Qkine Employee Directory
Biotechnology ResearchEngland, United Kingdom11-50 Employees
Qkine is a Cambridge-based biotechnology company that produces high-purity, animal-free growth factor proteins to support stem cell, organoid, regenerative medicine, and cellular agriculture research. The firm also develops growth factor technologies aimed at enabling emerging fields such as cultured meat and three-dimensional cell culture. All proteins are manufactured at its Cambridge facility in an animal-derived component-free environment and undergo extensive, lot-specific quality testing to ensure reproducibility, with operations aligned to ISO 9001:2015 standards. The targeted market comprises researchers in academia and the biotech sector who require defined, reliable growth factors to enable scalable experiments and manufacturing. In 2026, Qkine announced a distribution agreement with Defined Bioscience to extend access to its products outside the United States.