50+ years of scientific excellence
For more than 50 years, we’ve asked, “What if we tried this?” That curiosity, and the willingness to push boundaries, is part of how we work.
Where Breakthroughs Become Therapies
Specialty and central lab solutions for clinical trials, backed by scientific expertise and a global network.
Driven by science. Delivered with purpose.
We provide specialty lab solutions to sponsors worldwide, customized to your program and grounded in science, to help accelerate your drug development.
Specialty lab solutions that scale with your study
Oncology breakthroughs, emerging disease research, complex therapeutics development – we have the range and scale to support your most important work.
Specialty lab testing
Get flexible, customized solutions designed around your study, grounded in our long-standing expertise in specialty lab and biomarker testing.
Centralized lab management
Our global laboratory and logistics network covers five continents. Our team works as an extension of yours, giving you a flexible, responsive partner for your clinical trials.
Therapeutic areas
Our expertise spans a growing range of therapeutic areas, including oncology, cell and gene therapy, infectious disease and vaccines, inflammation and immunology, metabolic diseases, neurology, and rare disease.
Why Cerba Research?
Integrated specialty and central lab workflow
Specialty expertise and central lab scale come together in one workflow, from the most complex assays to global trial coordination, to help your studies move faster.
Global reach, local execution
Our network spans 42 laboratories across five continents, and every sample still gets individual attention.
Harmonized lab platforms
We work to one global standard across our labs, from Stockholm to São Paulo, so you get consistent quality wherever your trial takes you.
Our track record
42
laboratories globally
1,400+
clinical trials since 2018
>300
studies ongoing
30
publications per year
Specialized services to solve your most complex challenges
Choosing the right assay, partner, and approach shapes the quality of your data. Our specialty services bring all three together.
Biomarkers
Early scientific insights help you strengthen your protocol. We apply our knowledge of circulating biomarkers to support integrated clinical trial delivery and diagnostic development worldwide.
Immunoassays
Bring your research questions to our immunoassay team. We support work across efficacy, safety, immunogenicity, pharmacokinetics, pathogenicity, passive immunization, antiviral therapy and prophylaxis, drug delivery, and resistance mutants.
Genomics
From next-generation sequencing (NGS) to immune repertoire sequencing and DNA/RNA analysis, our genomics team brings more than 30 years of sequencing experience to your research.
Flow cytometry
Our scientific team works with you to design and develop the flow cytometry panels your research needs. Get in touch to see how flow cytometry can strengthen your study.
Expertise across therapeutic areas
We tailor our lab solutions to the science of each therapeutic area, from oncology to rare and infectious diseases, to help turn your research into treatments for patients.
Oncology
Immuno-oncology and personalized medicine are changing cancer research, but working with global patient populations adds real complexity.
We support your complex trials with our laboratories, patient databases, and scientific experts across five continents.
Cancer research leaves no room for shortcuts, and we bring the same rigor to every study.
Infectious diseases
When an infectious disease emerges, speed and scientific rigor matter equally. We combine operational expertise, logistical infrastructure, and scientific depth to help you characterize and research new threats as they arise.
Our global team brings the experience, knowledge, and technology to accelerate clinical trials and help shorten time to treatment.
Cell and gene therapy
Cell and gene therapy trials depend on sample integrity and tight logistics. We bring together advanced technology, subject matter expertise, and specialized operations to help accelerate your development program.
We also distribute sample kits worldwide, and our specialized pick-up and transport services use dry ice to help maintain sample integrity.
We work alongside your team at every stage, from kit distribution to sample delivery.
Inflammation and immunology
We support inflammation and immunology research with specialized assays, immune cell profiling, and biomarker-driven insights, backed by expert scientific teams.
Global sample handling, kit distribution, and tailored logistics help preserve sample integrity and keep your study on schedule.
Our goal goes beyond delivering data: we help you understand immune-driven disease and move therapies closer to patients.
Advancing science responsibly
Responsible science means more than good results. Across our laboratory network, we build ethical practices, environmental stewardship, and community impact into how we work.
Behind the scenes of the breakthroughs
Explore the science shaping clinical development
Our whitepapers, case studies, and publications draw on the trials and challenges our scientists work with every day.
Welcome to Insight to Impact
Our global team shares perspectives on every stage of clinical trial development, from assay design to sample logistics.
Blog
How to Validate Tumor Antigen Expression with Immunohistochemistry: Best Practices for Clinical Trials
Discover how to validate tumor antigen expression with IHC and avoid the HER2-low and PD-L1 pitfalls that skew patient selection and trial outcomes.
Blog
Tracking Clonal Evolution and Resistance with Next-Generation Sequencing
Up to 80% of relapses after targeted therapy are driven by pre-existing resistant subclones. Discover how deep NGS enables their detection and supports effective tracking of tumor evolution and resistance.
Blog
Flow Matters: Illuminating Immune Responses in Virology and Vaccine Testing
In this edition of the Flow Matters blog, we’re diving into how flow cytometry is transforming virology and vaccine research and how new technological advances are giving researchers an unprecedented view of the immune system in action.
Blog
Overcoming the Challenges of ADC Trials in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Treatment
Learn how ADC trials are advancing breast and ovarian cancer treatment while addressing resistance, biomarker, and trial design challenges.
