Your lab, inside ours · CLIA · CAP
A dedicated laboratory suite inside the ResearchDx facility, branded in your company name, with its own CLIA certificate and CAP accreditation. Use our facilities, equipment, staff and expertise to fast-track commercialization, without the upfront cost or overhead of building a lab.
What is a PodLab?
A PodLab is dedicated bioincubator space within our facility in Irvine, California. Because it is a separate suite, it can hold its own CLIA certificate and CAP accreditation, in your company’s name.
ResearchDx manages the laboratory for you: licensing, accreditation, quality and day-to-day operations. Your PodLab draws on our shared facilities, instruments, staff and expertise, so you can launch your test sooner and spend your capital on your product.
A separate suite branded as your laboratory, for your clients, partners and investors.
A CLIA certificate and CAP accreditation held by your laboratory, managed by ResearchDx.
Facilities, equipment, staff and regulatory expertise already in place from day one.
What you get
A PodLab gives you the standing of an independent laboratory, with the resources of an established one.
A separate laboratory space for your tests, workflows and samples, inside our facility.
The suite, and the laboratory behind it, carry your company name.
We obtain and maintain your CLIA certificate and CAP accreditation, plus state licensure where required.
Access to our instruments, sample receiving, storage and supporting laboratory infrastructure.
Run by ResearchDx staff, or by a combination of ResearchDx and your own staff.
Quality systems, proficiency testing, inspection readiness and regulatory oversight, managed by our team.
Staffing models
Fully managed
Best for
Companies that want to focus on product, sales and partnerships while we run the laboratory
How it works
Our laboratory director, scientists and technologists operate your PodLab under your CLIA certificate
Shared
Best for
Companies building their own team and know-how while they commercialize
How it works
Your scientists work alongside ours, with ResearchDx managing licensing, quality and compliance
How it works
Define your test menu, expected volume, staffing model and timeline.
Prepare and brand your dedicated space, and allocate the equipment your tests need.
Apply for your CLIA certificate, CAP accreditation and any state licenses, managed by our team.
Transfer and validate your tests to CLIA/CAP standards, then begin reporting patient results.
Run day to day with our support, add tests, and scale with your volume.
PodLabs are best for companies with a strong product that want to fast-track commercialization without the upfront cost and overhead of their own facility.
Who it’s for
Building a CLIA laboratory means finding space, buying equipment, hiring a laboratory director and staff, and working through licensing and accreditation before the first patient result. A PodLab puts that infrastructure in place for you.
You keep your own laboratory identity and certificates, and can move to your own facility later if you choose.
Companies with a strong, validated product
Startups ready to commercialize
Companies that want their own CLIA laboratory
Programs that need a separate, confidential workflow
International companies entering the US market
Tell us about your product, your test menu and your timeline, and we’ll show you how a PodLab could work for you.