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 23 Therapeutics 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 Therapeutics Companies & Startups (Scotland)
TC BioPharm
TC BioPharm developing safer, cheaper, consistent and durable CAR-T drugs for hematological and solid tumors.
Founder(s): Angela Scott, Artin Moussavi, David Gallagher, Michael Leek
Location: Holytown, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
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NuCana BioMed
NuCana BioMed, a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes rationally designed medicines for significant unmet medical needs.
Founder(s): Hugh Griffith
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical, Therapeutics
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PneumoWave
Advanced Respiratory Monitoring and Digital Therapeutics. Powering the future diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of respiratory illness
Founder(s): Bruce Henderson, Jonathan Guthrie
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Home Health Care, Machine Learning, Medical, Medical Device, Sensor, Therapeutics
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Macomics
Macomics is an immuno-oncology company.
Founder(s): Coral Ries, Jeffrey Pollard, Luca Cassetta, S. Myatt
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Therapeutics
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Synpromics Ltd
Synpromics develops and commercializes synthetic promoters to control gene expressions and regulations.
Founder(s): MICHAEL L ROBERTS
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics
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Elasmogen
Elasmogen is a precision biologics drug discovery company that develops soloMERs.
Founder(s): Caroline Barelle
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Medical, Therapeutics
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NovaBiotics
NovaBiotics Ltd is a clinical-stage biotechnology company.
Founder(s): Deborah O’Neil
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Medical, Therapeutics
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Mironid
Mironid is a drug discovery company focused on therapeutics for degenerative kidney diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, and cancer.
Founder(s): Miles Houslay, Nigel Pyne, Paul Rodgers
Location: Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Ad Network, Biotechnology, Health Diagnostics, Therapeutics
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AdoRx Therapeutics
AdoRx Therapeutics is pursuing the discovery of new therapeutics for cancer based on modulation of the adenosine pathway.
Founder(s): Peter Finan
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
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Caldan Therapeutics
Caldan Therapeutics Ltd, a spin-out from a long-standing collaboration between Professor Trond Ulven at the University of Southern Denmark
Founder(s): Graeme Milligan, Trond Ulven
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Collaboration, Medical, Therapeutics
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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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Alfacyte
Alfacyte is developing many therapeutic application to use in Autoimmune disease, Cancer immunotherapy and Food allergy.
Founder(s): William Stimson
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
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Vescor Therapeutics
Pre-clinical company focused on discovery and development of autophagy targeted therapeutics primarily for cancer treatment
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Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
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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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Trellis
Trellis promotes a therapeutic and horticulture gardening approach for wellness through training programs and workshops.
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Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Home and Garden, Landscaping, Therapeutics, Training, Wellness
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Terumo Aortic
Terumo Aortic is offering services in medical and health sector.
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Location: Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Personal Health, Therapeutics
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My Foot Shop
My Foot Shop helping the customers to find the right solution for the foot or ankle condition.
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Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics
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Cell ProTx
Cell ProTx is a biotechnology company developing new treatments to protect human cells and tissue from damage.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Therapeutics
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Rosemount Centre
Rosemount Centre offers reiki, crystal healing, and charlie therapies.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics
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Sports Therapy Scotland
Sports Therapy Scotland is a pain management and injury treatment facility center with sports specific rehabilitation center.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Rehabilitation, Therapeutics, Wellness
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Portage Glasgow
Portage Glasgow focus on the commercialisation of new therapies aimed at disrupting protein-protein interactions (PPI) in disease pathways.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Therapeutics
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Uncommon Knowledge
Uncommon Knowledge is a psychology company that offers a library of hypnosis audio mp3s.
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Location: Oban, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Audiobooks, Education, Therapeutics
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Tissue Repair Technologies
Tissue Repair Technologies is a therapeutics startup.
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Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Therapeutics
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