Best Startup Scotland
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 63 Pharmaceutical companies in Scotland. 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 (Scotland)
DYSIS Medical
DYSIS Medical is focused on developing imaging systems for the non-invasive, in-vivo detection of cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions.
Founder(s): Konstantinos Balas
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Life Science, Manufacturing, Medical, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical
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Bio-Images Drug Delivery
Class leading experts in formulation work and scintigraphic clinical trials.
Founder(s): Howard Stevens
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Aurum Biosciences
Aurum Biosciences has develops novel pharmaceuticals for use in a number of different clinical indications of high unmet medical need.
Founder(s): Graeme Deuchar
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Ryboquin
Ryboquin uses its expertise to turn under-developed intellectual property ideas into viable commercial realities.
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Location: Selkirk, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Commercial, Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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4D Pharma
4D Pharma PLC is a world leader in the development of live biotherapeutics.
Founder(s): Alexander Stevenson, Duncan Peyton
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Biogelx
Biogelx is a biomaterials company which designs and supplies peptide hydrogels for cell culture.
Founder(s): David Lightbody, Rein Ulijn
Location: Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Causeway Therapeutics
A bio pharmaceutical spin out emerging.
Founder(s): Derek Gilchrist, Neal L Millar
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
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Clyde Biosciences
Improving success in drug discovery
Founder(s): Margaret Anne Craig
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Organised Health Technologies
Organised Health is a Digital Pharmacy start-up transforming healthcare and improving lives through the use of technology.
Founder(s): Nadeem Sarwar
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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BioFilm
BioFilm is a developer and manufacturer of thin dissolving film based products based near Glasgow.
Founder(s): Trevor Morgan
Location: Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device, Nutraceutical, Pharmaceutical
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Syntropharma
Syntropharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops prescription medicines for diseases affecting the central nervous system.
Founder(s): Andrew Gardiner, David McHoul
Location: Newtown Saint Boswells, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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DeepMatter Group
DeepMatter Group provides medical research and development services.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Product Research, Software
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The Mentholatum Company
The Mentholatum Company is a pharmaceuticals company offering pharmaceutical, healthcare, and cosmetic products.
Founder(s):
Location: East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Antoxis
Antoxis is developing treatments for various neurological conditions.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Dr Felix
Dr Felix is a digital health service offering GP consultations, lab tests and prescription medication from the comfort of your home.
Founder(s): Sarmad Malik
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, mHealth, Pharmaceutical
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Simple Online Pharmacy
Simple Online Pharmacy is an online portal that offers online doctor service, private prescriptions and healthcare products.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Wellness
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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.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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Signal Pharma Ltd.
Signal Pharma Ltd. focus on the discovery and preclinical development of drugs for the treatment of diseases.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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Tepnel Pharma Services
Tepnel Pharma Services is an independent Contract Research Organisation which supports the drug development pipeline at the Rx/Dx interface.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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OracleBio
A privately-owned Digital Pathology Contract Research Organisation (CRO) providing Digital Image Analysis Services.
Founder(s): John Waller, Lorcan Sherry
Location: Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Biopharma, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Tissue Solutions
Tissue Solutions is providing rapid access to high quality biospecimens with guaranteed ethical compliance.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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DC Biosciences Ltd.
DC biosciences provides pharmaceutical and biotech companies with novel technologies and proteomics services.
Founder(s):
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Vescor Therapeutics
Pre-clinical company focused on discovery and development of autophagy targeted therapeutics primarily for cancer treatment
Founder(s):
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
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Haptogen
Haptogen is focuses on drug discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies that bind haptens.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Insurance, Pharmaceutical
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BigDNA
BigDNA develops and commercializes vaccination technologies.
Founder(s):
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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Sistemic
Sistemic is a development-stage biomedical company focused on the analysis of the information content of microRNA and other non-coding RNAs.
Founder(s): Vincent O’Brien
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Minerva Medical
Minerva Medical clinical research organization with an international reputation for patient recruitment.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, 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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Nanogenic Solutions
Nanogenic Solutions operates as a company developing the artificial virus, a new kind of vector for gene therapy.
Founder(s):
Location: Selkirk, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Roylance Pharma
Roylance Pharma is a provider of biobanking and stability storage facility to store pharmaceutical and biological samples.
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Location: Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Medical, 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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Novasonic
Novasonic Therapy is a lightweight, precisely designed scientific instrument used by physiotherapists and medical professionals.
Founder(s):
Location: Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Professional Services
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Zenosis
Zenosis is a web-based, regulatory and compliance eLearning library for the medicinal products sector.
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Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Clinical Trials, E-Learning, 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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EctoPharma
EctoPharma is virtual pharmaceutical company focused on commercialising patented technologies by developing new medicines.
Founder(s):
Location: Selkirk, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Sesmos
Sesmos is develops drug candidates for oncology and inflammatory diseases.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Spero Oncology
Spero Oncology is a pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device firm.
Founder(s): Theresa Bruce
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Aquapharm Biodiscovery
Aquapharm Biodiscovery is a drug discovery company developing products based on the chemical diversity of marine microorganisms.
Founder(s): Andrew Mearns Spragg
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Pharmaceutical
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NCIMB
NCIMB is provides specialist microbiology and chemical services.
Founder(s):
Location: Bucksburn, Aberdeen City, 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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Solid Form Solutions
Solid Form Solutions, a provider of solid state chemistry and crystallization development services
Founder(s):
Location: Penicuik, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Target Healthcare
Target Healthcare is a pharmaceutical supplier and manufacturer generic, and unlicensed medicines to pharmacies, dispensing doctors etc.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Biopta
Biopta is the company focussed on the use of fresh functional human tissues in drug development.
Founder(s): David Bunton
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Karma Oncology
Karma Oncology is a specialist, well-developed, unique clinical development company in oncology that was developed in 2012.
Founder(s):
Location: East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Project Management
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Haas Tek Services
Haas Tek Services is a machinery manufacturing industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Industries: Food and Beverage, Logistics, Machinery Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Supply Chain Management, Technical Support
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Vitrology
Vitrology is a biopharmaceutical contract testing organization in the biosafety testing sector of the pharmaceutical industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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CMAC Future Manufacturing Research Hub
CMAC Future Manufacturing Research Hub specializes in medicines development, research, manufacture, and training.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Product Research, Training
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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.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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Strakan Group
Strakan Group is a private Scottish specialty drugmaker
Founder(s):
Location: Galashiels, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Hospital, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Micromatrices Associates Ltd
Micromatrices Associates Ltd is a risk assessment research services to the pharmaceutical, chemical, and agrochemical industries
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Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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Corticrine
Corticrine operates as a pharmaceutical company that develops new therapies for Alzheimer’s dementia.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Patients Direct
Patients Direct is a niche, quality RWD and clinical trials organisation.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Orridge Business Sales
Orridge Business Sales is the specialist pharmacy business agents.
Founder(s):
Location: Falkirk, Falkirk, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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NHS Highland
NHS Highland is a hospital that renders medical, pharmacy, home care, dental, health and wellbeing services.
Founder(s):
Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Klinikos
Klinikos is Expertise in Resourcing for Field Based Activities of a Clinical Trial in Europe.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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FibromEd
FibromEd is provides a research and experimental development on biotechnology.
Founder(s):
Location: Newport-on-tay, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Spectratox
Spectratox is devoted to promoting dermatological research, education and clinical care
Founder(s):
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Pharmaceutical
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Meconic
Meconic manufactures pharmaceuticals ingredients and fine chemicals.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical
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Right Medicine Pharmacy
Right Medicine Pharmacy is a pharmacy that offers prescriptions, travel clinics, health advice, smoking cessation services.
Founder(s): Noel Wicks
Location: Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Wellness
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Biovation Ltd.
Biovation Ltd. is a antibody and protein engineering company.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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