Who We Work With

We support biopharma and biotech teams working with carbohydrate-based and complex biomolecules, with a particular focus on glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and heparin-related materials. Our work is typically used to inform development decisions, comparability assessments, and quality-focused investigations.

• Structural characterisation (NMR, MS, SEC/GPC) and batch fingerprinting
• Impurity and contaminant screening aligned to programme needs
• Functional assays (e.g., anticoagulant activity) and structure–function relationships
• Method development, optimisation and transfer support
• Integrated project management across multi-disciplinary workstreams

We work with academic laboratories requiring specialist glycoscience expertise and advanced analytical capability. Engagements range from discrete analytical packages to longer-term collaborations supporting publications, grant-funded research, and method development.

• Advanced characterisation of GAGs, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides
• Enzymatic digestion workflows and compositional mapping
• Assay design and execution for mechanistic glycobiology questions
• Supply of reagents, standards and enzymes through our eShop
• Interpretation support and consolidated reporting

We support regulatory and QC stakeholders requiring clear, traceable analytical outputs for quality assessment and investigational studies involving complex carbohydrate materials. Work is designed as fit-for-purpose, with transparent documentation and reporting tailored to the decision-making context.

• Identity and structural confirmation workflows for heparin and related GAGs
• Molecular weight distribution assessment and comparability studies
• Targeted impurity profiling and orthogonal analytical confirmation
• Support for method development, optimisation and cross-platform comparability

We provide analytical characterisation and verification support for organisations involved in reference materials, standards development, and cross-laboratory comparability exercises in glycoscience.

• Structural definition and analytical fingerprinting of carbohydrate materials
• Batch-to-batch and source-to-source comparability studies
• Support for specification development and analytical method selection

We support developers working at the interface of glycoscience, materials and biology, including nutraceutical ingredients and carbohydrate-containing biomaterials. Projects are scoped to the intended application and may include analytical characterisation, functional assays, and supporting documentation.

• Ingredient and material characterisation (composition, identity, molecular profile)
• Fit-for-purpose safety and quality parameters (as required by scope)
• Functional testing and structure–function interpretation