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From Compliance to Capability: What 2025 Meant for Contract Labs

By Swathi Kodaikal | Jan 8, 2026

From PFAS to supply chain compliance, 2025 tested how contract laboratories really adapted

A focused contract laboratory scientist, wearing a white coat and safety glasses, reviewing complex data charts on a large, rugged tablet with various samples to be tested placed in petridishes on the lab bench.

A bright, modern lab interior with glassware or instruments in focus and a wall calendar and a 2026 planner in the background.

What’s Next for Contract Labs: Preparing for the Year Ahead

Dec 22, 2025

The 2025 Outsource! Week Webinars Available On Demand Now

Dec 17, 2025

A graceful, high-detail scientific visualization of the female reproductive system, softly lit, with the ovaries highlighted as luminous focal points. Floating around the scene, show abstract molecular biomarkers and protein structures gently orbiting or forming connection networks, suggesting early detection and diagnostic screening. Use a palette of soft rose, deep violet, and warm gold accents to convey seriousness and care. Subtle overlays of lab imagery (pipette tip silhouette, microplate wells, faint genomic sequencing lines) blend into the background. Style: elegant, modern biomedical illustration with a hopeful tone. Illustating the significance of ovarian cancer screening

Ovarian Cancer Early Detection Tests: A Critical Review of Biomarkers, Screening, and Clinical Challenges

Nov 10, 2025

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Sterility Testing Guide: Direct Inoculation vs. Membrane Filtration

Nov 7, 2025

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Certificate of Analysis (COA): Understanding Its Importance and Key Components

Oct 31, 2024

A Certificate of Analysis is an essential document in maintaining the quality and safety of products across numerous industries.

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Alpha Resources Expands Metallography Consumables

Oct 30, 2024

Over 100 new abrasives and polishing cloths to meet diverse testing needs

BMF Offers Four New Materials Compatible with the microArch

Oct 29, 2024

High-temperature, stiffness, and biocompatibility capabilities expand contract labs’ testing and prototyping range

Announcing Outsource! Week by Contract Laboratory

Oct 25, 2024

Effective Use of Contract Laboratories: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses

Oct 19, 2024

Contract Laboratory helps labs and businesses source CROs quickly and easily

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Ensuring Quality Control Testing After Manufacturing Shutdowns: Best Practices and Tips

Oct 16, 2024

Quality control (QC) testing after a shutdown is critical to ensuring that production processes are running smoothly and that product standards are maintained.

Ensuring Quality Control Testing After Manufacturing Shutdowns: Best Practices and Tips

Oct 16, 2024

Quality control (QC) testing after a shutdown is critical to ensuring that production processes are running smoothly and that product standards are maintained.