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.

AccuBeing creates three-dimensional cancer organoids from patients' cancer cells, which are used to test novel drug therapies, transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses. Results are used to match the patient with personalized clinical trials.

Advanced Labs provides chemical and microbiological analysis of dietary supplements and food products.

Alera Labs provides contract research analytical chemistry, in vitro toxicology, GLP analysis and preformulation services to pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies.

Almac offers services for biomarker discovery, assay development/validation/testing and companion diagnostic co-development. Testing platforms include NGS, Microarray, qPCR and IHC. Regulatory and bioinformatics services are also available.

Andersen Scientific provides contract ethylene oxide sterilization and validation services for packaging and devices. Andersen's sterilization cycles include microbiological and other testing.

ARK Research provides contract research services supporting crop protection products. Services include GLP-compliant regulated biotechnology trials, efficacy testing and residues testing.

Asinex designs small-molecule libraries and provides lead optimization, custom synthesis and other chemistry services. The Winston-Salem location is the company's U.S. headquarters.

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.

BIoCI Systems provides sterilization validation services, stability and shelf life tests and other contract laboratory testing services. BIoCI also has manufacturing capacity for custom biological indicators for sterilization efficacy monitoring.

BioLink provides contract product development support through custom synthesis and testing for the pharmaceutical, nutraceuticals, animal health and chemical industries.

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.

Catalent provides drug development and manufacturing services for the pharma, biotech and consumer sectors. Core offerings include biologics, parenterals, oral solids, softgel, inhalation, clinical supply services and analytical services.

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. Covance offers clinical development services from its site in Wilmington.

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.

Drumetix provides bioanalytical support for drug metabolism, pharamacokinetics and toxicokinetic (DMPK, ADME) studies, as well as LC-MS/MS analysis of small-molecule biomarkers, such as neurotransmitters, all-trans retinoic acid and creatinine.

DCRI is an academic clinical research organization that coordinates research projects including small pilot studies, multinational clinical trials, major national patient registries and landmark outcomes research.

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

EN-CAS provides GLP-compliant analytical chemistry contract services for agrochemical, veterinary and bioanalytical research. EN-CAS has experience with preclinical and clinical trials support, pesticides, herbicides and veterinary drugs.

Environmental Testing Solutions offers microbiological and chemical testing for drinking water and wastewater and aquatic biomonitoring toxicity testing.

Eton Biosciences specializes in DNA sequencing and offers other services such as gene and peptide synthesis, mutagenesis and mammalian cell expression.

Eurofins CEI Labs provides industrial hygiene laboratory services such as asbestos testing, microbiology analysis and fungal analysis.

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.