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Accelerate precision medicine with an early biomarker strategy

Start with expert consultation from our Biomarker Solution Center and leverage global scientific, technical, and platform expertise to bring your biomarker strategy to life from discovery through commercialization.

Empowering your clinical trials with strategic biomarker testing services

When you're working to bring targeted therapies to market, you need a partner who can help you overcome challenges in specialty assay development. With rigorous scientific experience and advanced technology platforms, we help streamline complex processes, reduce time to market and enhance the likelihood of regulatory success. Our support extends across all phases—from early discovery and translational research to late-stage clinical trials and commercialization—empowering pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical research customers to achieve efficient and actionable outcomes. Through deep therapeutic area knowledge, close collaboration and a commitment to innovation, we enable the advancement of precision medicine and help deliver targeted therapies to patients faster.

Led by PhD-level experts, our team provides scientific thought leadership, therapeutic area insights and strategic consultation to help you make informed decisions at every stage.

Biomarker uses & benefits

  • Indicate disease severity, risk, or likely outcome
  • Determine patient eligibility and stratification
  • Confirm drug response and dosing
  • Monitor treatment response, progression and efficacy
  • Evaluate safety and mitigate adverse effects

Therapeutic area expertise that drives results

Benefit from deep scientific and industry experience across four key therapeutic areas:

Oncology & immuno-oncology

Extensive experience with more than 2,000 oncology trials and over 1,000 immuno-oncology studies

Cardiovascular and metabolic disease

Expertise in cardiovascular, diabetes, renal and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) programs

Neurology

Specialized support for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS and concussion/mTBI biomarkers

Immunology

Advanced immunoassay platforms and flow cytometry capabilities for autoimmune and inflammatory conditions

Comprehensive biomarker capabilities

Choosing Labcorp gives you access to discovery and translational biomarker solutions as well as integrated biomarker testing services to accelerate drug development across clinical phases and therapeutic areas:

  • Strategy design consultation
    Tailored guidance from need identification through project completion, including biomarker selection, mechanism of action and regulatory alignment

  • Translational biomarker solutions
    Fit-for-purpose assay development, validation and seamless transition to CAP/CLIA or GxP environments

  • Global testing infrastructure
    Access to over 4,500 assays and custom development options across Labcorp’s global lab network

  • Streamlined navigation support
    Efficient placement and transfer of proprietary assays within Labcorp’s regulatory and laboratory ecosystem

Why a single global lab partner matters

Partnering with Labcorp means more than scientific excellence—it means operational efficiency and strategic alignment across your entire development life cycle:

Cost savings & sustainability

Reduce duplication, streamline logistics and minimize environmental impact with centralized services and global coordination

Consistency & standardization

Harmonized data collection, assay performance and reporting across geographies enables reliable insights and regulatory confidence

Operational efficiency

One partner, one network—simplifying vendor management, accelerating timelines and enabling seamless transitions from discovery to commercialization

Seamless transition to companion diagnostics

If your biomarker evolves into a potential companion diagnostic , Labcorp’s integrated teams can seamlessly support the co-development of both your therapeutic and diagnostic. This parallel development pathway helps maintain regulatory alignment, trial efficiency and, ultimately, greater patient access to your therapy.

Scientist Working in The Laboratory

Let’s build your biomarker strategy together.

Contact the Early Scientific Engagement Team