborea

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Arborea is industrialising photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply

GlaxoSmithKline

Daye

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Akari Therapeutics

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Akari is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics.

GlaxoSmithKline

Entocycle

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Entocycle’s automated insect farm produces environmentally friendly insect protein to feed farmed animals.

GlaxoSmithKline

Pulmocide

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Pulmocide is focused on the development of inhaled medicines for the treatment of viral and fungal infections of the respiratory tract.

GlaxoSmithKline

Ixaka

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Ixaka is a private cell and gene therapy company with a focus on the natural power of the body to cure disease.

GlaxoSmithKline

Ori Biotech

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Ori Biotech is a developer of a manufacturing platform used to help patients get access to lifesaving treatments.

GlaxoSmithKline

Mereo Biopharma

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Mereo is a new UK-based speciality biopharmaceutical company.

GlaxoSmithKline

Kuur Therapeutics

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Kuur Therapeutics is committed to transforming the lives of patients with cancer & is leading the development cell therapies.

GlaxoSmithKline

Clustermarket

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One lab management platform that brings people, equipment and data together – no matter where they are.

GlaxoSmithKline

Prokarium

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Prokarium is biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of microbial immunotherapy.

GlaxoSmithKline

Quell Therapeutics

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Quell Therapeutics is a cell therapy company

GlaxoSmithKline

Verona Pharma

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Enara Bio

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Ervaxx is illuminating the immune interface to develop new cancer therapies.

GlaxoSmithKline

Polymateria

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Polymateria is a London-based startup advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.

GlaxoSmithKline

Silence Therapeutics

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Silence Therapeutics is a drug development company with a proprietary genetic medicine platform.

GlaxoSmithKline

Peptone

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Peptone is a UK-based startup that is helping pharmaceutical companies unravel the secrets of proteins.

GlaxoSmithKline

Eleusis

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

GlaxoSmithKline

GammaDelta Therapeutics

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GammaDelta Therapeutics is developing the potential of gamma delta (γδ) cells

GlaxoSmithKline

Skipping Rocks Lab

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

GlaxoSmithKline

BenevolentAI

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BenevolentAI is a developer of artificial intelligence and computational medicine technologies.

GlaxoSmithKline

Novoic

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Hoxton Farms

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Based in London, UK, Hoxton Farms is growing cultivated fat as an ingredient for the meat alternatives industry.

GlaxoSmithKline

EMMAC Life Sciences

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EMMAC is a medical cannabis company that works to join together the latest science and research with cutting-edge cultivation.

GlaxoSmithKline

MediSieve

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MediSieve is a therapeutics company developing a platform technology for the treatment of blood-borne diseases.

GlaxoSmithKline

Zedsen

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Shivom

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Optimising the way genomic & other healthcare is shared, secured & analysed.

GlaxoSmithKline

Desktop Genetics

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Desktop Genetics is an international company to help researchers discover and treat the root genetic causes of human disease.

GlaxoSmithKline

bio-bean

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bio-bean is a U.K.-based green company that offers its users with processes of recycling and waste management solutions.

GlaxoSmithKline

Mytos

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Mytos is building a fully-automated cell manufacture platform for Pharma

GlaxoSmithKline

Puraffinity

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Puraffinity develops biologically derived materials for industrial water treatment.

GlaxoSmithKline

Treos Bio

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Treos Bio, Inc. develops precision cancer immunotherapies tailored to patients’ genetics.

GlaxoSmithKline

Flow Bio

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Wearable for analysing biomarkers through sweat in real-time, starting with hydration.

GlaxoSmithKline

HigherSteaks

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HigherSteaks is about providing with that juicy, tender, and delicious meat they love but without harming their health, planet, and animals.

GlaxoSmithKline

Acurable

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The first wearable medical device able to accurately diagnose and manage respiratory conditions at home

GlaxoSmithKline

Rightangled

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Medtech specialised in Genetics, Blood and infection testing. Service is delivers through a platform that connects users with specialists.

GlaxoSmithKline

Yaqrit

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Yaqrit Limited is a UK-based company specialising in interventions in liver disease based on 20 years of research and development at UCL.

GlaxoSmithKline

Ixico

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Ixico is a U.K.-based company that provides clinical trial services worldwide.

GlaxoSmithKline

Purespring Therapeutics

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Purespring Therapeutics is an AAV gene therapy company focused on the kidney globally.

GlaxoSmithKline

Collagen Solutions

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Collagen Solutions Plc is a global provider of medical grade collagen formulations and components for use in regenerative medicine,

GlaxoSmithKline

Bioneb

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Bioneb offers direct to consumer genetic testing companies in India.

GlaxoSmithKline

Cotinga Pharmaceuticals

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Cotinga Pharmaceuticals discovers and develops drug therapies for diseases.

GlaxoSmithKline

Capella BioScience

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Capella Bioscience engages in the discovery and development of monoclonal antibodies.

GlaxoSmithKline

IAG, Image Analysis Group

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IAG, imaging expert company helps to accelerate novel drug development by using the right analytical tools and modern trial infrastructure.

GlaxoSmithKline

Pear Bio

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Ending the progression of cancer

GlaxoSmithKline

Gardin

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Gardin develops optical phenotyping technology and analytics to optimise food production.

GlaxoSmithKline

Autifony Therapeutics

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Autifony Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing medicines to treat hearing disorders such as hearing loss and tinnitus.

GlaxoSmithKline

CGT Catapult

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CGT Catapult is a centre of innovation, with the core purpose of building cell and gene therapy sector in the UK.

GlaxoSmithKline

Sixfold Bioscience

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Sixfold Bioscience is a preclinical-stage biotech company that delivers cures with hyper-precise nanoparticles.

GlaxoSmithKline

Resolution Therapeutics

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Resolution Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing macrophage cell therapy to treat chronic diseases.

GlaxoSmithKline

LIfT BioSciences

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LIfT BioSciences is a socially-minded Biotech start-up that develops a portfolio of potentially life-saving immuno-oncology cell therapies.

GlaxoSmithKline

Baseimmune

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Baseimmune is a biotech startup founded to create the next generation of vaccines.

GlaxoSmithKline

Chronomics

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An epigenetic testing A.I platform to drive the future of personalised wellness.

GlaxoSmithKline

Istesso

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Istesso is a drug discovery and development company working in the field of immunometabolism.

GlaxoSmithKline

Engitix

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Engitix is operates as a tissue engineering company.

GlaxoSmithKline

Aptorum Group

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Aptorum Group is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of therapeutic assets to treat diseases with unmet medical needs.

GlaxoSmithKline

Opvia

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Opvia is a developer of a biotechnology platform intended to reduce the time taken to develop bio-processes.

GlaxoSmithKline

FarmaTrust

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FarmaTrust is the most efficient global tracking system which provides security to both patients and the pharmaceutical industry.

GlaxoSmithKline

Abcodia

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Abcodia is an innovative biotech company engaged in the validation and discovery of molecular biomarkers.

GlaxoSmithKline

Hyris

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Hyris is offers an integrated platform for decentralized nucleic acid testing Products.

GlaxoSmithKline

Evodental

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EvoDental, a dental implant center, provides dental implant treatment solutions.

GlaxoSmithKline

Tropic Biosciences

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Tropic Biosciences is a pioneering leader in the development of novel high-performing commercial tropical crop varieties and traits.

GlaxoSmithKline

MicrofluidX

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MicrofluidX is tackling the problems of process control, scalability, and cost associated with cell bioprocessing

GlaxoSmithKline

Contura

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Contura is a privately owned, international, specialist pharmaceutical company with a key focus on urology and urogynaecology.

GlaxoSmithKline

Exogene

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Exogene is a biotechnology company accelerating target & TCR discovery for cancer cell therapies using AI-enabled TCR-antigen screening.

GlaxoSmithKline

Plasticell

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Plasticell offers a cell-based screening technology for the discovery of small molecule drugs that regenerate cells of the body.

GlaxoSmithKline

Toraphene

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Toraphene is a biodegradable, compostable, and commercially-viable plastic packaging substitute and make plastic packaging obsolete.

GlaxoSmithKline

Kesios Therapeutics

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Kesios Therapeutics, a London, UK-based oncology drug discovery company

GlaxoSmithKline

Intoolab

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Artificial Intelligence made for healthcare. Use the A.I. that understands biomedicine and accelerate your research.

GlaxoSmithKline

genomes.io

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genomes.io is a human genome is the blueprint to what makes you who you are.

GlaxoSmithKline

MyMeds&Me

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My Meds & Me provides a web-based solution for the capture of adverse event, product complaint.

GlaxoSmithKline

iOx Therapeutics Ltd.

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iOx Therapeutics Ltd. operates as an immuno-oncology company.

GlaxoSmithKline

BrightCure

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BrightCure is a femcare company developing intimate care products to fight resistant UTI bacteria and promote a healthy vaginal microbiome.

GlaxoSmithKline

IGEM Therapeutics

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IGEM Therapeutics is a developer of an immuno-oncology company intended to develop immunoglobulin antibodies to treat cancer.

GlaxoSmithKline

Imutex

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Imutex, a startup with a Phase IIa-ready universal flu vaccine.

GlaxoSmithKline

Harmony

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

GlaxoSmithKline

ValiRX

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Valirx Plc, an investment holding company, engages in the research and development of oncology therapeutics and diagnostics in the United

GlaxoSmithKline

TopiVert

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Imperial Innovations creates and invests in pioneering university technologies addressing healthcare, energy and environmental problems.

GlaxoSmithKline

SomaNautix

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Building an innovative Oncology Product company which exploits the unique physico-chemical properties of endoNaut technology.

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Ophidia Medical Technologies

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Medtech startup working with blockchain, IOT and AI to accelerate clinical trials

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PrEP Biopharm

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PrEP Biopharm is a developer of respiratory infectious disease products

GlaxoSmithKline

Biotronics3D

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Biotronics3D develops and markets innovative software applications for the diagnostic imaging industry.

GlaxoSmithKline

Inspira Pharmaceuticals

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Inspira Pharmaceuticals conducts research and development on treating respiratory diseases.

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