Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best Illinois based Biotechnology companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Biotechnology industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Illinois Biotechnology Startups
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Tempus
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Tempus is a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Baxter International
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Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people.
Xeris Pharmaceuticals
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Xeris Pharmaceuticals is a specialty company developing patient-friendly injectables for indications in diabetes, epilepsy, and immunology.
Hazel Technologies
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Hazel Technologies develops biotechnology for reducing waste in the agricultural supply chain.
Exicure
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Exicure is developing a new class of immunomodulatory and gene silencing drugs against validated targets.
Endotronix
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Endotronix is a developer of hemodynamic monitoring technologies to help detect worsening heart failure earlier than ever before.
Evozyne
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Evozyne is a biotechnology company that specializes in protein design and molecular scale.
Jaguar Gene Therapy
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Jaguar Gene Therapy is accelerating breakthroughs in gene therapy for patients suffering from severe genetic diseases.
rMark Bio
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rMark Bio delivers intelligence solutions to the life science industry.
AbbVie
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AbbVie is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and markets both biopharmaceuticals and small molecule drugs.
Horizon Pharma
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Horizon Therapeutics focuses on the development of prescription drugs for mild to moderate pain relief and arthritis.
Paragon Biosciences
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Paragon Biosciences is a global healthcare company committed to accelerating biomedical research.
Surgalign
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Surgalign is a surgical implant company providing surgeons with safe biologic, metal and synthetic implants.
On Target Laboratories
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On Target Laboratories engages in discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecules that target specific pathological
Grove Biopharma
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Grove Biopharma is a biotechnology company offering a materials science solution to peptide therapeutic challenges.
Abbott
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Abbott is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
Angus Chemical
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Angus Chemical specialty and fine chemical company dedicated to the development of novel chemistries.
Chromatin
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Chromatin is a biotech company that develops sorghum for traditional agriculture and applications in the renewable energy sector.
SonarMD
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SonarMD provides care management for complex chronic conditions that use high-cost drugs.
MAIA Biotechnology
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MAIA Biotechnology is an immuno-oncology company that focuses on developing first-in-class drugs with novel mechanisms.
Clarus Therapeutics
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Clarus Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops androgen-based medicines for men and women.
Emalex Biosciences, Inc.
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Emalex Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of new and novel treatments.
Dimension Inx
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Dimension Inx focuses on creating advanced biomaterials and 3D-printed implants that fundamentally change human disease treatment.
Vodori
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Vodori provides solutions that simplify how life science companies create, approve, and distribute promotional content.
Surgical Innovation Associates
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Surgical Innovation Associates is a developer of surgical devices designed to offer an alternative to certain problematic.
Medexus Pharma
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Medexus Pharma is a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company located in Chicago.
BiomeSense
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BiomeSense is a developing novel technologies to enable the collection, storage, and analysis of daily human gut microbiome profiles.
Novaerus
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Novaerus Improve the business and quality of care through the application of airborne pathogen control technology.
Levo Therapeutics
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Levo Therapeutics is a biomedical research and development services intended to treat the multisystem neurodevelopmental disorder.
Pharmazz
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Pharmazz focuses on discovering, acquiring, developing, and commercializing therapeutics that target critical care medicine.
Regent Surgical Health
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Regent Surgical Health is a healthcare company providing surgery center development services.
Naurex
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Naurex is a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics for depression and other CNS disorders.
Lab Me Analytics
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Lab Me Analytics provides direct-to-consumer healthcare and blood analytics.
SlipChip
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SlipChip focuses on making laboratory assays that are easy to perform.
ClearView Diagnostics
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AI company focused on disease diagnosis to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs
SIWA Therapeutics
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SIWA Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that has a monoclonal antibody that targets and destroys senescent cells.
ForeLight
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ForeLight is developting the biomanufacturing industry through their proprietary photosynthetic production technology.
ClostraBio
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ClostraBio is a provider of a bio pharma company intended to develop therapeutics for food allergies.
Acura Pharmaceuticals
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Acura Pharmaceuticals develops and commercializes tamper-resistant products for medication abuse and misuse.
Monopar
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Monopar Therapeutics is an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on developing orphan oncology compounds.
Accelera Innovations, Inc.
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Accelera Innovations revolutionizes quality, cost and patient outcomes in the healthcare industry.
GeneTx Biotherapeutics
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GeneTx Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and effective therapeutics for the treatment of Angelman syndrome.
Cour Pharmaceuticals Development
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Cour Pharmaceuticals Development is developing nanoparticle technology to help reset the immune system of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
Coskata
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Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company producing ethanol from a variety of input materials.
ALTATHERA Pharmaceuticals
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ALTATHERA Pharmaceuticals provides critical care and alternative therapeutics for unmet medical needs of patients.
Amplicore
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Amplicore develops injectable and minimally invasive therapeutics for musculoskeletal disorders.
Vanquish Oncology
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Vanquish Oncology develops targeted, small-molecule oncology therapeutics for unmet or underserved cancer markets.
ResQ Pharma
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ResQ Pharma is a research & development company that develops drugs and therapies for treating lipophilic drug overdoses and poisonings.
ANDalyze
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ANDalyze offers products for testing water contamination using catalytic DNA technologies.
Toltec Pharmaceuticals
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Toltec Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for the treatment of lower reproductive tract infection.
Accelerated Pharma
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Accelerated Pharma is a biotechnology company that develops treatment for cancer.
Oxalo Therapeutics
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Oxalo Therapeutics is a Biotechnology Company.
Diagnostic Photonics
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Diagnostic Photonics develops advanced imaging technology that physicians can use in evaluating tissue microstructure in real time.
Vivacelle Bio
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Vivacelle Bio is a clinical stage biotech company focused on bringing to market a new paradigm in resuscitation fluids.
DelNova
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DelNova is a Company that Drug Delivery for Innovative Therapy.
Chamishi Therapeutics
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Chamishi Therapeutics is a drug discovery and development company focused on neurodegenerative diseases and other related disorders.
Intact Genomics
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Intact Genomics provides high-quality life science products and large DNA fragment cloning related services
MyOssler
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Galenus Scientific is a privately-owned company founded by Prashant Deshpande, MD, and Ajay Bhagwat, MSECE, in 2013.
Sigenics
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Sigenics was established in December 2000 with one purpose in mind: to provide excellence in silicon
TheraTest Laboratories
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TheraTest Laboratories, Inc.™ was founded in 1988 by a group of eminent clinical rheumatologists.
Dystrogen Therapeutics
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Dystrogen Therapeutics is a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focusing on rare diseases.
Regenerative Medical Solutions
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Regenerative Medical Solutions is a developer of regenerative medical products used to treat diabetes.
Pinnacle Biologics
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Pinnacle Biologics is a specialty pharmaceutical company that enables newer therapies in cancer.
Nanosphere
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Nanosphere develops a molecular diagnostics platform for genomic and protein testing and analysis.
JivanaBiotechnology
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Jivana Biotechnology is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company
Vitrix Health
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We built an oral disease screening platform using AI and imaging to allow any medical professional to catch oral diseases earlier.
Biomeasure
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Biomeasure is a developer of non-invasive health assesment tools.
Visible Genomics
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Visible Genomics provides a clinically validated age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk assessment.
Aquarius Biotechnologies
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Aquarius Biotechnologies develops a proprietary drug delivery platform to improve existing drugs.
Ohmx
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Ohmx is a clinical diagnostics company developing a bio-electronic point-of-care system to quantify analytes from biological samples.
InnSight Technology
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InnSight Technology company is a biotechnology company intended to advance diagnostics and evaluation of eye disease.
Cearna
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Cearna is involved in the research, development and commercialization of surgery and trauma recovery products.
Northwestern University Clinical &Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS)
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Northwestern University Clinical &Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) is a non profit organisation.
Restore Flow Allografts
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Restore Flow Allografts is dedicated to researching the restorative transplantation of donated human tissue for medical treatment.
Surmount Bio
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Surmount Bio is a Chicago-based stealth healthcare company.
divvyDOSE
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merging human-centered design with technology driven drug adherence, reduce wasted spending, and improve health & happiness.
Winston Pharmaceuticals
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Winston Pharmaceuticals is engaged in the development of pain management products.
Anapneo Therapeutics
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Anapneo Therapeutics is a medical startup
CytoCore
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CytoCore manufactures, and sells an integrated family of products for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Mead Johnson Nutrition
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Mead Johnson Nutrition manufactures and sells infant formula, children’s nutrition, and other nutritional products.
ZUCHEM
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zuChem develops technologies for manufacturing glycochemicals and carbohydrates for use in the food, specialty, and chemical markets.
Baxalta
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Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE: BXLT) is a $6 billion global biopharmaceutical leader developing.
Paradise Genomics
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Paradise Genomics is a biotech company providing unparalleled utility in the diagnosis, prognosis, or therapeutic monitoring of any disease.
Akorn
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Akorn is a niche generic pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of multi-source and branded
PixelEXX Systems
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PixelEXX Systems Inc. develops prototype imaging devices for diagnosing cancer. The products include nanoarrays that take images of
Marathon Pharmaceuticals
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Marathon Pharmaceuticals, LLC is a leader in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of specialty pharmaceuticals.
Pharma Logistics
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Pharma Logistics is a pharmaceutical company that provides pharmaceutical waste and inventory management services.
Fermilab
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Fermilab is an American particle physics and accelerator laboratory dedicated to exploring high-energy physics.
Back of the Yards algae sciences
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alt. proteins, natural food colorants, plant-based meat, cellular agriculture, vertical farming
Educerus
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Educerus Health is a clinical services organization providing targeted risk adjustment solutions to the medicare advantage industry.
Lenticular Research Group
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Lenticular Research Group, LLC is a eye biotechnology treament research center.
Palladium Life Sciences
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Palladium Life Sciences is a pharmaceutical company developing medical devices and equipment.
Base10
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Base10 is a precision medicine company that provides cutting edge genetic technologies.
Advanced Clinical
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Advanced Clinical is a pharmaceuticals company offering CRO, FSP, quality, and validation services.
eMed Technologies
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eMed Technologies offers internet, software, networking, and communications infrastructure products.
Microbiome Labs
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Microbiome Labs was focused on providing probiotic bacteriotherapy.
Agena Bioscience
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Agena Bioscience is dedicated to advancing the impact of genomics in healthcare and precision medicine.
