The Lab Startup Playbook: Setting Up a Research Lab | On-Demand Webinar

Overview

Simplify purchasing, supplier management, and payment processing with one platform.

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

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.

Enterprise Emerging Biotech

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.

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.

Webinar

The Lab Startup Playbook: What Actually Works

Starting a lab involves hundreds of decisions most founders have never made before. Science Exchange Virtual Lab Managers have helped dozens of teams do it, and they know exactly where to focus.
Watch the recorded panel on what actually works — from PO systems and supplier onboarding to equipment strategy and the outsource vs. build decision.

Topics Covered:

• Business infrastructure that doesn't block your first order
• Space and equipment: the surprises that slow you down
• Equipment buying strategy: new vs. used, and what to skip
• Build vs. outsource: how to decide
• What founders consistently get wrong
• Hear from the people who've done it

Haley Grimm, PhD
Head of Virtual Lab Manager Services, Science Exchange

Elizabeth Paris, PhD
Virtual Lab Manager, Science Exchange

Valerie Scott, PhD
Virtual Lab Manager, Science Exchange

Ian Street, PhD
Senior Virtual Lab Manager, Science Exchange

Conclusion

Science Exchange Virtual Lab Managers have helped dozens of early-stage teams navigate the challenges they face when starting a lab. They know what to focus on, what takes longer than planned, and what founders consistently underestimate until it becomes a significant problem.