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 Pharmaceutical companies in London. 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 Pharmaceutical Companies & Startups (London)
Verona Pharma
| Founders | Clive Page |
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Verona Pharma is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering new drugs for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases.
Alchemab Therapeutics
| Founders | Alex Leech, Ben Larman, Jane Osbourn, Rachael Bashford-Rogers, Uri Laserson |
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Alchemab Therapeutics is developing natural protective antibodies designed to keep people free of hard-to-treat diseases.
MiNA Therapeutics
| Founders | John J. Rossi, Nagy Habib, Pål Sætrom |
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MiNA Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutic medicines to harness gene activation mechanisms.
Pando
| Founders | Barney Gilbert, Lydia Yarlott, Philip Mundy |
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Forward is now Pando! Pando is an essential tool for teamwork and secure collaboration in health and social care.
Lifebit
| Founders | Maria Chatzou Dunford, Pablo Prieto Barja |
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Lifebit CloudOS is the intelligent genomics platform that is the industry standard for unified, secure research over distributed big data.
Closed Loop Medicine
| Founders | David Cox, Felicity Sartain, Hakim Yadi, Paul Goldsmith |
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Developing personalised digital healthcare solutions to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians
Echo
| Founders | Sai Lakshmi, Stephen Bourke |
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Echo is a simplifying pharmacy, helping everyone get the medicine they need.
Advanz Pharma
| Founders | Unknown |
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ADVANZ PHARMA is a pharmaceutical company focused on serving the needs of patients and healthcare providers.
Phlo
| Founders | Nadeem Sarwar |
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Phlo is a digital pharmacy that provides secure, real-time, same-day prescription delivery.
Stallergenes Greer
| Founders | R.T. Greer |
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Stallergenes Greer is a fully integrated global biopharmaceutical company specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.
Skipping Rocks Lab
| Founders | Pierre Paslier, Rodrigo García González |
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Skipping Rocks Lab develops natural and biodegradable packaging for liquids made from seaweed extract.
Prokarium
| Founders | Rocky Cranenburgh |
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Prokarium is biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of microbial immunotherapy.
Capella BioScience
| Founders | STEVE HOLMES |
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Capella Bioscience engages in the discovery and development of monoclonal antibodies.
SyntheticGestalt
| Founders | Atsuhiro Hagiwara, Koki Shimada |
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SyntheticGestalt develops machine learning models for drug discovery and software for facilitating and automating research.
Peptone
| Founders | Kamil Tamiola, Matt Heberling |
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Peptone is a UK-based startup that is helping pharmaceutical companies unravel the secrets of proteins.
Exogene
| Founders | Andrea Mambrini, Federico Paoletti |
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Exogene is a biotechnology company accelerating target & TCR discovery for cancer cell therapies using AI-enabled TCR-antigen screening.
Dunad Therapeutics
| Founders | Diana Kraskouskaya, Patrick T. Gunning |
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Dunad Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of next-generation targeted protein degradation therapies.
Small Pharma
| Founders | Peter Rands |
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Small Pharma is dedicated to identifying these opportunities.
Tuli Health
| Founders | Jialu Tu, Jiawei Li |
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Tuli Health is a digital health platform that provides instant access to private medical appointments and testing.
Aptorum Group
| Founders | Ian Huen |
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Aptorum Group is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of therapeutic assets to treat diseases with unmet medical needs.
IAG, Image Analysis Group
| Founders | Olga Kubassova |
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IAG, imaging expert company helps to accelerate novel drug development by using the right analytical tools and modern trial infrastructure.
Yaqrit
| Founders | Rajiv Jalan |
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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.
Cotinga Pharmaceuticals
| Founders | Wayne Danter |
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Cotinga Pharmaceuticals discovers and develops drug therapies for diseases.
Carbon Analytics
| Founders | Charles Joel, Robert Bachan, Shravane Balabasqer |
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A granular asset focused carbon intelligence & offsetting platform for active industrial decarbonisation across the value chain.
LIfT BioSciences
| Founders | Alex Blyth |
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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.
Veristat
| Founders | John P Balser |
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Veristat, a full service Clinical Research Organization (CRO).
Smart Surgical Appliances
| Founders | Adam James, Ara Darzi, Guang Zhong Yang, Omer Aziz |
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Smart Surgical Appliances is a medical device company, developing sensor-enabled surgical instrumentation.
Alyve
| Founders | Sam Price |
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A personalised nutrition company offering tailor made all-in-one vitamins and at-home blood test kits.
medsii.com
| Founders | Nasir Hussain, Paolo Ursino, Rav Roberts |
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medsii.com is Next-Generation Health Information. medsii won the 2021 Webby Honoree Award in the Health & Fitness cateogory.
Autolus
| Founders | Martin Pule |
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Autolus is in T-cell programming and manufacturing technology.
Pharmacierge
| Founders | Edward Ungar, Robert Ungar |
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The free e-prescribing service chosen by Private GPs and Consultants to deliver medication to their patients nationwide
Fortuna Fix
| Founders | Jan-Eric Ahlfors, Vikram Lamba |
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Clinical-stage biotech company .
Synthace
| Founders | Markus Gershater, Sean Ward |
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Synthace is a Life Sciences R&D cloud platform that enables experiments to be automated, with the resultant data seamlessly integrated.
Johnson Matthey
| Founders | Percival Norton Johnson |
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Johnson Matthey is an international speciality chemicals company, founded almost 200 years ago in London.
Motif Labs
| Founders | Ian Haase |
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Motif Labs is built on a legacy of exceptional extraction technology.
MyMeds&Me
| Founders | Andrew Rut, Steve Powell, Trevor Gibbs |
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My Meds & Me provides a web-based solution for the capture of adverse event, product complaint.
RXLive
| Founders | Unknown |
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RXLive is a digital pharmacies with over 5,000 active patients, delivering over 10,000 prescriptions per month.
Prescient Healthcare Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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Prescient Healthcare Group was founded in London in 1995, originally specializing in competitive insights.
Antidote.me
| Founders | Eithan Ephrati, Jessica Mann, Pablo Graiver |
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Antidote is a digital health company that accelerates and improves medical research by combining technologies, data, and business models.
Causaly
| Founders | Artur Saudabayev, Yiannis Kiachopoulos |
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Causaly is teaching computers to read all knowledge in Biomedicine
Firza
| Founders | Asim Mirza |
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Firza is a medical company modernizing healthcare using technology-enabled, bespoke workforce solutions.
Ophidia Medical Technologies
| Founders | Unknown |
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Ophidia is a MedTech startup working with advanced technologies such as IoT, Blockchain and RFID to enhance the clinical trial proccess
BTG International
| Founders | Phillip Breech |
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BTG is a global healthcare company focused on Interventional Medicine.
Canbex Therapeutics
| Founders | Christina Visintin, David Baker, David Selwood |
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Canbex Therapeutics is dedicated to treating spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other disorders.
Hammersmith Medicines Research Ltd
| Founders | Malcolm Boyce |
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Hammersmith Medicines Research is a London-based biotechnology company that provides CRO services.
Stealthyx Therapeutics
| Founders | Yuti Chernajovsky |
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Stealthyx is developing a unique, safe, patented drug-targeting platform technology capable of drug delivery only at sites of disease.
SomaNautix
| Founders | Francesca Crawford |
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Building an innovative Oncology Product company which exploits the unique physico-chemical properties of endoNaut technology.
Acellera
| Founders | Unknown |
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Acellera is a company devoted to speed up drug discovery and development.
Pharma intelligence
| Founders | Unknown |
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Pharma intelligence helps in analysis, insight, and consultancy services for pharmaceutical, MedTech, and clinical research organizations.
Oxford Phamascience Group
| Founders | Marcelo Bravo |
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Oxford Pharmascience Group offers technology platforms to re-develop existing medicines.
Medimsight
| Founders | Javier Gonzalez-Zabaleta |
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Medical image triage and biomarkers analysis for precision medicine.
Oppilotech
| Founders | Ajay Mistry |
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Developing the next generation of antibiotics with novel mechanisms of action.
Morria Biopharmaceuticals
| Founders | Mark Cohen |
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Morria Biopharmaceuticals engages in the discovery and development of multi-functional anti-inflammatory drugs.
Internis Pharmaceuticals
| Founders | Charles Tannenbaum |
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Internis Pharmaceuticals develops, manufactures, and supplies prescription vitamin D medicines for the United Kingdom market.
Validair Monitoring Solutions
| Founders | Stephen Wake |
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Validair Monitoring Solutions is a technical services and environmental monitoring solutions company.
Evaluate
| Founders | Jonathan de Pass |
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Evaluate provides trusted commercial intelligence for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Therakind
| Founders | Ian Wong |
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Therakind creates, develops, and improves paediatric and other speciality medicinal products.
Airfinity
| Founders | Rasmus Hansen, Sacha Carton |
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Airfinity is a science information and analytics company
APCER Life Sciences
| Founders | Gopal Menon, Tejus Menon, Vineet Kacker |
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APCER Life Sciences provides drug safety, medical information, medical writing, and regulatory services to pharma & biotech companies
MAASI Enterprises
| Founders | Gabriele Marini, Leonardo Zanus |
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Leading Consulting, Advising and Temporary Management for Complex and Highly Regulated Enterprises
Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc
| Founders | Unknown |
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Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. is an innovative Canadian Health Care Company focused on providing healthcare professionals and their patients.
Eden Pharma
| Founders | Martin Booth |
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Cannabis Research and Development
PHASTAR
| Founders | Kevin Kane |
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Specialist biometrics CRO, offering statistical consulting, clinical trial reporting, data science and data management services.
Sinclair Pharma plc
| Founders | Unknown |
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Sinclair Pharma is a pure-play Aesthetics business with a highly differentiated portfolio based on improving facial shape and volumisation.
Pangaea Data
| Founders | Vibhor Gupta |
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Pangaea Data provides a machine learning-based software solution making scientific and clinical data more meaningful.
Oxagen
| Founders | John Bell |
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Oxagen is a biopharmaceutical company developing small molecule drugs addressing asthma, and chronic allergic and inflammatory conditions.
Theramex
| Founders | Paul Hamel |
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Theramex is a global specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to women and their health.
Conference Series
| Founders | Dr. Srinu Babu Gedela |
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ConferenceSeries conducts 3000+ Global Scientific Events in Medical, Clinical, Pharma, Engineering and Life Sciences across the Globe.
Cellen
| Founders | Benjamin Viaris de Lesegno, Eric Bystrom |
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Cellen Health is a health tech company on a mission to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with chronic pain.
Everna
| Founders | Charlie Groome |
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Everna is a biotech company developing novel therapeutics.
performance.io
| Founders | Matt Lowe |
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performance.io is a performance marketing agency focused on health & tech.
Flarin
| Founders | Philip Lindsell |
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Flarin is an exciting and innovative pharmaceutical product.
Clerkenwell Health
| Founders | Alastair Moore, Tom McDonald |
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A psychedelic-specialist clinical research organisation.
ProClinical
| Founders | Unknown |
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ProClinical is a leading international recruitment agency.
Ro5
| Founders | Charles Dazler Knuff, Roy Tal, Žygimantas Jočys |
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Biotechnology
Smartway Pharmaceuticals Ltd
| Founders | Hitendra Patel |
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Smartway Pharmaceuticals is a leading MHRA registered UK pharmaceutical wholesaler and supplier of a comprehensive range of products.
Intract Pharma
| Founders | Abdul Basit |
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Intract Pharma is an oral drug delivery licensing and product development company offering a range of proprietary formulation technologies.
AMCo
| Founders | Unknown |
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AMCo is a rapidly-growing international pharmaceutical company.
Inexia
| Founders | Mario Alberto Accardi |
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Inexia aims to develop intranasally administered orexin positive modulators for the treatment of neurological diseases.
Nucleus Global
| Founders | Unknown |
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Nucleus Global is a medical communications company.
Kinapse
| Founders | Unknown |
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Kinapse provides advisory, capability building and operational services to the life sciences industries.
Access Infinity
| Founders | Unknown |
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Access Infinity is a market access and pricing consultancy that helps pharma companies get products to the market.
MTHK
| Founders | Amar Radia |
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MTHK is a pharmaceuticals company that designs and produces eye care products.
Viramal
| Founders | Unknown |
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Viramal is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of global therapeutics.
Senzer
| Founders | Alex Hearn |
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Senzer Ltd. is a pharmaceutical company.
ClarusONE Sourcing Services
| Founders | Unknown |
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ClarusONE Sourcing Services is involved in the strategic sourcing of generic pharmaceuticals at a competitive cost to meet consumer demand.
Pharma IQ
| Founders | Unknown |
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Pharma IQ is an equipping business leaders with indispensable insights and innovations to drive success in the pharmaceutical industry.
Nanomerics
| Founders | Unknown |
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Nanomerics “switches on” drugs
Avillion
| Founders | Allison Jeynes-Ellis |
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Avillion LLP, a London, UK-based company that focuses on clinical co-development of therapeutics.
Antisoma
| Founders | Unknown |
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Antisoma is a biotechnology company specialising in the development of novel drugs for the treatment of cancer.
STEM Healthcare
| Founders | Unknown |
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STEM Healthcare provides pharmaceutical benchmarking services.
Okyo Pharma
| Founders | Unknown |
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OKYO focuses on novel GPCR based therapeutics for eye diseases of high unmet need and non-opioid analgesics for chronic pain.
SkyePharma
| Founders | Gowrie Smith |
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SkyePharma is a speciality drug delivery company with a range of oral and inhalation technologies.
Equinox Pharma Ltd.
| Founders | Unknown |
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Equinox Pharma Ltd. is a computationally-driven logic-based drug discovery company.
Lifeways
| Founders | Jerry Bereika |
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Lifeways is one of the UK’s leading providers of support services for people with diverse and often complex needs in community settings.
MyCognition
| Founders | Keiron Sparrowhawk |
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MyCognition are dedicated to helping every student reach his or her full potential through adaptive, insightful brain training.
Hloop
| Founders | Unknown |
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Hloop is a next-generation talent marketplace & community specialized for the life sciences industry.
Hanway Associates
| Founders | Alastair Moore |
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Strategy and corporate advisory for the cannabis sector
Motilent
| Founders | Unknown |
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Motilent deals with technology and research on providing innovative services that helps for digestive system in health and disease.
Diabetology
| Founders | Unknown |
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Diabetology is an award winning clinical stage biopharmaceutical company
Sirius Market Access
| Founders | Unknown |
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Sirius Market Access provides market access services to the pharmaceutical and therapeutic market. Acquired by Genesis Research in 2020.
