Custom Biospecimens Collections

Prospective, custom biospecimens collections to match the exact specifications of your project

With an in-house donor center and database of donors, along with an established network of hospitals and care centers, Precision can source virtually any disease type or sample type biospecimens needed for your project.

The Prospective Collections Process

Meeting the Growing Demand for Prospective Biospecimens

High-quality, well-characterized biospecimens are essential for advancing research in areas such as biomarker discovery, assay development, and validation. Prospective collections offer the precision and control needed to meet evolving scientific requirements, ensuring the right samples are collected under the right conditions at the right time. Our capabilities support targeted collections across key research areas, including immunotherapy, cancer research, neurodegeneration, genetic disorders, cardiovascular disease, infectious and rare diseases.

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Planning

With deep scientific expertise and operational precision, we deliver turn-key solutions for biospecimen collection studies:

Custom collection protocols developed by certified pathologists and clinicians to ensure high-quality, first-pass sample acquisition
Dedicated project managers who collaborate with you to align study goals, timelines, and logistics
Comprehensive support across all phases of biospecimen collection, including:
- Feasibility assessments for site and sample availability
- Study design tailored to your biospecimen needs
- Regulatory support, including IRB submissions and approvals
- Study start-up, site training, and ongoing collection management

Sample Collection and Logistics

We provide comprehensive operational support to ensure high-quality, consistent biospecimen collections:

End-to-end protocol management: manufacturing, training, collection, monitoring, logistics, and reporting
Rapid study initiation via IRB-ready framework and internal donor network
Patient recruitment and enrollment coordination
Tailored sample collection kits with custom reagents and detailed instructions
Standardized collection and processing procedures
Subject data capture and reporting
Specimen shipping and logistics with full chain-of-custody oversight

Custom processing, storage, and analysis

We offer comprehensive lab support for advanced biospecimen analysis and data integrity:

Routine and custom sample processing
Secure sample storage with full QC and compliance oversight
Advanced analytical capabilities, including:
- Immune monitoring & flow cytometry
- Target & biomarker validation
- Cytokine profiling & proteomics
- Tissue imaging & analysis
- Genomics and bioanalysis
Real-time data access through our Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system
Simplified, rapid data analysis
Validated, compliant workflows for confident assay development across modalities

Precision has the sites, experience, and donor database to support prospective collections needs

Precision has developed our process to support custom collections through over 25 years of experience in protocol design and execution of biospecimen collections. In addition to our in-house donor center, our network of medical specialists spanning over 90 disease areas paired with our global logistics, processing, and storage services, enables Precision for Medicine to deliver the right specimen, in the right matrix, at the right time.

90 indications with collections capabilities

150 collection sites

4500 donors in Precision's in-house donor database

From feasibility assessment to specimen delivery

Ensure the right samples and data are collected the right way-on time and target.

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Custom collections through our in-house Donor Center

Precision’s in-house donor center can provide faster turnaround times than collections via outside sites.

Collection are done via an approved protocol to save time required to set up a new protocol for each collection
Kits can be made on-site quickly
Specialized processing can be done on-site: no transit time is needed prior to processing, meaning samples can be shipped same day.

In addition, we maintain a curated and continuously growing donor database of both disease-state and healthy donors, routinely screened for positive viral detection to ensure a reliable database of “top-tier” donors.

Precision routinely collects in these disease categories


Healthy	Gastroenterology	Nephrology	Pediatric
Autoimmune/inflammatory/allergy	Genetic Diseases	Oncology	Renal
Cardiovascular	Infectious Disease	Hematology	Respiratory
Dermatology	Liver Disease	Ophthalmology	Reproductive Health
Endocrinology	Neurology	Orthopedic

Custom collections through the Precision Site Network

Our site network is composed of hospitals, investigator sites, and care centers geographically distributed to allow for broad or targeted collections. The network sites focus on disease-state donors, and can be used as sites for patient recruitment when a collection is needed for a specific indication or donor demographics beyond what can be collected through our in-house donor center.

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Understanding prospective vs. retrospective collections

Prospective Collections

Biospecimens collected prospectively can be collected via on ongoing protocol (such as to collect fresh, healthy samples through Precision’s own Donor Center), or can be custom collections where a specific patient population is recruited and collected from.

Benefits

Collect the exact specimens needed for your research
Premium biospecimen sample quality through custom sample collection kitting and processing
All sample types can be collected including matched tissue and blood or uncommon sample types (stool, fingernails, etc.)

Prospective collections are ideal when fresh samples are needed, or when the biospecimens needed are highly specific and can’t be readily sourced from an existing retrospective biorepository.

Limitations

Timelines can be longer to obtain samples (but healthy samples from Precision’s donor center can be delivered rapidly)
Cost per specimen is generally greater

Retrospective Collections

These are IRB-consented biospecimens previously collected and stored for future use. These are generally frozen (cryopreserved) samples, or FFPE tissue blocks or slides, or remnant diagnostic specimens (such as respiratory swabs).