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US Central Lab: Kits In 5 To 10 Business Days, PBMC In 8 To 24 Hours, One Chain Of Custody

Trial data is lost between the site and the lab far more often than inside one. Kits, manuals, air bills and receipt run as one system in our building.

De-Risk Your Clinical Sample Logistics, Kit to Storage.

Brief us on your sites, kits and sample volumes.
  • Protocol Specific Collection Kits Built, Labeled And Resupplied To Every Trial Site
  • Sample Processing And PBMC Isolation Within 8 To 24 Hours Of Collection, Documented
  • Monitored Storage From 4°C To Liquid Nitrogen With Generator And Cloud Backed Records
  • On Site Testing Access, So Samples Never Travel Again After They Reach The Building

Regulated And Inspected By:

  • Good Laboratory Practice for Nonclinical Laboratory Studies | NorthEast BioLab
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA | NorthEast BioLab
  • College Of American Pathologists | NorthEast BioLab
  • International Orgaization for Standardization | NorthEast BioLab

The PhD Scientists Behind Your Clinical Samples

20+ Years In Bioanalysis
700+ Sponsor Studies
500+ Custom Assays
200+ Investigational Drugs

The Storage Building And The Testing Lab Are One Address

Most central labs store samples and ship them elsewhere for analysis. Ours sit below the instruments, so a stored sample becomes a data point without another courier.

Collection Kits Built To Your Trial Protocol

  • Visit by visit kit design with the right tubes, labels and shipping materials per draw
  • Built, verified and shipped to every site, with resupply orders out in ten business days

Site Logistics And Resupply Lanes That Hold

  • Ambient, refrigerated and frozen lanes with couriers booked and tracked from this desk
  • Supply only orders ship in five business days, expedited lanes for enrollment surges

Real Time Processing, PBMC In 8 To 24 Hours

  • Blood processed on receipt, PBMC isolated, counted and frozen inside the viability window
  • Same day accession into Watson LIMS, so custody starts the moment the courier arrives

Chain Of Custody On Watson LIMS Throughout

  • Every tube barcoded at accession and tracked through aliquot, assay, storage and return
  • Custody answers come from a LIMS query, not a reconstruction, which is what audits want

Monitored Storage, Ambient To Liquid Nitrogen

  • Refrigerated 4°C, frozen -20°C and -80°C, and LN2 for cells, alarmed and monitored 24/7
  • Heavy duty generator and cloud backed records behind every freezer, excursions alarmed

Testing On Site, So Samples Stop Traveling

  • PK, immunogenicity, biomarker, flow and PCR analysis in the same building as storage
  • One accession feeds every endpoint, and long term retention follows without a transfer

Where Samples Get Lost, And The Checkpoint That Catches It

Wrong kits, missed processing windows and courier errors are each caught at a defined point, with lanes set per analyte and tracked in flight.

  1. The Wrong Kit At The Site

    A generic tube ruins a special draw. Gate: kits matched to the lab manual before shipping

  2. The Wrong Lane Home

    Ambient rides refrigerated or worse. Gate: the courier lane set per analyte, tracked in flight

  3. Custody Gaps At The Door

    Arrival is where samples vanish. Gate: same-day barcode accession into Watson LIMS

  4. The Processing Window Missed

    PBMC and labile analytes spoil on the bench. Gate: processing inside 8 to 24 hours, logged

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  5. Aliquots Multiply Errors

    Every split risks a mislabel. Gate: aliquoting under one chain of custody, one LIMS record

  6. Retention Nobody Documented

    Close-out finds unowned boxes. Gate: monitored storage, documented destruction or return

Ready To Start? Scope Your Sample Management.

Tailored sample management quote in 2 days.

A Site Stockout Or A Thawed Box Can Cost A Subject, So We Plan Against Both

Kit clarity, shipping windows and receipt reconciliation are where sampling fails. We build all three around your protocol before activation.

Talk Science First? Ask Our Central Lab Experts.

Discuss kits, shipping and chain of custody.
  • Resupply kit orders ship within ten business days and supply only orders within five, with expedited lanes for enrollment surges, so a recruiting site is never waiting on your lab.
  • Storage runs 4°C to liquid nitrogen under 24/7 Temperature Guard monitoring with alarmed excursions, cloud backed records and a heavy duty generator standing behind the freezers.
  • Custody lives in Watson LIMS from accession to close out, so when an auditor asks where a tube was on a Tuesday two years ago, the answer is a query rather than an investigation.

5-10Business Days To Build And Ship Kit And Resupply Orders

8-24Hours From Sample Collection To PBMC Isolation And Freeze

What Do Central Lab Services Cost?

Kits price per design and per unit, processing and storage price per sample and per month, so a twelve site Phase II and a two site pilot pay for what they use. Quotes itemize kit builds, lanes and storage so nothing hides, and a senior scientist replies within two business days.

Your Cost Cannot Move Mid-Study

The quote you approve is the price you pay. Cost cannot move mid-study without an SOW addendum you have already approved, which matters most on logistics that run the whole life of a multi year trial.

Sponsors On Kits, Setup And Site Logistics, Quoted As Sent

Route one trial's samples through our building and the next trial tends to follow. Two thirds of each year's 100+ return.

  • Director, Clinical Stage Biotech

    The expertise, competence and responsiveness demonstrated in setting up our clinical trial and preparing and shipping sample kits to the clinical site have been excellent.

  • VP, Development Operations

    NorthEast BioLab’s scientists deliver high-quality data on time and within budget

  • Head, Bioanalytical Development

    NorthEast BioLab goes the extra mile. We look forward to more meaningful collaborations.

  • VP, Clinical Stage Biotech

    There is also a willingness to develop new services to meet our needs even if not currently offered.

  • Dir., Bioequivalence Testing

    Our latest successful study was a pivotal bioequivalence study, where samples from a cross-over study with about 100 volunteers needed swift analysis.

  • Head, PK

    This study, same as all other bioanalytical studies, was completed with top quality and reporting standard with incredible responsiveness.

Kits, Shipping or Storage? Tell Us Your Site Count.

Share the sites and volumes. We'll build the plan.

Why Study Managers Hand Us The Logistics Their Sites Depend On

We are CLIA certified and GLP and GCLP compliant, and samples sit one floor away from the instruments that will analyze them.

What You Receive

  • Kits at every site before the visit needs them, with resupply on a five to ten day clock
  • A custody record in Watson LIMS your auditor can query, accession through close out
  • Processing inside the viability window, PBMC isolated and frozen in 8 to 24 hours
  • Storage, testing and retention in one building, so nothing ships twice or bridges labs

What We Need From You

  • The protocol and lab manual sections covering draws, so kits match the visits exactly
  • Site list with contacts and start dates, so shipments and training land before FPI
  • Your enrollment forecast, honest or not, so resupply and surge lanes are staged early
  • The assay plan, because kit tubes and volumes depend on what runs upstairs afterwards
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One Kit's Round Trip: A Representative Visit, Step By Step

Each kit is designed for the protocol, labeled for the site, reconciled on receipt, processed inside its window, stored under monitoring and reported. Custody holds at every handoff.

  1. 1. Kit Designed

    Tubes, labels and shipping materials matched to the visit and the assays

  2. 2. Kit At The Site

    Built, verified and shipped ahead of the visit, resupply tracked from here

  3. 3. Draw Ships Back

    Overnight courier in the right lane, ambient, refrigerated or frozen

  4. 4. Accessioned Same Day

    Barcoded into Watson LIMS on arrival, custody unbroken from the site

  5. 5. Processed In Window

    PBMC in 8 to 24 hours, aliquots split and frozen to the lab manual

  6. 6. Tested Upstairs

    Aliquots feed PK, ADA and biomarker assays without leaving the building

  7. 7. Retained Or Returned

    Monitored storage per protocol, then documented close out

Why Do Trial Teams Choose Us To Run Their Central Lab?

Because a coordinator who has never seen the kit can collect it right the first time, and discrepancies surface at receipt, not at database lock.

Get Your Sample Plan Reviewed By PhD Scientists.

Send your plan. We'll flag pitfalls before they cost you.
  • Kits, custody, storage and testing in one US building, one Watson LIMS record throughout
  • Hard clocks: kits in five to ten business days, PBMC processed within 8 to 24 hours
  • CLIA certified, GLP and GCLP compliant, with five FDA inspections behind the systems
  • About 70% of our work is emerging biotech, so a twelve site trial is a priority here

Regulated And Inspected By:

  • Good Laboratory Practice for Nonclinical Laboratory Studies | NorthEast BioLab
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA | NorthEast BioLab
  • College Of American Pathologists | NorthEast BioLab
  • Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments | NorthEast BioLab
  • International Orgaization for Standardization | NorthEast BioLab
  • United States Drug Enforcement Administration | NorthEast BioLab

A Central Lab Your Coordinators Can Stop Thinking About

Send the protocol and site list. A senior scientist scopes kits, lanes, processing and storage against first patient in, on the platforms linked below.

Related FAQs

What trial managers ask before sites activate, answered.

How fast can kits reach our sites?

What happens to samples the moment they arrive?

What are the storage conditions?

Can you also run the assays, or only store the samples?

Do you work under our full-service CRO?

What does an auditor see?

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