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You need to advance science. Not manage purchase orders.

Our Virtual Lab Manager™ is essential for growing biotech organizations. Give your lean science team the purchasing power, vendor expertise, and lab operations bandwidth you can't afford to build in-house.

 

The hidden cost of DIY lab operations.

When administrative overhead becomes your biggest experiment risk. 

  • Your $150,000-a-year scientist spends 20% of their time on $15-an-hour administrative tasks.
  • Critical experiments get delayed while waiting for the "right price" on reagents.
  • Your team's breakthrough potential is buried under purchase orders and vendor emails.


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The essential solution for emerging biotech.

Your Virtual Lab Manager (VLM) is a PhD-trained, dedicated operational expert embedded in your team from day one. Full lab operations infrastructure — no headcount, no overhead.

Sourcing & Vendor Management

Your VLM handles purchasing, supplier negotiation, and vendor onboarding — leveraging Science Exchange's network of thousands of pre-qualified scientific partners to drive 10–20% savings on lab supply spend.

Logistics & Supply Chain

From order tracking to shipping coordination, your VLM eliminates the supply chain failures and delays that derail experiments and burn runway.

Budget Oversight & Spend Intelligence

Real visibility into what you're spending and whether it's competitive. Your VLM surfaces benchmark data so you avoid overpaying.

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Results that matter

4-6 hrs

saved per scientist per week

10-20%

savings on lab supply spend

10+ yrs

supporting emerging biotech teams

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With a scalable solution that has continued to support our growth, the Virtual Lab Manager has integrated seamlessly into our operation and has driven significant cost and time savings. 

Eli Berlin

Co-Founder, Terray Therapeutics

Focus on your research, we'll take care of everything else.

Lab procurement

Lab procurement

Let us take care of your shopping list, approvals, purchasing software, negotiating prices, and processing POs.

price and comparison

Price comparison & product sourcing

As masters of the supply chain, we’ll find the right supplies and equipment through data analysis, supplier outreach, and spec comparisons.

supplier relations

Supplier relations

Tired of setting up accounts, payments, and doing time-consuming paperwork that needs to be scanned? We can do it! When issues pop up, we’re all over it.

ETA

ETA & logistics coordination

UPS, FedEx, and Amazon shipments? No problem! Track all of your orders through the ETA app.

Bookkeeping

Bookkeeping and AP support

Let us manage your lab spending by tracking invoices and receipts, partnering with your accountant, and providing EOM reports.

EH&S

EH&S compliance support

We make sure your important documents and chemical inventory are updated and organized for Environmental Health and Safety protocols.

Science Should Never Wait

Give your scientists their time back.

Start with a no-commitment 20-minute call.
We will walk through your current setup and tell you whether VLM is the right fit.