Contract Research and Testing

Xyzagen is a full service nonclinical discovery bioanalytical and in vivo pharmacokinetics and pharmacology research lab. Xyzagen offers drug development consulting, clinical pharmacokinetics and GLP toxicokinetics.

The Pharmaceutical Education & Research Center (PERC) offers analytical, formulation, R&D, clinical manufacturing and training services to the pharma and biotech industries, compounding pharmacies, government agencies and other academic institutions.

MAKO Genomics, a division of MAKO Medical, provides nucleic acid isolation, sample preparation, qPCR, next generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatics services for academic and clinical researchers.

A1 BioChem Labs offers chemistry services to universities, pharma, agrochemical and biotech industries. Services include custom synthesis of APIs and novel compounds, catalog compound services, route screening, lead optimization and chemical sourcing.

Adroit Pharmaceutical Development identifies new and improved formulations and process technologies. Its primary focus is on inhalation and dermatological product development.

Alcami provides contract drug and biologics development and manufacturing services, including formulation development, analytical chemistry, API, solid dose and parenteral drug manufacturing for clinical and commercial markets. Alcami's HQ is in Durham.

Alfa Labs provides urine analysis services for therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology studies.

Alpha Nano Tech provides nanoparticle and exosome characterization services.

Antech Diagnostics provides clinical and veterinary hematology analysis, clinical chemistry, urinalysis and coagulation testing.

ArrayXpress applies bioinformatics to optimize bioprocesses, increasing diagnostic efficiency, and provide contract research services, focusing on next generation genomics.

Avazyme provides field and GLP laboratory testing for sectors including agchem, agbiotech, food and beverage producers and retailers, and brewers. Capabilities include mass spectrometry, immunochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology.

BindusChem offers contract drug discovery and process chemistry projects for clients, synthesis of small molecules for SAR study, focused arrays and scaffolds, as well as chemical development, route scouting, process optimization and validation.

BioAgilytix is a bioanalytical lab specializing in large-molecule bioanalysis, offering PK, immunogenicity, biomarkers and cell-based assays in support of the development and release testing of biologics and small-molecule therapeutics.

BioGenomics provides pharmacogenomic testing to inform prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various diseases.

bioMONTR provides a broad range of CLIA-certified high-complexity laboratory testing, including assay/IVD protocol development, validation design, performance evaluation testing, drug trials and collaborative studies and regulatory/quality control.

Burleson Research Technologies provides laboratory services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing and health care industries with proof-of-concept, preclinical, clinical and toxicology studies.

Cambrex offers development, analytical services and manufacturing of APIs and small molecule drugs. Its Durham site provides drug substance development and manufacturing, as well as analytical services and microbiology testing services.

Carolina Yeast and Analytics isolates, propagates and sells yeast for brewing, and provides yeast banking and analytical testing services, including yeast viability, contamination testing, identification, IBUs, water testing and alcohol content.

Cato Research provides contract research services, including preclinical and clinical study design and management, regulatory assessments, data management and statistics, CMC program management, medical writing and submission of regulatory documents.

Celplor provides molecular biology services, including stable cell line generation, Southern blot analysis, Western blot analysis, cDNA cloning and mouse tail genotyping.

Charles River Laboratories' Oncology Center of Excellence provides in vivo and in vitro oncology and immuno-oncology research services.

Chem-Bac offers analytical testing, specializing in petroleum products, unknown polymer identifications and textiles.

Clinipace provides full global CRO service to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, working across all major therapeutic areas including oncology, gastroenterology and women's health and rare disease.

Cloud Pharmaceuticals designs and develops novel drug molecules using computational design for a wide range of therapeutic areas including cancer, inflammation, CNS disorders and rare diseases.

Cohesion Phenomics is a CLIA-certified molecular diagnostic laboratory. Cohesion Phenomics also develops DNA sequencing tests for complex and single gene disorders within specific clinical areas such as cardiovascular disease.

Covance, the drug development business of LabCorp, provides a wide range of early-stage and late-stage product development services primarily to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Covance is the drug development business of LabCorp. This site specializes in bioanalytical and immunoanalytical services, specializing in GLP-compliant LC/MS/MS bioanalytical services for all phases of drug discovery and development.

Creative Scientist offers rapid in vitro ADME-TOX testing including 96-well permeability assays using MDCK cells. Creative Scientist also provides novel functional assays for cytotoxic T-cells.

CSS-Dynamac provides health and safety services and scientific program support in the physical and life sciences. The Durham location provides environmental toxicity testing services.

DaVINCI Biomedical Research is an AAALAC-accredited contract lab that performs GLP and non-GLP preclinical animal studies. DaVINCI specializes in regenerative medicine, cardiovascular, orthopedic and medical device applications.

DSK Biopharma provides custom synthesis and medicinal chemistry services. DSK develops and supplies fine chemicals, APIs and intermediates, scaffolds, inhibitors, amino acids, carbohydrates, peptides, coupling reagents and other compounds.

EMSL Analytical provides analytical services, including microbiology, asbestos, indoor air quality and food testing at its Morrisville location.

EMSL Analytical provides analytical services, including microbiology, asbestos, metals and indoor air quality testing at its Kernersville location.

ENCO Pharmaceutical Development Inc. (EPDI) provides analytical services, comprehensive stability storage and related testing, as well as a product and formulation development services.

EPL provides GLP-compliant toxicologic pathology and related services including necropsy, histology, immunohistochemistry, pathology evaluation, EM, stereology, pathology peer reviews, specimen storage and consultation.

Eurofins Agroscience Services provides contract research services, product development consulting and technical support to the crop protection, agricultural biotechnology and pest control industries.

FHI Clinical provides tailored clinical trials services, from protocol design and site assessments to trial planning, implementation and management.

Frenova Renal Research provides phases one through four drug and device clinical development services for renal research. Services include renal clinical program development, maintenance of a renal research site network and bioinformatics and analytics.

Gene Master provides contract biomedical research services such as genotyping and vector construction. Gene Master helps design and perform biological experiments.

General Biosystems provides gene synthesis, molecular biology, and protein expression and purification services.

Genova Diagnostics performs diagnostics and molecular genetics testing under federally-designated clinical lab standards to support physicians in personalized chronic disease treatment and prevention.

Health Decisions is a full-service CRO specializing in clinical studies of therapeutics for women's health indications and studies of diagnostics for all therapeutic areas.

Heteroz supplies building blocks and screening compounds for research and development and provides custom synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds for the chemical, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.

Howard Associates offers preclinical contract research to the pharma industry, primarily on rodent models to predict the efficacy of experimental compounds for CNS diseases and to predict side effects. The company also offers science editing and writing.

ICON provides drug development and clinical services, from compound selection to phase one through four clinical studies, in areas including oncology, cardiovascular and biosimilars.

Immune Diagnostics provides advanced testing services to developers of immuno-therapeutics and vaccines using its proprietary technologies. The company's pipeline includes related clinical diagnostics, point-of-care and companion assays and systems.

IProbeLabs offers medicinal chemistry services, including design, structure optimization, structural-activity relationship (SAR) analysis and preclinical studies of active pharmaceutical ingredients and drug leads.

IQVIA Biotech offers planning, trial design and delivery, and market launch and commercialization for emerging biotech companies and the biopharma industry.

JLA International provides testing and analytical services for the food and beverage industry. It also provides technical consulting services.