PPD Laboratory Services in China: Integrated Capabilities and Services

PPD™ Laboratory services in Suzhou, China, help customers make faster and more accurate decisions and accelerate their studies through global standards of high-quality data and convenient local services. With an integrated laboratory, you will have access to an in-country facility with all the same PPD capabilities.

With in-country kitting, the latest instrumentation and high-throughput automation, our Suzhou lab is equipped with the tools to provide high quality results and data for your studies.

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Our Suzhou lab provides bioanalytical, biomarker, vaccine sciences and central laboratory services. With well-trained and experienced scientific and operational talent, combined with the strong support of PPD global experts, our laboratory helps accelerate your drug development process with delivery of high-quality critical data.

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(~67,000 square feet)

CAP accredited, BSL-2 certificated laboratories

Flexible and integrated deliverables for kit design in China

Pre-labeled tubes and specimen collection kits

  • Collection flow charts
  • Visit and subject specific kits
  • Convenient for investigators

Kit conservation program

  • Identify opportunities for synergies across visits based on protocol review
  • Create kits that can be used across multiple visits
  • Reduces the number of different kit configurations by up to 30%

Kit-less options

  • Bulk supplies and label sets need less storage space
  • Great for fast enrolling studies
  • Less storage space, less waste, controlled costs

Regional kit-building facilities to provide redundancy and reduce shipping costs.

Study (kit spec) set-up

Kits material local sourcing

Kits material ordering/stock build

Kits order placing

Kits production

Kits delivery to sites

Benefits of China kitting services

  • Shorter transit times, local shipping vs. international shipping.
  • Reduced time spent and risks of delay on customs clearance.
  • Cost saved on international shipping and custom clearance.
  • Same time zone for faster responses to sites and sponsors.
  • Faster emergency resupply request.
  • Leverage benefits of local supply chain.
  • Bagged kits are easy to be transferred and stored at sites

Global laboratory capabilities

A photo of a central lab with desks, chairs, computers, and lab equipment.

Central lab

  • Safety testing (chemistry, hematology and urinalysis)
  • Immunology testing
  • Molecular testing
  • Coagulation testing
  • EIA/ELISA testing
  • NGSP Certified HbA1c
  • Special chemistry testing
  • Flow cytometry
Two lab technicians in a bioanalytical laboratory.

Bioanalytical lab

  • LC/MS for small molecules and biologics
  • Immunochemistry ELISA, MSD® platform for PK, anti-drug antibody (ADA) and plate-based NAb assay
  • Cell-based NAb Assays
  • Decision-making biomarkers
Centrifuge tubs in cardboard containers.

Biomarker lab

  • LC/MS and Ligand Binding Assays formats
  • Flow cytometry 
  • PCR/molecular
Two lab technicians in a vaccine sciences laboratory using a computer.

Vaccine sciences lab

  • Functional assay (MOPA, OPA, SBA)
  • Cell Mediated Immunity-T cell ELISPOT, cytokines by flow cytometry
  • Viral microneutralization assay (MNT)
  • High-throughput serology testing by single or multiplex assay (MSD, Luminex, ELISA)
  • Nucleic acid detection of pathogenic microorganisms:
    e.g., HPV genotyping
PPD China lab in Suzhou and PPD China offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Shenyang.

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