ZAGENO

04/22/2026

🌍 This Earth Day, it’s a reminder that sustainability isn’t just about big initiatives - it’s also about everyday decisions.

In labs, procurement is one such decision. Fragmented ordering, duplicate purchases, and excess shipping can quietly add up, impacting both budgets and the environment.

At ZAGENO, we help research teams gain greater visibility and control over purchasing. By centralizing orders and enabling smarter buying decisions, labs can reduce waste and operate more sustainably.

Because advancing science and protecting the planet should go hand in hand.

04/21/2026

Bookmark this one. 🔖

We wrote the complete guide to life sciences procurement: strategy, pitfalls, tools, and everything in between - all in one place.

Here's what's inside:

📋 Tactical purchasing vs. strategic procurement and why the difference matters
📊 The procurement maturity model, from decentralized chaos to full integration
⚠️ 10 common pitfalls (and how to fix them)
🔗 How ERP, P2P, and lab platforms need to work together

Whether you're building your procurement strategy from scratch or trying to scale what you already have, this one's worth coming back to.

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Life sciences procurement for biotech and pharma. Learn how to centralize sourcing, improve spend visibility, and streamline lab procurement workflows.

04/16/2026

Most biotech labs rely on multiple sequencing suppliers at once. 🧬

Library prep kits, enzymes, buffers, and reagents often spread across different vendors, portals, and pricing structures.

The result?

🔬 Inconsistent product choices across teams
🚚 Delays from backorders nobody saw coming
⌛ Hours lost switching between supplier websites
📋 Approvals that slow everything down

The fix isn't just finding a "better" supplier. It's building a more structured way to compare them.

We broke down the five factors that actually matter and how centralized sourcing makes the whole process faster and more consistent.

Find the free guide below 👇

Learn how to compare sequencing suppliers across labs. Evaluate workflow fit, real-time availability, and pricing consistency to streamline your sequencing procurement.

04/14/2026

Your LIMS tracks samples. Your ELN documents experiments.

Neither tells you if you actually have the reagents to run them. 🧪

Most biotech labs don't realize this gap exists until there's a stockout, a duplicate order, or an expired reagent that derails a timeline.

The problem isn't just tracking. It's coordination:

🔴 Inventory and procurement in separate tools
🔴 Manual reordering via spreadsheets and email
🔴 No real-time visibility across teams

We broke down why LIMS and ELNs fall short on inventory and what a proper solution actually looks like.

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Struggling with lab inventory management? Learn what LIMS and ELNs miss—and how biotech labs improve inventory visibility, tracking, and ordering.

04/09/2026

Procurement might not seem like a bottleneck, but for many biotech and pharma labs, it quietly slows down research.

When scientists are stuck with:
🔄 Manual supplier sourcing
📦 Backorders and delays
📋 Fragmented purchasing systems

…valuable lab time gets lost.

Leading organizations are changing this by treating procurement as a driver of research productivity, not just an admin task.

Case in point: Apogee Therapeutics returned 250+ hours to scientists and reduced POs by 40%.

Small workflow changes → real impact on discovery.

👉 Read more: https://hubs.li/Q04bfBfW0

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Inefficient lab procurement drains research time. Learn how Apogee Therapeutics returned 250+ hours to science and optimized discovery with ZAGENO.

04/07/2026

Procure-to-Pay (P2P) in life sciences isn’t just a finance workflow - it directly impacts research timelines, compliance, and cost control.

But in many biotech and pharma organizations, it’s slowed down by:
🔄 Manual processes
🔬 Fragmented supplier systems
⏳ Approval bottlenecks

In our latest blog, we break down the full P2P lifecycle, where it typically breaks down, and how automation (like 3-way matching and centralized sourcing) can transform performance.

Real impact? One biotech company saved $326K+ and 3,500+ hours.

👉 Read the full guide: https://hubs.li/Q049V8sW0

Learn how procure-to-pay (P2P) works in biotech and pharma. Explore lifecycle stages, common bottlenecks, ERP integration, and automation strategies.

04/02/2026

Hot take: procurement is one of biotech’s most underestimated bottlenecks.

It works… until it doesn’t.

As teams scale, what was “good enough” turns into:
📦 Scientists juggling supplier sites
📩 Approvals stuck in email
💸 Finance chasing fragmented spend

That’s why more teams are shifting to a marketplace model, not for convenience, but to bring scientists, procurement, and finance into one workflow.

We broke down what actually matters when evaluating these platforms ⬇️
https://hubs.li/Q049vQxy0

Curious - where has procurement started to break for your team?

Learn how biotech and pharma teams choose the right lab supply marketplace, with guidance on sourcing, approvals, ERP integration, and compliance.

03/26/2026

Punchout catalogs are a well-established part of lab procurement infrastructure but they’re often misunderstood.

They enable compliant, real-time purchasing from individual suppliers within ERP systems.
What they don’t do is coordinate sourcing across the full supplier landscape typical in R&D.

As supplier networks scale, this distinction becomes critical:
📈 Increased integration overhead
🔀 Fragmented purchasing workflows
💰 Limited visibility across orders and spend

Punchout catalogs support transactions.
They don’t solve multi-supplier procurement complexity.

For a deeper look at where punchouts fit and where they fall short, see the full guide 👇
https://hubs.li/Q048szZn0

What is a punchout catalog? Learn how punchout catalogs work in lab and R&D procurement and when labs need more than supplier-by-supplier punchout.

03/24/2026

Apogee Therapeutics returned 250+ hours to science in one year.

How’d they do it?

By using ZAGENO to streamline their lab supply purchasing workflow across research, procurement, and finance.

The impact:
• 250+ hours returned to scientists
• 40% fewer purchase orders processed
• 98 suppliers centralized
• $260,000+ in time savings

We’ve published the full case study 👇

See how Apogee Therapeutics used ZAGENO’s all-in-one lab procurement platform to save $260K+, cut POs by 40%, and return 250+ hours to science.

03/16/2026

Exciting to see our perspective featured in Entrepreneur UK!

One thing is becoming clear across life sciences: labs have modernized their science faster than their supply chains.

Our research found that:
• 67% of lab professionals wouldn’t recommend their current ordering process
• Nearly 9 in 10 researchers report experiment delays due to backorders

That’s not just an operational issue - it directly affects the speed of discovery. As R&D costs rise and timelines tighten, procurement is becoming something very different: not a back-office function, but a strategic accelerator for discovery.

This is why we’re seeing growing momentum around digital lab marketplaces that bring suppliers, data, and procurement workflows into one place.

Because in science, every hour matters. 🔬

Curious to hear from others in life sciences:
What’s the most frustrating part of lab procurement today?

Read the full article in Entrepreneur UK:

Across the life sciences industry, the process of ordering lab supplies and equipment remains stubbornly manual. A recent internal survey conducted by ZAGENO highlights this inefficiency, which found that 67 percent of lab professionals would not recommend their current lab supply ordering process.....

03/12/2026

We are pleased to welcome Dan Mintz as Executive Vice President, Commercial at ZAGENO.

Dan brings 20+ years of enterprise life sciences software and data sales experience, most recently as VP, Sales – Life Sciences & Healthcare at Clarivate.

As scientific discovery accelerates, research organizations need procurement infrastructure that can keep pace.

The ZAGENO platform enables researchers to quickly access the products they need, while procurement teams gain greater transparency, supplier orchestration, and AI-guided buying that reduces complexity and saves time.

Dan will lead ZAGENO’s commercial organization as we scale these capabilities with global pharma and biotech partners.

Interested in connecting with Dan or learning more about how ZAGENO is transforming lab procurement? Let's start the conversation today: https://hubs.li/Q046wBHp0

03/10/2026

Behind every breakthrough is reliable lab supply sourcing. That is why we’re proud to feature Spectrum Chemical on the ZAGENO marketplace. 👩‍🔬

Spectrum Chemical features extensive selection of high-quality lab supplies and equipment - everything you need to power precision, performance, and progress in your laboratory. From trusted reagents to cutting-edge instruments, Spectrum Chemical helps labs source reliable science from hundreds of distributors to meet a wide range of research needs.

Want to explore their offerings on ZAGENO? Let's start the conversation!
https://hubs.li/Q046cdVG0