TC BioPharm has received the fifth ranking for female led companies in the United Kingdom in a report by JP Morgan Private Bank.
The study looked at 33,000 high growth businesses, of which 6,085 were female led or founded, ranking the top 200 of these firms based on growth metrics.
Edinburgh-based TC BioPharm has grown substantially since being founded by Angela Scott in 2014, under her leadership as chief operating officer the company has seen valuation increase in every investment round, culminating with a recent capitalisation of the company over £100m.
“This ranking is unexpected but very welcome,” said Ms Scott. “I’d like to acknowledge all my female colleagues at TC BioPharm.
“We continually hire the best candidates for the role and today roughly 60% of our employees are female; as a biotechnology company this ranking is impactful given the lack of women in STEM. I hope we can be an agent for change as we continue to expand both in Scotland and the United States.”
TC BioPharm is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of gamma-delta T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and viral infections with human efficacy data in acute myeloid leukemia.
Ms Scott also played a key role in the creation of the clone Dolly the Sheep and helped set up the UK's first in-man trials for stroke treatment.
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