Inspired by science, technology & engineering.
Delivering innovation.
The science & technology consultancy
Sagentia is the professional services division of Science Group plc. Our mission is to help organisations solve complex innovation challenges. We combine deep science, advanced engineering, and regulatory expertise to deliver innovation that performs, complies, and scales.
We are a trusted innovation and regulatory consultancy, working across medical, consumer, industrial, chemicals, energy, defence, and aviation sectors. Our clients include global multinationals, ambitious start-ups, and government bodies.
- Proven track record: Decades of experience in each of our core markets
- Highly skilled workforce: 90% of consultants hold science or technology degrees.
- Regulatory excellence: Operating in highly regulated markets including medical, defence, chemicals, food, and aviation
- Scale & repeatability: 3,000 projects delivered annually, with 85% repeat business
- Collaborative culture: Office-based teams across 12 locations, including two dedicated R&D campuses
- Global reach: International teams fluent in 50+ languages
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Consulting practices
At Sagentia, we operate through dedicated practice areas, each focused on the unique needs of its sector. Our consultants bring deep domain expertise to shape workflow requirements and anticipate challenges from the beginning of each project. We follow a highly collaborative approach, so that work is delivered quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Across all practices, we uphold the same commitments: creativity and innovation, commercial discipline, and measurable results.
Global advisory and product development business working to help clients extract maximum value from their R&D and innovation investments. A team of experts deliver solutions to complex challenges in consumer-facing products, packaging, and manufacturing solutions across food and beverage, home and hygiene and consumer health markets. Sagentia Innovation also operates across heavy industries such as energy, agriculture, chemicals, mining, industrial equipment, and utilities.
- Insight and strategy
- Design and invention
- Product development
World leading medical R&D and innovation consultancy. A multidisciplinary team of experts that work with the medical industry to improve lives through science and technology in medical devices and systems, surgical, diagnostics and women’s health.
- Insight and strategy
- Design and invention
- Product development
Scientific and regulatory expertise for the crop protection, biocides, antimicrobials, industrial, consumer, pet food and animal feed, and food and beverage industries. Sagentia Regulatory – comprising TSG Consulting and Leatherhead Food Research – streamlines regulatory compliance, enabling clients to focus on creating and launching innovative products.
- Expert scientific and regulatory guidance, worldwide
- Product registration
- Product life-cycle management
- Product sustainability and product stewardship
- Regulatory intelligence and strategic planning
Science & technology acquisition for the UK defence community in Maritime, Air, Land, and Joint. Working in partnership with national government bodies, international institutions and global prime contractors to bring strategic advantage to UK defence and security.
- Feasibility analysis
- System engineering
- Programme delivery and support
- Safety engineering
- Technology futures
- Design and invention
- Product development
Specialist aviation consultancy providing advancement of aviation through safe, secure and sustainable means for Government agencies, airports, regulatory authorities, equipment providers, wind farm developers and spaceport operators.
- Airspace change
- Aerodrome safeguarding
- Safety case and assessment
- Instrument Flight Procedure design
- Platform airworthiness
Our differentiator
Our key strength lies in the integration of scientific and technical knowledge, industry-specific insight, and decades of experience managing complex programmes in regulated markets. This combination allows us to provide solutions that accelerate research and development, ensure regulatory compliance, and deliver technical programmes with confidence. Our goal always is to deliver value for our clients.
Latest news and insights
December 18, 2025
In a dangerous world, novel technologies must reach the front line faster
Sagentia CTO Forum shares practical guidance for transformative GenAI in R&D
Sagentia’s CTO Forum tackles issues of material interest to R&D leadership with the goal of sharing insights and of developing actionable tools and methods that can be put to practice within the R&D function and so help companies tackle key challenges ahead.
To create these outputs, Sagentia participates in (and facilitates) the Forum, regularly consulting with senior executives of the participating companies, drawing on its own wide base of knowledge and experience, and undertaking its own research.
This year, Sagentia CTO Forum has been discussing “How can generative AI (GenAI) be harnessed in ways that go beyond incremental productivity gains to also tackle challenges once thought unsolvable?”
Careers
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Investors
Sagentia practices are part of Science Group plc, an international science and technology consultancy and systems organisation.
Locations
Sagentia is headquartered in Cambridge, UK and has numerous offices throughout the UK, Europe and North America.