Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Biotechnology companies in Cambridgeshire. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Biotechnology Companies & Startups (Cambridgeshire)
Microbiotica
| Founders | Mike Romanos, Trevor Lawley |
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Microbiotica is a developer of human microbiome therapeutics intended to discover and develop live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers.
Cambridge Epigenetix
| Founders | Bobby Yerramilli-Rao, Shankar Balasubramian |
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Cambridge Epigenetix is using epigenetics to reduce several routine & important diagnostic tests for common cancers to a simple blood draw.
Supplant
| Founders | Paul Dupree, Tom Simmons |
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Supplant is a biotechnology platform that makes sugar substitutes.
Abzena
| Founders | Jonathan Goldman |
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Abzena provides complementary services to organizations involved in the development of bio-pharmaceuticals.
Semarion
| Founders | Unknown |
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Semarion leverages microfabrication technology to build smart materials and develop novel cell assaying applications.
Mogrify
| Founders | Jose Polo, Julian Gough, Owen Rackham |
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Mogrify® will transform the development of ex vivo cell therapies and pioneer a new class of in vivo reprogramming therapies.
Adrestia Therapeutics
| Founders | Gabriel Balmus, Stephen Jackson, Yaron Galanty |
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Adrestia is developing therapeutics that work in an entirely new way – restoring the biological balance in damaged, diseased or dying cells
GW Pharmaceuticals
| Founders | Brian Whittle, Geoffrey Guy |
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GW Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel therapeutics.
AstraZeneca
| Founders | Unknown |
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AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines.
Zetta Genomics
| Founders | Ignacio Medina, William Spooner |
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Zetta Genomics manages large-scale genomic data for precision medicine.
Nuclera
| Founders | Gordon McInroy, Jiahao Huang, Michael Chen |
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Nuclera makes biology accessible through desktop enzymatic protein and gene synthesis.
CS Genetics
| Founders | Lucas Edelman |
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CS Genetics develops new technology for genomics, based on scientific insights and conceptual innovations in NGS techniques.
Sphere Fluidics
| Founders | Chris Abell, Frank F. Craig, Wilhelm Huck |
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Sphere Fluidics develops products for use in single cell analysis and characterization, and provides associated collaborative R&D services.
PhoreMost
| Founders | Ashok Venkitaraman, Chris Torrance |
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PhoreMost is a new-model drug discovery company based in Cambridge, UK.
CellCentric
| Founders | Will West |
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CellCentric is a biotechnology company that targets at deubiquitinase (DUB) enzyme for cancer therapy.
Fluidic Analytics
| Founders | Andrew Lynn, Tuomas Knowles |
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Fluidic Analytics designs, develops and manufactures tools that seek to revolutionise the way proteins are characterised.
Revolo Biotherapeutics
| Founders | Unknown |
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Revolo Biotherapeutics has developed therapies that achieve superior long-term disease remission from less frequent chronic dosing.
Wren Therapeutics
| Founders | Chris Dobson, Samuel Cohen |
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Wren Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company based, focused on drug discovery and development for protein misfolding diseases.
Sano Genetics
| Founders | Charlotte Guzzo, Patrick Short, William Jones |
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Sano Genetics is a personalised medicine research platform with data privacy and transparency at its core.
MISSION Therapeutics
| Founders | Niall Martin, Steve Jackson, Xavier Jacq |
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MISSION Therapeutics offers a platform for the development of small molecule drugs that selectively target deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs).
Cyted
| Founders | Marcel Gehrung, Rebecca Fitzgerald |
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Diagnostics, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Early Detection, Prevention
Crescendo Biologics
| Founders | Mike Romanos |
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Crescendo Biologics is engaged in the development of a proprietary drug portfolio based on their VH antibody fragment platform.
Storm Therapeutics
| Founders | Eric Miska, Tony Kouzarides |
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Targeting pathways that modify RNA to deliver novel cancer therapeutics
Transine Therapeutics
| Founders | Piero Carninci, Stefano Gustincich |
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Transine Therapeutics is a developer of biotech platform enhancing therapeutics for the treatment of human disease.
Phico Therapeutics
| Founders | Heather Fairhead |
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Phico Therapeutics is a developer of novel platform technology designed to overcome antibacterial resistance.
PetMedix
| Founders | Allan Bradley, Jolyon Martin, Thomas Weaver |
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PetMedix is a pet therapeutics startup.
SolasCure
| Founders | Sam Bakri |
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Solascure is a biotechnology company focused on the development of fit for purpose, efficacious wound care products.
Horizon Discovery
| Founders | Alberto Bardelli, Chris Torrance, Darrin Disley |
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Horizon is a gene editing company that designs & engineers genetically-modified cells, applying them to advance human health.
Acacia Pharma
| Founders | Julian Gilbert, Robert Gristwood |
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Acacia Pharma is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the R&D of supportive care drugs for cancer patients.
Domainex
| Founders | Chrisostomos Prodromou, Laurence Pearl, Paul Driscoll, Renos Savva |
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A fully integrated drug discovery service company.
PolyProx
| Founders | Laura S Itzhaki |
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PolyProx Therapeutics is a developer of a novel class of drug intended to provide new therapies for cancer treatment.
PolyProx
| Founders | Laura S Itzhaki |
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PolyProx Therapeutics is a developer of a novel class of drug intended to provide new therapies for cancer treatment.
Mestag Therapeutics
| Founders | PROF MICHAEL B.BRENNER |
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Mestag Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that develops new therapies for diseases using fibroblast technology.
PredictImmune
| Founders | Eoin McKinney, Kenneth Smith, Paul Lyons |
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Providing tools to physicians in the treatment of patients with immune-mediated disease, through prediction of long term clinical prognosis.
Concr
| Founders | Matthew Foster, Matthew Griffiths, Uzma Asghar |
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Solving data to enable precision diagnostics for all.
Lightcast Discovery
| Founders | Cameron Frayling |
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Lightcast uses a microfluidic platform to make advances towards unique clinical approaches, new therapies, and innovative products.
bit.bio
| Founders | Florian Schuster, Mark Kotter |
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Bit.bio specializes in the fields of coding and biology that determine the identity of every human cell.
Biosceptre
| Founders | Greg Winter |
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Biosceptre has identified a cancer target, nf-P2X7, present in many cancer types, and importantly not found in healthy tissue.
PharmEnable
| Founders | Hannah Sore, Natalia Mateu |
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PharmEnable has developed a rapid and cost effective way to identify better chemical starting points to drive the discovery.
HexagonFab
| Founders | Christoph v. Bieberstein, Ruizhi Wang |
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HexagonFab is the biological sensor for rapid and cost-effective detection of biological substances.
Morphogen-IX
| Founders | Kate Rolston, Nick Morrell |
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MORPHOGEN-IX Limited is a drug discovery company founded in 2015 by Index Ventures to develop bone morphogenetic proteins
Bicycle Therapeutics
| Founders | Christian Heinis, Gregory Winter |
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Bicycle Therapeutics is developing a technology for the creation of new generation biotherapeutics.
Abcam
| Founders | David Cleevely, Jonathan Milner, Tony Kouzarides |
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An innovator in life science reagents and tools serving life science researchers globally to achieve their mission, faster.
Psyomics
| Founders | Dan Cowell |
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PsyOmics develops proteomic diagnostics to improve early diagnosis and treatment outcomes for those with neuropsychiatric disorders.
Definigen
| Founders | Candy Cho, Marcus Yeo, Nicolas Hannan, Roger Pedersen, Tamir Rashid |
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Definigen provides human cells to the drug discovery sector for use in lead optimization and toxicity programs.
Animal Alternative Technologies
| Founders | Clarisse Beurrier, Yash Mishra |
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Scalable, complete Cultured Meat production systems to tackle global sustainability challenges
PetaGene
| Founders | Dan Greenfield, Vaughan Wittorff |
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PetaGene’s mission is to make genomics data cheaper, faster and better.
Camallergy
| Founders | Andrew Clark, Pamela Ewan, Sherden Timmins |
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Camallergy develops and provides new treatments for common food allergies.
NeoPhore
| Founders | Alberto Bardelli |
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NeoPhore is a provider of novel small molecule therapies intended to treat cancer through stimulation of the immune system.
Base4
| Founders | Barnaby Balmforth, Cameron Frayling |
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A multi-disciplinary team, based in Cambridge, working to solve some of the most difficult problems in biotechnology.
Ario Pharma
| Founders | John Ford |
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Ario Pharma is focused on the development of drugs for the treatment of respiratory indications.
Mursla
| Founders | Pierre Arsene |
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Novel multi-omics exosome characterisation company.
Nanna Therapeutics
| Founders | David Williams |
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Nanna Therapeutics is a drug discovery company addressing age-related diseases for which others are failing to provide effective treatments.
Kymab
| Founders | Allan Bradley, Glenn Friedrich |
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Kymab is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing fully human monoclonal antibody therapeutics.
Exonate
| Founders | Catherine Beech, David Bates, Lucy Donaldson |
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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.
Qkine
| Founders | Catherine Elton, Marko Hyvönen |
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Spin-out from Cambridge University, we manufacture high purity animal-derived component free growth factors and cytokines for stem cells
Sareum Holdings PLC
| Founders | David Williams, Tim Mitchell |
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Sareum is a drug discovery company, headquartered in Cambridge UK, that produces targeted small molecule therapeutics, focusing on cancer
Cancer Targeting Systems
| Founders | Jason Dinges, Will West |
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CTS aims to combine the imaging and treatment of cancer, enabling clinicians and patients to make clearer choices.
F-star Therapeutics
| Founders | Florian Ruker |
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F-star is developing a pipeline of novel bispecific antibodies with a therapeutic focus in immuno-oncology and oncology.
Eagle Genomics
| Founders | Abel Ureta-Vidal, William Spooner |
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Eagle Genomics is a enterprise software solutions company to enable the management, orchestration and exploitation of life sciences data.
Ikarovec
| Founders | Peter Widdowson |
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Ikarovek is working on early stage assets intended for the treatment of diabetic macular edama.
Quartet Medicine
| Founders | Kevin Pojasek |
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Quartet Medicine is discovering and developing novel treatments
Z Factor
| Founders | James Huntington |
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Z Factor Limited is a drug discovery company to identify and develop therapeutic agents to treat alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
NRG Therapeutics
| Founders | Neil Miller |
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NRG Therapeutics is a drug discovery company focussed on therapeutic approaches that will restore mitochondrial function.
Sentinel Oncology
| Founders | Robert Boyle, Stuart Travers |
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Sentinel Oncology is a drug discovery company specialising in the delivery of candidate drugs to treat diseases.
Congenica
| Founders | Eugene Bragin, Matthew Hurles, Nick Lench, Philip Beales, Richard Durbin, Thomas Weaver |
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Congenica is a biotechnology company that provides a diagnostic decision support platform.
DIOSynVax
| Founders | Unknown |
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DIOSynVax is new technology that will significantly accelerate vaccine development and achieve dramatic improvements.
Isogenica
| Founders | Kevin FitzGerald |
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Isogenica operates a range of discovery platforms supported by state-of-the-art methodologies for identifying antibody and peptide ligands.
BioSilta
| Founders | Peter Neubauer |
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BioSilta Ltd, a developer of advanced microbial growth systems,
Reflection Therapeutics
| Founders | Timothy Newton |
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Reflection Therapeutics is developing cell therapy technology against neuroinflammation across the board.
Cell Guidance Systems
| Founders | Michael Jones |
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Cell Guidance Systems is a biotechnology company developing research tools for stem cell technology.
Lab21
| Founders | Berwyn Clarke |
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Lab21 is a rapidly growing healthcare diagnostics business. The company’s vision is of providing personalised diagnostic testing for
Nemesis Bioscience
| Founders | Conrad Lichtenstein, Frank Massam |
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Nemesis Bioscience is a new biopharmaceutical company .
Critical Pressure
| Founders | James M. Leiper |
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Critical Pressure is a virtual bio-pharmaceutical company that develops products to treat vascular dysfunction and shock.
SuperX
| Founders | Trevor Baglin |
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SuperX is a virtual biopharmaceutical company developing products to deliver anticoagulation without bleeding
Biofidelity
| Founders | Barnaby Balmforth, Cameron Frayling |
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Biofidelity developed a revolutionary molecular diagnostic assay that enables the rapid detection of target DNA sequences.
Artios Pharma
| Founders | Andrew Muncey |
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Artios Pharma is a independent DNA Damage Response company with a strong pipeline of novel cancer therapies.
Antibodies.com
| Founders | Stewart Newlove |
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Antibodies.com is a leading supplier of protein research tools. Discover more from our range of distinct antibodies, proteins, and assays.
Lumora
| Founders | Jim Murray, Laurence Tisi |
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Lumora develops work flow-based solutions that simplify clinical diagnostics, industrial microbiology, and sample preparation.
LIFNano Therapeutics
| Founders | Su Metcalfe |
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LIFNano Therapeutics specifically focused on targeted delivery of the biologic, Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor.
CRiL
| Founders | Unknown |
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CRiL was formed in April 2013 specifically to develop innovative medical devices to diagnose and manage respiratory conditions.
Discuva
| Founders | Nawaz Khan |
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Antibacterial discovery research has been driven, medically, commercially
GeneAdviser
| Founders | Jelena Aleksic |
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Our mission is to make genetic testing for rare diseases more accessible to clinicians around the world.
CamStent
| Founders | David Hampton |
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CamStent develops an inert polymer coating for medical devices that prevents the colonization of harmful microorganisms on surfaces.
PneumaCare
| Founders | Gareth Roberts |
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PneumaCare develops products for diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory diseases using novel 3D imaging technology.
Waterscope
| Founders | Alexander Patto, Tianheng Zhao |
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Waterscope is a not-for-profit impact-defined company based in Cambridge.
AB-PolyBlok
| Founders | Unknown |
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Revolutionary technology platform which has the potential to treat, and potentially partially reverse, the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease.
SPT Labtech
| Founders | Jas Sanghera |
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SPT Labtech provides agility, efficiency and productivity for a broad range of applications.
AptaCam
| Founders | Yang Zhang |
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Aptacam strives to be the leading producer and supplier of high quality aptamers.
FOLIUM Science
| Founders | Christian Groendahl, Edward Fuchs, Jasper Clube, Morten O. A. Sommer |
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FOLIUM Science leads the way in bioscience technology for the healthy biotic era.
Population Genetics Technologies
| Founders | Sydney Brenne |
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Population Genetics develops technologies to characterize and quantify true genetic variants responsible for diseases and drug response.
Bactest
| Founders | Derek Price |
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Bactest offers CYTOMAIA, a microbial contamination testing platform that enables rapid detection.
Unicorn Biotechnologies
| Founders | Adam Glen, Jack Reid |
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Powering the cellular agriculture revolution
Empyrean Therapeutics
| Founders | Tom Henley |
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Empyrean Therapeutics develops next generation cell therapies to enable global and affordable cures for diseases.
Cambridge Cognition
| Founders | John Hammond |
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Cognitive assessment software for clinical trials, academic research and healthcare
Start Codon
| Founders | Daniel Rooke, Jason Mellad |
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Translating disruptive research into successful start-ups, the Cambridge way
KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd
| Founders | Unknown |
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KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd discovers and develops drugs based upon the science of DNA damage sensing, signaling.
Toxibact Ltd
| Founders | Unknown |
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Toxibact Limited develops antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of all bacteria and fungi.
VHSquared
| Founders | Gordon Dougan, Jan Robinson, Rod Richards, Scott Crowe |
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VHsquared is dedicated to the development of novel antibody domains engineered to be stable in the GI tract.
Lucida Medical
| Founders | Antony Rix, Prof Evis Sala |
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SaaS, Cancer Diagnosis, Radiology, MRI, Prostate Cancer
Broken String Biosciences
| Founders | Unknown |
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Broken String Biosciences is developing a platform of novel sequencing tools to assess genome stability and to unlock the next generation.
