At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish 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 13 Pharmaceutical companies in Edinburgh. 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 (Edinburgh)
Ardana Bioscience
Ardana Bioscience is a specialty pharmaceutical company.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Aquila BioMedical
Aquila BioMedical is a pre-clinical contract research company with expertise in immuno-oncology, immunology and multiplex histology.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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BigDNA
BigDNA develops and commercializes vaccination technologies.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
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R Biomedical
R Biomedical is focuses on developing services and products for the regenerative medicine research market.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research, Pharmaceutical
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NiTech Solutions
NiTech Solutions is a authority on delivering step-change process improvement benefits through the use of baffled reactor technology.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical
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IOmet Pharma
IOmet Pharma, a UK-based company, discovers and develops novel small molecules for the treatment of cancer.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Farmpharm Ltd
Farmpharm Ltd was an online seller of veterinary medicine
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Health Care, Pet, Pharmaceutical, Veterinary
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Sesmos
Sesmos is develops drug candidates for oncology and inflammatory diseases.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Brainwave Discovery
Brainwave Discovery is now increasingly focussed on using its high throughput drug screening technology to discover compounds.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Medical, Pharmaceutical
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ClearWater Hygiene
ClearWater Hygiene provides medical-grade hand sanitisation products to different locations.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Libero Pharma
Libero Pharma was established by a group of entrepreneurs to bring a transdermal naltrexone patch.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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Corticrine
Corticrine operates as a pharmaceutical company that develops new therapies for Alzheimer’s dementia.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Meconic
Meconic manufactures pharmaceuticals ingredients and fine chemicals.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical
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