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Why Do Pharmaceutical R&D Departments Outsource Sample Analysis?

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Aug 13, 2025
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Why Do Pharmaceutical R&D Departments Outsource Sample Analysis?

Outsourcing sample analysis in pharmaceutical R&D departments offers several strategic advantages, including:

  1. Cost Efficiency: Outsourcing can reduce expenses related to equipment, personnel, and infrastructure, allowing companies to allocate resources more effectively.
  2. Access to Specialized Expertise: External laboratories often possess advanced technologies and highly trained specialists, ensuring accurate, high-quality and accurate results.
  3. Faster Turnaround Times: External providers may have optimized workflows and larger capacities, leading to quicker analysis and faster decision-making.
  4. Flexibility and Scalability: Outsourcing allows R&D departments to scale sample analysis up or down based on project needs without the constraints of internal capacity.
  5. Focus on Core Competencies: By outsourcing routine or specialized testing, internal teams can concentrate on research and development activities that add more strategic value.
  6. Access to Cutting-Edge Technologies: External labs may employ the latest analytical instruments and methodologies before internal departments are ready to invest.
  7. Risk Mitigation: Outsourcing can help mitigate risks associated with equipment failure, personnel shortages, or procedural errors within internal labs.
  8. Data Management and Reporting: Experienced external providers often offer comprehensive data analysis, reporting, and documentation services, aiding in regulatory submissions.
  9. Trusted Data from Trusted Experts

Pion offers custom sample analysis services delivering critical data that drug development scientists need to select the right drug candidate and to formulate faster.

Why Use Pion?

Pion offers a wide range of sample analyses using our unique instrumentation that focuses on lead identification and lead optimization for drug development. From pKa, logP and logD determinations to small-volume dissolution and permeability assessments, Pion’s domain experts help empower the pharmaceutical R&D community to use trusted data for the development of unique therapeutic products that make a positive impact on people’s lives. We work hard to help drug formulators get life-saving and life-enhancing products to market faster.

In short, we help scientists develop drugs with better efficacy more quickly. Contact us today to discuss your project and learn how Pion can assist you in your drug development efforts.

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