Best Pulmonology Companies in United Kingdom
The 68 best Pulmonology companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Apollo Therapeutics.
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Ranked: Best Pulmonology companies in United Kingdom
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Stage | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollo Therapeutics Developer of therapeutic programs based on biological and medical research | $372M | 33 mo ago | 11 | Richard Mason CEO | Series C | — | — | — |
| 2 | Pulmocide Developer of inhaled antifungal medicines for treating respiratory lung infections | $205M | 42 mo ago | 9 | Pete Strong Co-Founder | Series C | — | 124 patents Polymorph forms and manufacturing processes for triazole antifungal agents | — |
| 3 | Redx Pharma Developer of small molecule medicines for fibrotic disease and oncology | $163M | 32 mo ago | 89 | Lisa Anson CEO | Acquired | Top 10M | 423 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 4 | Circassia Pharmaceuticals Products to treat asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and various allergies. | $157M | 72 mo ago | 128 128 → 135 (+5%) | Charles Swingland Co-Founder | Public | — | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | Owlstone Medical Developer of non-invasive breath-based diagnostics for cancer and infectious diseases 67Funding top 18%Moat top 28%Product top 36%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Moattop 28% Producttop 36% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 40% Markettop 44% Techtop 44% Globalbottom 45% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $150M across 16 rounds · 16 rounds over 15 yrs (1.1/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $150M | 8 mo ago | 199 199 → 147 (-26%) | David Alonso Co-Founder & COO | Series E | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Synairgen Developer of pharmaceutical products focused on severe respiratory conditions | $124M | 68 mo ago | 24 24 → 21 (-12%) | — | Public | Top 50M | 4 patents Therapeutic use of interferon‑beta/lambda for treating rhinovirus infections in elderly patients. | — |
| 7 | ReViral Developer of antiviral compounds for RSV | $121M | 69 mo ago | 28 | Khattereh Ahmadi Co-Founder | Acqui-Hired | — | 91 patents Antiviral benzodiazepine derivatives for treating respiratory syncytial virus infections | — |
| 8 | Oxagen Developer of drugs for inflammatory and respiratory diseases | $86M | 199 mo ago | 3 | Richard Edwards Managing Director | Deadpooled | — | 153 patents CRTH2 antagonist small‑molecule pharmaceuticals and related solid‑form formulations | — |
| 9 | Enterprise Therapeutics Developer of therapeutic solutions for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis | $86M | 28 mo ago | 9 | Martin Gosling Co-Founder | Acquired | — | 70 patents Small-molecule ENaC inhibitors for treating hypertension and fluid retention | — |
| 10 | Sitryx Biotechnology company focused on immunometabolism, developing therapies | $69M | 35 mo ago | 17 | Paul-Peter Tak Co-Founder & Director | Series B | Top 50M | — | — |
| 11 | Senzer Developer of respiratory devices for the delivery of pharmaceutical cannabinoids | $65M | 85 mo ago | 9 | Alex Hearn Founder | Funding Raised | — | 15 patents Cannabinoid inhalation devices, cartridges, and aerosol formulations for medical delivery | — |
| 12 | Verona Pharma Developer of drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma, COPD | $56M | 71 mo ago | 27 | — | Acquired | Top 5M | 329 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 13 | Funxional Therapeutics Developer of anti-inflammatory therapies for respiratory disorders | $27M | 193 mo ago | 1 | Konstantinos Efthymiopoulos CEO | Series B | — | — | — |
| 14 | Prosonix Develops inhaled respiratory medicines. | $27M | 169 mo ago | 32 | — | Acquired | — | 103 patents Manufacturing multi-component crystalline particles for inhalable pharmaceutical therapies. | — |
| 15 | Lamellar Develops patented medical devices and pharmaceuticals based on mimetics of extra-alveolar lamellar bodies | $18M | 109 mo ago | 11 | — | Series C | — | — | — |
| 16 | Pneumagen Developer of a treatment for viral respiratory tract infections and cancer | $18M | 36 mo ago | 7 | Douglas Thomson CEO | Series A | — | 41 patents Antiviral therapeutics targeting RSV by sialic‑acid receptor binding inhibition | — |
| 17 | NovaBiotics Developer of therapeutics for infectious diseases | $13M | 88 mo ago | 13 13 → 15 (+15%) | — | Early Stage | Top 50M | 360 patents Cysteamine-based pharmaceutical formulations for antiviral and lung disease therapies | — |
| 18 | Anaxsys Continuous real-time Respiratory rate counter | $9M | 126 mo ago | 2 | — | Deadpooled | — | 42 patents Advanced gas and vapor sensing, electrochemical sensor tuning, medical respiratory diagnostics. | — |
| 19 | DJS Antibodies Developer of antibody therapeutics for inflammatory conditions | $8M | 29 mo ago | 16 | Robert Michael CEO | Acquired | — | 12 patents Therapeutic antibody polypeptide design and production technologies | — |
| 20 | Nebu~Flow Developer of aerosol delivery platform technology | $8M | 25 mo ago | 11 | Julien Reboud Co-Founder | Series A | — | — | — |
| 21 | GeneFirst Developer of PCR technologies in the fields of cancer diagnostics and personalised medicine | $5M | 93 mo ago | 10 10 → 10 (+0%) | Guoliang Fu Founder & CEO | Funding Raised | — | 35 patents NGS library preparation and targeted sequencing kits and methods | 1 launch |
| 22 | 1nhaler Developer of single‑dose, disposable, dry‑powder inhaler for conditions like asthma, epilepsy, allergies, and… | $5M | 7 mo ago | — | Don Smith Co-Founder | Seed | — | 39 patents Portable, foldable inhaler devices for delivering respiratory pharmaceuticals | — |
| 23 | Ario Pharma Develops drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases | $3M | 150 mo ago | 1 | John Ford Co-Founder & CEO | Deadpooled | — | — | — |
| 24 | Exvastat Developer of repurposed drug for acute respiratory distress syndrome | $3M | 44 mo ago | 8 | David Cavalla CEO | Seed | — | 2 patents Tyrosine‑kinase inhibitor formulations and repurposing for acute respiratory distress therapy | — |
| 25 | Albus Health Developer of real-time respiratory monitoring system | $2M | 29 mo ago | 7 | Mikesh Udani CEO | Seed | Top 50M | — | 1 expansion |
| 26 | Nuformix Developer of drugs for the treatment of fibrosis and oncology | $2M | 38 mo ago | 4 | Stephen Cash Co-Founder | Public | — | 48 patents Pharmaceutical cocrystal and salt forms of active drug molecules | — |
| 27 | Glyconics Provider of spectroscopy-based diagnostic tool for respiratory disorders | $2M | 55 mo ago | 2 | — | Seed | — | — | — |
| 28 | Bioxydyn Provider of quantitative imaging biomarker services for pharmaceutical and clinical research | $2M | 164 mo ago | 8 | Geoff Parker Founder & CEO | Series A | — | 11 patents Pulmonary function measurement and oxygen‑enhanced medical imaging processing technologies. | 1 partnership |
| 29 | PulmoBioMed Developer of non-invasive deep lung fluid collection technology. | $2M | 24 mo ago | 5 | Sterghios Moschos Founder | Seed | — | 2 patents Exhaled breath sampling mouthpiece for medical diagnostic devices | — |
| 30 | BPR Medical Medical Gas Therapy Devices | $822K | 202 mo ago | 61 | — | Early Stage | Top 50M | 55 patents Safety monitoring and control devices for medical gas delivery systems | 1 job opening |
| 31 | Mursla Provider of diagnostic device for cancer detection | $547K | 69 mo ago | 9 | Victor Serdio Co-Founder | Seed | Top 50M | 32 patents Isolation, characterization, and biosensor conditioning of tissue-specific extracellular vesicles. | — |
| 32 | ChestPal AI-powered digital stethoscope to assist frontline healthcare providers | $519K | 36 mo ago | 4 | Helena Binetskaya Co-Founder & CEO | Seed | — | 6 patents Acoustic analysis of respiratory sounds for digital health monitoring and diagnosis | — |
| 33 | Inspira Pharmaceuticals Developer of therapeutics for respiratory diseases | $518K | 61 mo ago | 5 | Nick Woolf Co-Founder | Seed | — | — | — |
| 34 | Quvium Early warning solution for asthma patients | $460K | 167 mo ago | 1 | Steven Schmidt Founder & CEO | Seed | — | 14 patents Remote cough detection and analysis for digital health monitoring and telemedicine. | — |
| 35 | PenMed Developer of critical care devices to improve the safety and outcomes of patients in intensive care units | $250K | 25 mo ago | — | Simon Cooke Co-Founder | Seed | — | — | — |
| 36 | Forth Therapeutics Developer of therapeutics for fibrosis treatment | — | 15 mo ago | — | Alex Leech Co-Founder & CEO | Seed | — | — | — |
| 37 | Alevin Therapeutics Developer of targeted integrin therapies for multiple diseases | — | 46 mo ago | 4 | Chris Moody Founder | Seed | — | — | — |
| 38 | Respivert Small molecule drugs for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cystic Fibrosis and severe… | — | 228 mo ago | 1 | William Garth Rapeport Founder | Acquired | — | 572 patents Indolinone-based small‑molecule kinase inhibitors for treating fibrosis and inflammatory diseases | — |
| 39 | 30 Technology Developer of nitric oxide-generating technologies for healthcare and antimicrobial applications | — | — | 24 | Chris Wood Founder | Funding Raised | — | — | — |
| 40 | Aerosure Medic Online retailer of respiratory devices and related accessories for breathing | — | — | — | Roseanna Penny Co-Founder | Unfunded | Top 10M | — | — |
| 41 | Aircraft Medical Video laryngoscope with variable length blade | — | — | 31 | Matt McGrath Founder & CEO | Acquired | — | 217 patents Video-enabled airway visualization and endoscopic devices for medical intubation | — |
| 42 | Arete Medical Technologies Provider of precision medicine for asthma and COPD | — | — | 6 | — | Funding Raised | — | 14 patents Advanced respiratory flow measurement and diagnostic devices using pitot tubes and impulse oscillometry | — |
| 43 | Armstrong Medical Manufacturer of device non-invasive respiratory devices for hospitals | — | — | 183 | — | Acquired | — | 14 patents Anesthesia gas delivery and pressure regulation systems for humidified medical gases. | — |
Top 12 Pulmonology companies in United Kingdom
#1
Series E · Cambridge, England · founded 2004 · 199 employees$150Mraised▾
Developer of non-invasive breath-based diagnostics for cancer and infectious diseases. It offers Breath Biopsy platform for early detection and precision medicine which uses proprietary technology as a microchip that uses Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry (FAIMS) coupled with software to detect desired biomarkers in a patient's exhaled breath. The first application is an early screening of lung and colon cancer.
- Oct 2025Grant (prize money)$49.1M
- Mar 2025Series E$2.3M
- Jan 2025Series E$27M
- Apr 2024Series D$5M
#2
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2017$4.7Mraised▾
Developer of single‑dose, disposable, dry‑powder inhaler for conditions like asthma, epilepsy, allergies, and Parkinsons. It offers a portable inhaler made from cardboard and it folds from a flat, credit‑card shape into a 3D inhaler activated by a single breath. The lead project is salbutamol for asthma relief.
- Nov 2025Seed$2M
- Nov 2023Seed$2.5M
- Mar 2022Seed$99.2K
- Apr 2019Seed$130.8K
#3
Series C · Cambridge, England · founded 2020 · 11 employees$371.5Mraised▾
Developer of therapeutic programs based on biological and medical research. The company's product pipeline include APL-9796: A first-in-class anti-ZIP12 monoclonal antibody for pulmonary hypertension, APL-045 and APL-10456, targeting neoplasms, immune disorders, and metabolic conditions via small molecules and antibodies.
- Sep 2023Series C$226.5M
- Jun 2021Series C$145M
#4
Acquired · Liverpool, England · founded 2010 · 89 employees$163.5Mraised▾
Developer of small molecule medicines for fibrotic disease and oncology. The company focuses on novel compounds against biologically or clinically validated targets. It has an extensive programme of pre-clinical research focused on Discoidin Domain Receptors. The company’s core strengths are in medicinal chemistry, translational science, and clinical development.
- Oct 2023Post IPO$17.2M
- May 2022Post IPO$42.6M
- Dec 2020Post IPO$34.1M
- Apr 2020Post IPO—
#5
Acquired · Brighton, England · founded 2014 · 9 employees$86.2Mraised▾
Enterprise Therapeutics is a developer of therapeutic solutions for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Also planning to develop therapeutics for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and severe asthma.
- Jan 2024Series B$33M
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$7.2M
- Apr 2018Series B$41.1M
- Apr 2017Grant (prize money)—
#6
Series C · London, England · founded 2013 · 9 employees$205.4Mraised▾
Developer of inhaled antifungal medicines for treating respiratory lung infections. These investigational therapies target fungal pathogens directly within the lungs to minimize systemic exposure. The drug design focuses on maintaining high concentrations at the site of infection to address conditions associated with pulmonary aspergillosis. This approach aims to provide treatment options for patients who do not respond to standard antifungal therapies.
- Dec 2022Series C$52M
- Dec 2021Series C$3.5M
- May 2021Series C$92M
- Mar 2017Series B$30.4M
#7
Series B · Oxford, England · founded 2018 · 17 employees$69Mraised▾
Biotechnology company focused on immunometabolism, developing therapies. The company exploits the link between immune function and metabolism to create first-in-class, disease-modifying drugs aiming for sustained remission. Their science regulates metabolic pathways in immune cells to restore balance disrupted in chronic conditions.
- Jul 2023Series B$39M
- Dec 2022Series A$3.7M
- Sep 2022Series A$11.8K
- Mar 2020Series A$9.6M
#8
Series A · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2019 · 11 employees$8Mraised▾
Developer of aerosol delivery platform technology
- Apr 2024Series A$5.9M
- Aug 2022Grant (prize money)$1.2M
- May 2022Seed$2.1M
#9
Acquired · Oxford, England · founded 2014 · 16 employees$8Mraised▾
Developer of antibody therapeutics for inflammatory conditions. The company's proprietary platform, HEPTAD, enables the discovery of these antibodies, which has led to a pipeline that includes DJS-002, a novel antibody for fibrotic diseases.
- Jan 2024Series B$18.5M
- Feb 2022Series A$8.5M
- Dec 2020Series A$8M
- Oct 2016Seed$852.4K
#10
Public · Oxford, England · founded 2006 · 128 employees$156.6Mraised▾
Circassia is focused on developing devices for treatment of allergy and respiratory disease. The company has developed NIOX for asthma management and Tudorza to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The next-generation immunotherapy technology is in phase III testing for cat allergy and is the first in a new class of treatments, Synthetic Peptide Immuno-Regulatory Epitopes (SPIREs). Three other SPIREs, targeting house dust mite, ragweed and grass allergies, have completed clinical proof-of-concept phase IIb studies. Circassia has also developed Flixotide/Flovent substitute and Seretide/Advair substitute. The Company is also developing a number of COPD of treatments, Duaklir US, Spiriva substitute, LABA/LAMA formulation and COPD therapy formulation.
- Jun 2020Post IPO$6.2M
- Apr 2011Series D$98M
- Dec 2009Series C$25M
- Jan 2008Series B$21.8M
#11
Acqui-Hired · London, England · founded 2011 · 28 employees$121Mraised▾
Developer of antiviral compounds for RSV. The company is developing its lead candidate RV521 as an antiviral therapy for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), which is an infection that often leads to asthma, COPD, and/or pneumonia.
- Aug 2020Series C$44M
- Aug 2018Series B$55M
- Jul 2018Series B$55M
- Sep 2015Series A$21M
#12
Series A · St Andrews, Scotland · founded 2016 · 7 employees$18.3Mraised▾
Developer of a treatment for viral respiratory tract infections and cancer. It offers GlycoTarge which is the proprietary candidate that is the glycogen targeted protein used for the treatment of respiratory infectious disease. Its other candidate include Neumifil and Neumonco for respiratory diseases.
- Jun 2023Series A$10M
- Jan 2021Series A$3.4M
- May 2020Series A$4.9M
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