From Outsourced To In-House: Establishing On-Site Lab Services

By Carolyn Garrett, Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions

Lab testing services are critical to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical product development, and those companies often choose to outsource to CROs/CDMOs via a fee-for-service model or by dedicating FTE teams at the vendor's site. Alternatively, insourcing places a provider's full-time employees (FTEs) directly within the sponsor's own lab facilities. This model offers sponsors greater control over resources, increased stability, and better IP security.

Insourcing is a strategic, flexible solution preferred over temporary staffing, which is short-term, less technically supportive, and involves co-employment risks due to labor limitations on tenure. Insourcing becomes cost-effective compared to temps around the 12-to-18-month mark.

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions provides this model globally, hiring its own FTEs to work on client sites. PSS offers flexible partnership models ranging from project-based support to complete lab management, enabling a scalable workforce solution for clients. PSS can manage project implementation and provides on-site leadership for its personnel. PSS can also transition a client's temporary employees into PSS FTEs, retaining institutional knowledge and ensuring business continuity. The goal is to simplify clients' lives, allowing them to focus on core competencies by delivering reliable, turnkey personnel and operational excellence to achieve project milestones.