Science Exchange Blog | R&D Outsourcing, Supplier Orchestration & Life Sciences Operations Insights | Discovery Tax
Overview
Simplify purchasing, supplier management, and payment processing with one platform.
Features
Analytics: Turn R&D spend data into supplier benchmarks, category strategy, and audit-ready reports.
R&D Marketplace: Work with suppliers instantly and efficiently, all in one marketplace experience.
Integrations: Connect Science Exchange to your existing ERP, P2P, and identity systems with no disruption to core infrastructure.
Workflows: Automate supplier requests, approvals, and compliance across every R&D team without the manual handoffs.
Security & Compliance: Enterprise security controls, audit-ready compliance, and pre-qualified suppliers built into every workflow.
Payments: Automate supplier invoices, payments, and spend tracking across your entire R&D portfolio.
Artificial Intelligence: Surface supplier insights, flag spend anomalies, and move faster with AI built on life sciences data.
Solutions
Overview
One platform to orchestrate suppliers across every stage of the R&D lifecycle.
HEOR & Real-World Evidence: Generate payer evidence faster with standardized vendor workflows.
Preclinical R&D: Accelerate discovery programs with instant access to pre-qualified suppliers.
Virtual Lab Manager™: Dedicated procurement support so your scientists can focus on the science.
Clinical Research: Coordinate trial vendors across all sites with compliance built in.
R&D Teams
Connect R&D teams to pre-qualified scientific partners with compliance and project visibility built in.
Procurement
Procurement intelligence built for life sciences: compliance, sourcing strategy, and spend visibility in one platform.
Finance
Real-time R&D spend visibility, invoice matching, and budget reporting built for finance teams.
Legal
One master agreement covers every supplier relationship, so legal review happens once, not per engagement.
Emerging Biotech
Enterprise sourcing infrastructure for lean biotech teams, without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Suppliers
- Overview: Access pharmaceutical and biotech R&D budgets through Science Exchange's curated supplier network with simplified contracting and streamlined payment.
- Industries We Serve: Source the right supplier, with the right capabilities, right when you need them.
- Become a Supplier: Apply to join Science Exchange's qualified supplier network and gain access to enterprise pharmaceutical clients seeking specialized scientific services.
Resources
Resource Library: Guides, case studies, white papers, and industry reports on R&D supplier orchestration, compliance automation, and procurement efficiency for life sciences teams.
Blog: Helpful resources on R&D outsourcing, supplier orchestration, operational and procurement strategies & more. Stay on top of the latest innovations from our 3800+ R&D suppliers.
Latest Blog: Vendor Consolidation in Preclinical R&D: How to Cut Vendor Sprawl Without Cutting Capability.
Testimonials
Science Exchange is a real value-add to a growing biotech startup. Three words that describe my experience with them: satisfaction, satisfaction, satisfaction.
Ethan Perlstein, PhD
With a scalable solution that has continued to support our growth, Science Exchange seamlessly integrated into our operation and has driven significant cost and time savings. I can't recommend them highly enough.
Eli Berlin, Co-Founder, Terray Therapeutics
Working with Science Exchange has been a truly amazing experience and I would without pause recommend all early stage labs work with you for lab management.
Andrea Mazzocchi, PhD, CEO, Known Med
When I sold Distributed Bio and I started my next company Centivax, Science Exchange were one of the first people I called. I recommend a Virtual Lab Manager for any biotech startup.
Jacob Glanville, PhD, Founder/CEO, Centivax
It has been a great experience working with Science Exchange. Yesterday, another company at MBC asked me about my experience with Science Exchange and the only thing I could say is that I had the best experience.
Elena Silva, Scientist
I just wanted to send a quick thank you for your support this week confirming ETAs, tracking, and general updates. While I know it is your job, I still appreciate the effort and the level of service you provide to Geltor.
S. Shreve, Lab Manager
Science Exchange has been a vital part to how we've been able to get Arbor up and running in an efficient, cost effective, and well-supported manner. We would be more than happy to recommend other startups your way.
Winston Yan, Founder, Arbor Biotechnologies
The mission is science. Not administration.
Every hour lost to friction is an hour a program doesn’t move forward. Science Exchange removes that friction for every team that touches R&D — not by making the current process faster, but by replacing what was never fit for purpose in the first place.