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Life sciences Organisations which are Members of Cambridge Network
Company Member 1-5 staff St John's Innovation Centre tenant 1st ... Cambridge Technology Development
CTD design and develop outstanding new products and processes for our clients.

Product Development, Styling, 3D CAD, Transfer to Manufacture, Cost Reduction.
Founder 3i Group plc
3i Group plc is Europe's leading venture capital company. The Group invests in ambitious, growing businesses in all sectors. It provides funding for early stage, growth, management buy-outs and management buy-ins.
Company Member 6-20 staff 42 Technology Ltd.
The 42 Technology team of industry experienced physicists, engineers, industrial designers and analysts is expert at conceiving and developing novel products for efficient manufacture. We are dedicated to serving our clients in healthcare and industrial and consumer products. To ensure the best teamwork, we work either from our offices or on clients' sites.
Company Member 1-5 staff 4D Biomedical Ltd
4D Biomedical is a specialist life science technology financing advisory business.
Company Member 100+ staff Cambridge University Spinout Abcam plc
Abcam is based in Cambridge, UK and was founded in 1998 as an online resource website for life scientists to find and purchase research tools for the post genomic era.
Company Member 6-20 staff Acambis Research Ltd
Biotech company specialising in vaccines
Company Member 1-5 staff Accelerate Consulting Limited
Accelerate Consulting offers a full range of technology commercialisation services to small and innovative technology companies, technology investors, and technology acquisition teams of large corporates.
Company Member 100+ staff Accelrys
Accelrys develops and commercialises Scientfic Business Intelligence software for the integration, mining, analysis, modelling and simulation, management and interactive reporting of scientific data. Our solutions are used by biologists, chemists, materials scientists and information technology professionals for product design as well as drug discovery and development. Our technology and services and designed to meet the needs of today's leading research and development organisations.
Company Member 1-5 staff Acro Precision Engineering
With over 30 years experience in the machining of precision engineering components, ACRO represents one of Europe's leading suppliers to the engineering and technology sector. Whether you are seeking specialist low volume prototype development or high volume manufacturing,
ACRO has the experience and equipment to deliver on time and within specification .... every time.
Charity Member Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT)
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) is the independent registered charity for Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and its associated hospitals. ACT's aim is to support and promote the work of Addenbrooke's for the benefit of patients and staff, by raising extra funds to enhance services, facilities and research.
Company Member 1-5 staff Aleph One Ltd
We sell psychological instruments to help manage human stress.
We also provide our YAFFS file system, which was developed specifically for use with NAND and NOR Flash chips. It is log-structured and so robust, compact, efficient, fast to boot, has a small RAM footprint and is endian-neutral. It is easily ported for embedded applications, having a wide range of POSIX-style functions, and is widely used around the world in high-volume products. Good documentation is available. It is free of charge for use under the GNU Public Licence, GPL, and we sell Licences where GPL is not appropriate.
Company Member 100+ staff Amgen Limited
Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, we continue to advance science to serve patients.
Company Member 1-5 staff Andromeda Capital Ltd
Venture capital, focusing on technology, particularly application of information technology within Media, Finance and Engineering.
Company Member 21-50 staff AngioDynamics UK Ltd (formerly known as Diomed Ltd)
Medical Solutions provider based on portable semi-conductor diode laser technology delivered via minimally invasive keyhole surgical procedures including a revolutionary new treatment for varicose veins.
Company Member 1-5 staff Anthias Consulting Ltd.
Consultants in scientific instrumentation
Company Member 1-5 staff Argo Consulting
I provide specialist Business Development services in the field of medical products (devices and pharma): all aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestments and technology licensing. I also run specialist courses over 1, 2, or 3 days to train groups of people in the process of negotiation dynamics.
Company Member 51-100 staff Arthur D. Little Limited
Arthur D. Little is a global management, technology and environmental consulting group serving major public and private sector clients. The company is one of the world's major consulting firms, with more than 1,000 staff members based in around 30 offices.
Charity Member Association for Project Management - East of England Branch
The leading UK professional association for project and programme management.
Company Member 51-100 staff Asterand UK Ltd
Asterand supports human drug discovery and translational medicine through the provision of high quality preclinical research services and well-characterised human biomaterials.
Company Member 1-5 staff Astron Clinica
Development of medical imaging systems
Company Member 1-5 staff Avesthagen Limited
Avesthagen is a leading life science company pioneering the convergence between Nutrition and Healthcare through preventive personalised medicine ans systems biology.
Founder Member Babraham Bioscience tenant Babraham Bioscience Technologies Limited
Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd (BBT) is the wholly owned trading company of the and is the pro-active vehicle through which all commercial opportunities on the Babraham Research Campus are planned and delivered.
Founder Member Babraham Bioscience tenant Babraham Institute
The Institute is an independent charitable life sciences institute, sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It undertakes world-leading innovative research and advanced training with relevance to the biomedical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical and healthcare communities.

The commercialisation of the Institute's research is managed by its wholly-owned trading subsidiary, Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd (BBT), a knowledge transfer company, which also manages a BioIncubator facility for small biotech companies. The Babraham Institute, BBT and a number of independent biomedical and biotechnology companies are situated on the Babraham Research Campus, located six miles south-east of Cambridge. Set in the picturesque parkland estate of Babraham Hall, the campus provides an environment that promotes innovation in the biomedical sector and has key role in the development of the Eastern region's biotechnology community.
Company Member 1-5 staff Bannon Milbourn Ltd
Cambridge based pharmaceutical consultancy specialising in Regulatory Affairs; can cover all aspects of drug approval procvess from concept through to post marketing support.
Company Member 1-5 staff Beremans Limited
Beremans intends to become the premiere EU provider of Life Sciences due diligence, market research and equity analysis.
Company Member 1-5 staff BioBridge Limited
Innovation strategy consultancy for life science-based companies and organisations: technology strategy, business development, due diligence, regulatory strategy; start-up and VC company support.
Company Member 1-5 staff BioCatalyst International
BioCatalyst: Builds UK/US life sciences startups and US sales forces for existing UK/European biotechs
Company Member 51-100 staff Biochrom Limited
Biochrom develops, manufactures and globally markets a range of UV/Visible Spectrophotometers, Microtitre Plate Readers and Amino Acid Analysers.
Founder Biology in Business
Biology in Business bridges academic and commercial life science to promote career development and technology exploitation through information resources and networking opportunities.
Company Member 6-20 staff BioPark
Science park located between London and Cambridge providing facilities and support for bioscience and health technology businesses.
Company Member 6-20 staff Cambridge University Spinout Biotica Technology Ltd
Company Member 1-5 staff BioWire Scandinavia Ltd
BioWire Scandinavia offer consulting services in biotech and life sciences as well as communication, telecoms and IT-business. We assist in expanding business by technology transfer and creating collaborative partnerships for product development and marketing in the UK and Scandinavia.
Company Member 6-20 staff BioWisdom
BioWisdom, based in Cambridge, UK is a growing Life Sciences company, providing structured scientific information for R&D professionals within the Bio-Pharmaceutical industry.
Company Member 1-5 staff BSG Team Ventures Limited
BSG Team Ventures builds senior teams for companies that aspire to grow, and for the advisors who aspire to help. The ethos of the business is that success in search is ONLY evidenced by the success in post of the appointed candidate ... and search fees should be payable accordingly.
Company Member 100+ staff BSI Product Services
BSI Product Services provides product testing and certification services to meet a range of regulatory and business acceptance requirements. It is a Notified Body for Medical Device Directives and a number of others.
Founder Cambridge University Spinout Cambridge Biotechnology Consultants
CBC is a young company based in the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge that offers to reduce investor risk by providing help with rigorous scientific auditing of the science on which biotechnology businesses are based.
Company Member 6-20 staff Cambridge Cognition Limited
Creation, production and distribution of computer automated cognitive tests. Applications in research, clinical trials and clinical screening. More than five hundred systems in use in over fifty countries around the world.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Complementary Healthcare Ltd
We specialise in developing home-based,lifestyle businesses starting part-time.
Founder Member Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Cambridge Consultants is a leading technology design, development and consulting company. Since 1960, our focus has been to deliver significant competitive advantage to our clients through the innovative use of technology.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Enneagram
Cambridge Enneagram brings to East Anglia the power of the Enneagram - a personality model, which enjoys international prestige for its unique contribution to the transformation of individuals and organisations. By explicitly recognising that people are different, The Enneagram maximises the talents of each, thus creating dynamic relationships, a thriving work environment and massively increased productivity.
Company Member 6-20 staff Cambridge Research Biochemicals
Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB) was established in 1980. Its core business is the chemical synthesis of high quality research grade peptides and the custom production of polyclonal antibodies. In recent years, CRB has formed strategic alliances with GE Healthcare, AstraZeneca, Durham University and Invitrogen-Molecular Probes
Charity Member Cambridge Research Institute Limited
Promoting human well-being through research, development and marketing of natural products which bring real health benefits.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge Resolution Ltd
Market Research

We undertake, typically, ten-day projects to resolve specific marketing problems such as finding new applications for an emerging technology, measurement of market size or customer satisfaction benchmarking. Findings, which are always objective and based on market perceptions, have frequently changed a company's strategy and created new markets.
Company Member 1-5 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant Cambridge Theranostics Limited
Cambridge Theranostics was founded in 2002 to commercialize intellectual property relating to lipid oxidation from its founder, Dr Ivan Petyaev. The Company successfully developed Ateronon®/™; the first clinically proven product able to inhibit plasma lipoprotein oxidation. THe active ingredient is a natural product and is licensed to Cambridge Theranostics exclusively by Nestlé.
Cambridge Theranostics recently successfully completed a pre-IPO private placement managed by Charles Stanley Securities, a London stockbroker. The Company focuses on development of its intellectual property and the clinical validation of its products. It has a global network of partners for product manufacture, distribution and marketing.
Company Member 1-5 staff CambridgeSoft
CambridgeSoft is a market leader in software solutions and services for the chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. CambridgeSoft has earned an enviable reputation as a supplier of Enterprise informatics solutions across a very broad range of scientific disciplines, including providing Electronic Laboratory Notebook systems to three of the world's top five Pharma companies.
Company Member 1-5 staff Camlab Limited
Camlab has more than five decades of experience in the supply of laboratory products, instrumentation and consumables for scientific applications in all environments.
Company Member 1-5 staff Camtion Ltd.
Scientific Equipment Management Services - for Hi-Tech and Bio-Tech Companies that buy or make Instrumentation or Automation.
Company Member 1-5 staff Captum Capital
Captum Capital is an innovative consulting company, which facilitates the development of emerging life science companies through the formation of corporate and venture capital partnerships, and team building.
Company Member 1-5 staff ChiBio Informatics Limited
ChiBio Informatics provides drug discovery informatics consulting services. Specialist in driving forward drug discovery projects through experienced project management, IP translation skills and informatics techniques.
Company Member 21-50 staff Chirotech Technology Limited
Provision of contract manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical market, including production of intermediates and APIs. The company specialises in chemo- and bio-catalytic technologies and the manufacture of chiral molecules.
Company Member 1-5 staff CNA Executive Search (R&D) Ltd
CNA International's R&D Office is a multidisciplined Consultancy specialising in the Research & Development function and all aspects of managing the innovation process and commercialising the resultant technology, which provides a unique mix of Executive Search, Interim Management and Management Consultancy to hi-tech industries through-out the UK and across Europe.
Company Member 1-5 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant Colonix Medical Limited
Founder Conference Cambridge
The Cambridge Colleges offer an extensive portfolio of venues, which can be hired for all kinds of functions. From a traditional room for a family celebration, academic ambience for a board meeting, to a state-of-the-art auditorium, Conference Cambridge, the official, free venue-finding service, can source the right location for you.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cresset BioMolecular Discovery Limited
Cresset BioMolecular Discovery Limited is an in silico molecular modelling company.
Company Member 1-5 staff Design Technology International Ltd
Design Technology International Limited design and develop innovative new products for national and international client companies. We have 30 years experience in new product development and we work with clients to create innovative solutions that generate good returns on investment. We help companies to grow their businesses in global markets. We are an ISO 9001:2000 certificated company.
Charity Member DHIVERSE
Leading sexual health and disability charity focussed on prevention and education whilst empowering people living with HIV in the community. Activities include counselling, education, training, support groups, employment, housing and grants/loans.
Company Member 21-50 staff Digital Healthcare Ltd
Dgital Healthcare formed in 1999 by a team led by Gerry Skews as a technology spin out from Perkin Elmer Life Sciences (NYSE:PKI). The company specializes in the development of advanced software technologies for clinical applications. It is a leading provider of solutions to the NHS and US healthcare groups for primary & preventative healthcare with its retinal risk assessment for blindness prevention and secondary and acute care with its clinical ophthalmology technology. The company now has offices in the United States and Australia. For more information please visit www.digital-healthcare.com or www.retasure.com

Updated December 2007.
Company Member 1-5 staff dotmatics Limited
dotmatics is committed to delivering cutting-edge knowledge solutions to the life science industry.
Company Member 1-5 staff Eastyoke: Project Managers who Mean Business
We supply Project Management and Interim Management services for product development, systems development and systems integration projects. We have a diverse range of consultants covering the fields of engineering, IT, healthcare and clinical research. Our business is to control the risk and minimise the uncertainty associated with your business-critical projects. Eastyoke has the very best Project Managers and Interim Managers.
Company Member 1-5 staff Em-Dash Publications
Em-Dash Publications uses high-end DTP and illustration software to create easy-to-use manuals and help systems, aimed at both inexperienced end-users and clued-up professionals. We provide full technical writing / authoring services to IT, Comms, Education and Life Sciences sectors.
Company Member 1-5 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant ERBI
Networking and communications in Cambridge and the East of England Bio-community. Our aim is to enhance the growth and development of biotechnology and medtech in the East of England, thereby asserting the region as a world renowned centre of excellence
Founder Member Ernst & Young LLP
About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, understands the business issues that are important to senior executives. With extensive business knowledge and hands-on industry experience, the global Ernst & Young organisation can implement a broad array of solutions to help companies capture growth, improve financial performance and manage risk - anywhere in the world. Its 130,000 people serve as trusted business advisors in more than 140 countries, offering audit, tax, corporate finance and transaction services across all industries to many of today's leading global corporations as well as emerging growth companies. We are strong supporters of entrepreneurship as evidenced by our Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards programme. Founded and championed by the firm, this annual programme identifies and celebrates the achievements of outstanding entrepreneurs who head growing, dynamic business.

A collection of Ernst & Young's views on a variety of business issues can be found at www.ey.com/perspectives.
Company Member 6-20 staff Esprit Capital Managment Services Limited
Specialist investor in seed, start up and early stage technology businesses
Charity Member Fauna & Flora International
International conservation charity, founded in 1903.
Company Member 100+ staff Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet need. With each new discovery and experimental drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases.
Company Member 1-5 staff Global Regulatory Services
A full service regulatory affairs consultancy serving the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry on a global scale. Our extensive portfolio of services includes assisting companies with their regulatory strategy and product development; Traditional Herbal Medicines Registration Scheme (THMR); pharmacovigilance; development of medical, diagnostic and pharmaceutical devices (from concept generation to manufacturing support); general regulatory assistance and involvement with innovative technologies.
Company Member 51-100 staff Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Ltd
Grant is a world leader in the manufacture and design of equipment for sample preparation, scientific analysis, data acquisition, and data analysis providing solutions to the global scientific and industrial markets.
Company Member 1-5 staff Green Gases Ltd
Manufacturers and distributors of 'green' laboratory and industrial gases.
Company Member 6-20 staff Gregory Fryer Associates Ltd
GFA is an expert Regulatory, Clinical Research and Quality Services consultancy to the healthcare industry worldwide. GFA focus is on the planning and execution of product development programmes, including a full range of regulatory support services and the management and monitoring of early phase clinical trials.

Company Member 6-20 staff Hidalgo Limited
Hidalgo is an integrated design and development services company specialising in:
radio and telecommunications (PMR/BWA/GSM)
software, hardware and RF
consultancy, design and development services
product development
development project management.
Company Member 21-50 staff HLBBshaw
HLBBshaw is an international Intellectual Property Law practice which was founded in 1989. The company services a clientele in the UK, Europe and North America, comprising international blue chip companies, significant institutional clients, technology companies and SMEs.
Company Member 100+ staff HLS
Huntingdon Life Sciences is one of the world's largest Contract Research Organisations. Founded in 1952 in the UK, the company is now an international business with resources on three continents. Originally the company concentrated upon nutrition, veterinary and biochemical research.

An expansion of services in the late 1950s led to the assessment of pharmaceuticals, food additives and a variety of crop protection and consumer chemicals.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge University Spinout Babraham Bioscience tenant Horizon Discovery
Horizon Discovery is a translational genomics company founded in June 2007 and is headquartered at the Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK and with additional research laboratories in Torino, Italy.

The company supplies a wide range of products and services based on Human isogenic cell-lines, which represent accurate models of defined cancer patient populations and their matched normal genetic backgrounds – a missing link in the rational and efficient development of novel targeted anti-cancer agents.

The company has unique IP in the field of gene engineering and is developing new IP via in-house and collbaorative drug discovery programs.


Company Member 100+ staff Illumina
At Illumina, our goal is to apply our innovative technologies and revolutionary assays to the analysis of genetic variation and function, making possible studies that were not even imaginable just a few years ago. These studies will help make the realization of personalized medicine possible.
Company Member 1-5 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant ImmunoBiology Ltd
ImmBio was set up to commercialise advances in the emerging science of Immunobiology. ImmBio's initial focus is the application of its platform technology, Immunovaccination, to develop the next generation of vaccines. ImmBio recently won a DTI SMART award.
Company Member 1-5 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant Innova Biosciences Ltd
Innova specialises in bioconjugate technology and has recently launched Lightning-Link, a method for labelling biomolecules requiring only 30 seconds hands-on time.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge University Spinout ionscope Ltd
Manufacture and marketing of scanning ion conductance microscopes. These instruments produce a high resolution image of a specimen immersed in an electrolyte without causing it any damage. They can image processes taking place on the surface of living cells over prolonged periods. Our scanning ion conductance microscopes can be used in precision patch-clamping, forming the gigaseal with a high degree of reliability.
Company Member 1-5 staff St John's Innovation Centre tenant Ithaka Life Sciences
Company Member 6-20 staff Cambridge University Spinout St John's Innovation Centre tenant IXC UK
The InnovationXchange (IXC UK) is a commercially neutral, not-for-profit, global knowledge network which delivers the ground breaking IXC Intermediary Service to business and research - a new way to find the connections you need.

IXC's Intermediary Service takes the ancient art of the 'go between' and adds a rigorous legal and ethical framework - to manage connections and make it safe for organisations to 'talk'.
Company Member 1-5 staff JDC Management Consulting
JDC Management Consulting is an international network of senior and experienced consultants who provide independent management consultancy in Life Sciences R&D.
Company Member 1-5 staff LCMS Business Solutions
LCMS Business Solutions is an independent consultancy specialising in Medtech with emphasis on Medical Devices. LCMS provides services to support decision making for Venture Capital and Businesses. We provide guidance and support on Marketing, Strategy, Positioning, Research and Development, Trademarks and IP, Manufacturing and Operations, Regulatory and Quality for both Europe and the US.
Company Member 21-50 staff Cambridge University Spinout Library House
Library House is the essential source of comprehensive information on the fastest growing, most innovative ventures around Europe.

We discover, research and profile fast-growth, innovation-led private companies, their people and investors from initial investment to final preparation for IPO or trade sale. This provides a unique insight into the leading enterprises of the future that are the investment and business partnership opportunities of today.
Company Member 100+ staff LifeScan Scotland Ltd
LifeScan is a Johnson & Johnson company. LifeScan Scotland was created in 2001 when Johnson & Johnson acquired the UK assets of Inverness Medical Ltd, a medical device company established in Inverness in 1995 to design and manufacture glucose test strips, and design electronic meters for the global diabetes market.
Company Member 1-5 staff St John's Innovation Centre tenant Linguamatics
Linguamatics produces software solutions based on natural language processing (NLP). We have pioneered a new approach to getting information from unstructured text documents ('text-mining') and our interactive information extraction software (I2E) is being used in the life science industry.
Company Member 1-5 staff Managing Resources Ltd
Management Consultancy serving the Life Sciences and High Technology Sectors.
Company Member 6-20 staff Marks & Clerk
Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Company Member 1-5 staff Maxwell Safety & Health Ltd
Maxwell Safety & Health is committed to providing competent, practical and cost effective Health and Safety solutions to SME's (especially within the the biotech and hitech sectors), facilitating compliance with current legislation and providing benefits to business.
Company Member 6-20 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant MedCell Bioscience Ltd
MedCell Bioscience is a UK based biotech company focussed on harnessing the power of stem cells to provide musculoskeletal regenerative therapeutics.
MedCell was formed in September 2002 as a spin-out from the Institute for Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science (IOMS) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to develop technology for the treatment of tendon and ligament injuries using adult stem cells.
In June 2008 MedCell merged with NovaThera to create a company with the breadth of technologies to become a key player in the regenerative medicine market.
Company Member 1-5 staff Medical Device Technology Consultants
Medical Device Technology Consultants (MDTc) is an independent consultancy specialising in the Medical Devices field. MDTc provides services to support the complete Product Life Cycle, guidance on Quality Systems and Regulatory Affairs to meet EU and US requirements, and a range of Business Services including advice on acquisitions, partnering, recruitment and business development.
Company Member 100+ staff Medical Research Council
Company Member 100+ staff Mills & Reeve
Ranked number one in the East Anglian region by the latest Legal 500, Mills & Reeve 'offers the time-honoured recipe for success in the regions: City-quality work at flexible local prices' (Chambers 2006).
Company Member 1-5 staff Milton Contact Limited
Consultancy: 1. Promotional text writing, publishing, photography, artwork and design from publishing bookds to leaflets; 2. Support for Dale Carnegie Training (Leadership, personal development, High Impact presentations) in Cambridgeshire. 3. Assistance to overseas companies entering the UK market
Company Member 1-5 staff Molecular Dimensions Ltd.
Molecular Dimensions is a supplier of kits, reagents and equipment for biomolecular structure research.
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge University Spinout Monica Healthcare Ltd
Development of innovative medical devices for pregnancy management and fetal monitoring.
Company Member 1-5 staff myIP Ltd
Intellectual Property Asset Management Software.
Company Member 100+ staff Napp Pharmaceuticals
Company Member 1-5 staff NIMUR Ltd
Specialist Software Project Management for the Life Sciences bridging the gap between IT and scientific domain specialists.
Company Member 1-5 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant Novexin
Novexin is a biotechnology company developing new technologies with potential to radically change the way in which proteins are produced, particularly proteins of pharmaceutical importance.
Company Member 1-5 staff Novobio Ltd
Novobio Ltd provides you with seasoned, expert Consultancy, Management or Training in:

- Biotechnology research
- Pharma drug discovery
- Biomedical Lifesciences.
Company Member 1-5 staff NRP Enterprise Ltd
NRP Enterprise Ltd is a collaborative venture between the NRP, Business Link for Norfolk and Norfolk County Council. It is supported by the East of England Development Agency. NRP Enterprise will represent the research and commercial capabilities of all current, and future, occupants of the Norwich Research Park and support collaboration, business development, inward investment and re-location onto the Park of diverse businesses.
Company Member 1-5 staff Opine Consultancy
Opine has specific expertise in the medical and healthcare sectors. We have expertise in the strategic development of psychiatric services and the practical application of clinical governance and audit processes to the performance management of the quality and effectiveness of clinical services. In addition Opine acts as an expert witness in cases relating to care of older people with mental health problems, particularly issues arising in relation to end of life care, capacity to make decisions, care needs assessments and diagnosis and management of dementia.
In the healthcare sector we identify and shape intellectual property in preparation for commercial exploitation. Opine has been active in forming and founding biotech companies. Particular interestes are in the genetics/informatics and healthcare sectors. Start ups include Sciona (Sciona.com), Proteom (proteom.com) and IsoHelix(Isohelix.com).
Company Member 6-20 staff St John's Innovation Centre tenant Owlstone
Company Member 1-5 staff Cambridge University Spinout Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd
OET developed and sells the patented flashBAC technology which allows one-step production of recombinant baculovirus aimed at high throughput and automated use. Further developments are flashBACGOLD and baculoQUANT for fast virus titration.
Sale of flashBAC kits
Contract baculovirus expression services
Baculovirus training courses
Company Member 6-20 staff P2i Limited
P2i carries out surface modification of materials at the nanoscale using plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition. Surface enhancements include super liquid repellency on a wide range of products ranging from textiles and filtration media to biomedical consumables and electronics.
Company Member 100+ staff PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group transforms the performance of organisations. Clients call on our independent, employee-owned, global firm when they want an innovative solution, a highly responsive approach, and delivery of hard results. Our Global Technology Group, based at our dedicated Cambridge Technology Centre comprises 2 individual Practices: Product & Process Engineering & Wireless Technology.
Company Member 1-5 staff Panchromos Limited
Panchromos assists clients in the conception, design and engineering of new tangible products.
Company Member 1-5 staff Paramount Recruitment Ltd
Company Member 1-5 staff Performance Physiotherapy Service
Physiotherapy assessment and treatment by experienced physiotherapists dealing with musculoskeletal complaints including RSIs, work-related injuries, back problems and sports injuries. BUPA recognised - all private insurances accepted.
Company Member 6-20 staff PiR Group
The PiR Group has evolved a reputation as a leading specialist in life sciences executive search for Chief Executive Officers, Senior Vice Presidents, Directors, Vice Presidents, Business Leaders and Independent Directors (Non-Executives) in key functional disciplines and areas requiring expert knowledge. We offer a dedicated service to pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical devices and diagnostics companies, successfully identifying talent across the globe. We have preferred supplier status with several of the world’s largest life science organisations, yet are equally experienced working with high growth medium-sized and emerging companies.
Company Member 1-5 staff PiR Interims Limited
PiR Interims is an innovative supplier of professional interim managers to global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medtech organizations.

Our core skill is identifying and recruiting excellence.

PiR Interims reflect the increasing trend towards flexible, portfolio working amongst life science companies. We identify and place some of the most highly respected interim managers in the sector with clients looking for senior level resources at short notice and within an agreed budget.
Company Member 1-5 staff Plant Health Management
Knowledge based services to Agriculture, specialising in maintaining plant health in crops.
Company Member 1-5 staff Polaris Instruments Ltd
Designs and manufactures laboratory equipment.
Company Member 100+ staff PPD
Leading provider of discovery and development services for pharmaceutical, biotech & medical device companies
Company Member 1-5 staff Procarta Biosystems
Procarta Biosystems is developing proprietorial DNA-based therapies to treat infectious diseases. These can be used to prevent induction of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in pathogenic bacteria and so restore the efficacy of extant antibiotics.

The company also offers contract services to produce and improve Streptomyces strains for industrial biotechnology.
Company Member 6-20 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant Pronostics Ltd
Pronostics is a new and revolutionary medical diagnostics company formed by the merger of SmartBead Technologies Ltd (SBT) and FingerPrint Diagnostics Ltd (FPD) in June 2006. The combination of two advanced technologies makes possible and accelerates the availability of an entirely new class of medical diagnostics, ‘pronostics’, also known as IVD multivariate index assays by the US FDA, based on multiplexed biological profiling.
Company Member 1-5 staff St John's Innovation Centre tenant Psynova-Neurotech Ltd
Psynova is exclusively focused on the commercial development and exploitation of novel biomarkers for Neuropsychiatric and other mental illnesses. Building on 12 years of ground-breaking research by its founder Dr Sabine Bahn, Psynova is initially concentrating on Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder.
Company Member 6-20 staff Ranier Technology Limited
Ranier Technology is a medical device development company which combines its product design innovation with its proprietary biomaterials platform technology to offer new medical device products which address clinical need.
Company Member 1-5 staff St John's Innovation Centre tenant RapidGuard Ltd
Addressing biological hazard by structural change
Company Member 1-5 staff Remtec Search and Selection Ltd
Remtec Search and Selection- Recruitment Specialists to the Healthcare, Medical Devices, and Biotechnology sectors.
Company Member 21-50 staff RSA
Specialist recruitment consultants for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. Search and selection, interims, database searches, Human Resource Consultancy
Founder Member Sagentia Group
Sagentia Group, formed as Generics Group in 1986, is an integrated technology consulting, development and investment company, with an international reputation for successfully commercialising emerging science and technology.
Company Member 1-5 staff Salimetrics Europe Ltd
Salimetrics, founded 10 years ago by Professor Douglas Granger, Penn State University USA, develops and markets Salivary Assay Kits and Saliva Testing Services for the non invasive measurement of Biomarkers such as Cortisol as an alternative to blood and urine for both research and diagnostic use
Company Member 1-5 staff Sapien Process Technologies
specialist chemical process equipment provider for innovative manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals
Company Member 1-5 staff Shirlaws (EA) Ltd
Shirlaws provides Business Coaching services for small and medium sized companies that want to overcome their obstacles to growth and reach the next level of performance.
Company Member 21-50 staff Smart Holograms
Smart is pioneering a new technology ('sensor holograms') to develop innovative, non-invasive and multi-analyte diagnostics for applications in the development of 'Advanced Systems for Disease Diagnosis and Management'. These devices are mainly being commercialized in the areas of monitoring metabolic (e.g. diabetes) and infectious (e.g. microbial) diseases and in applications for infection control.
Company Member 1-5 staff SNA Executive Recruitment Limited
SNA Executive Recruitment is a search, selection and team building consultancy which handles director level appointments in most areas of technology.
Company Member 1-5 staff Soothing Hands Ltd - 'The Human Touch'
Certified Quantum-Touch Advanced Healing Instructor & Practitioner - Shiatsu Practitioner - Independant NEWAYS Distributor
Company Member 6-20 staff SPD Development Company
Medical device research and development
Company Member 6-20 staff Babraham Bioscience tenant Stem Cell Sciences plc
Stem Cell Sciences’ core objective is to develop safe and effective stem cell-based therapies for currently incurable diseases.
Company Member 6-20 staff Stratech Scientific Ltd.
The official distributor for life science research products from well-known manufacturers.
Company Member 1-5 staff Suckling Science Ltd
Consultancy on drug discovery, target validation, candidate profiling, early development strategy particularly in the areas of atherosclerosis, dyslipidaemia and metabolic disease. Particular interest in facilitating interactions between smaller organisations (e.g. universities and spinouts) and big pharma.
Founder Member Taylor Wessing
Taylor Wessing offers a comprehensive range of legal services to a broad spectrum of clients world wide.
Company Member 21-50 staff Team Consulting Ltd
Team are a leading product development consultancy working primarily in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, and in consumer and industrial products. We build long-term relationships with our clients through the combination of technical excellence, creativity and integrity.
Charity Member TechColumbus
TechColumbus leads tech-based economic development in the 15 country region of Central Ohio. TechColumbus provides networking and membership services; business incubation services; early stage capital investment; and real estate services for tech companies. TechColumbus is affiliated with The Ohio State University and Battelle.
Company Member 1-5 staff Technical Personnel Limited
Technical Personnel Limited was set up in 1992 to specifically provide specialist recruitment services to local clients within the IT, Engineering and manufacturing sectors. Our experienced team of consultants will offer the most effective solution to your recruitment needs. Our comprehensive range of services includes Search, Selection, Advertising Management, Psychometric & ability assessments, database search and salary advice.
Company Member 6-20 staff Tessella plc
Tessella is one of the leading providers of software development services to scientific and engineering organizations in the UK.
Founder The Naked Scientists (Radio Show)
The Naked Scientists is a radio-digest of breaking scientific news stories synthesised from weekly journals (BMJ, Lancet, Nature, Science, etc) and the popular press, interspersed with accessible chart music and an interview with a guest of established scientific merit.

The radio programme is broadcast live on Cambridge STAR 107.9FM every Sunday evening, from 8-9pm. Check the website for details.
Company Member 1-5 staff The Roundtable Partnership
Management Support for Emerging Healthcare Ventures
Company Member 1-5 staff THERAPYAUDIT Limited
Develops, supplies and supports medical software.
Company Member 100+ staff Unilever Corporate Research
Company Member 6-20 staff Universal Sensors Ltd
Commercialistation of POU potentiometric biosensors.
Complete in-house fabrication, and assay development for the Food, feed and environmental market sectors.
Company Member 1-5 staff Vital Spark Training Consultants Ltd
An independent sales training company offering bespoke sales training, coaching and mentoring to all types of business, but we have a background in life sciences. We train non sales people who need to sell a product, service, or idea through to key accounts and all customer facing sales staff, in all aspects of the sales process.
Company Member 1-5 staff Wallder Consulting Limited
Wallder Consulting is an executive search, interim management and resourcing company.
Wallder Consulting specialises in building senior management teams in life sciences, physical sciences, IT and telecommunications. We also work with the private equity, venture capital, investment banking, brokering and consultancy communities that support and interact with these sectors. Wallder Consulting draws together the natural link between life and physical sciences.

Wallder Consulting handles senior appointments including non-executive directors, non-executive chairmen, senior management and interim managers. With offices in the South of England, the West Coast of America and Australia, Wallder Consulting is active in Europe, the US and across the Asia Pacific region.
Company Member 21-50 staff Ware Anthony Rust Ltd
Ware Anthony Rust (WAR) is a fully integrated agency, with seamless cross-discipline campaigns covering advertising, design, PR and DM, all online and off, along with single discipline activity for specific clients. The agency also has its own strategic planning function. WAR acquired specialist agency Chamberlain in 2007 and now offers services in B2C, B2B, healthcare, and environment and agriculture.






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