Agility Life Sciences
Private Company
Total funding raised: $1.2M
Overview
Agility Life Sciences is an award-winning formulation development CDMO founded in 2010 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK. The company provides fee-for-service formulation development, turning 'badly behaved' molecules into optimized drug products for preclinical and clinical studies. A key strategic move is its 2025 Integrated CMC Partnership with Sai Life Sciences and Centrix Pharma Solutions, offering clients an end-to-end service from API development to clinical trial manufacturing. As a private, service-based company, Agility's business model centers on generating revenue through client projects while all developed IP remains with the client.
Technology Platform
Futureproof Formulations Fast™ - A holistic formulation development approach that integrates molecule properties, client end-goals, study requirements, and species considerations to create scalable, optimized drug products for poorly soluble, permeable, or unstable molecules.
Funding History
1Opportunities
Risk Factors
Competitive Landscape
Agility competes in the specialized formulation CDMO space against companies like Catalent, Lonza (through its Capsugel division), and numerous smaller niche players. Its differentiation is its focused 'problem molecule' philosophy, multi-route expertise, and the new integrated partnership model, which offers a seamless CMC pathway few boutique CDMOs can match.