SARomics Biostructures – contract research organization

SARomics Biostructures, a leading contract research organization (CRO) based in Medicon Village, Lund, Sweden, specializes in providing top-tier structural biology and integrated drug discovery outsourcing services.

Company & business model

SARomics Biostructures, a leading contract research organization (CRO) based in Medicon Village, Lund, Sweden, specializes in providing top-tier structural biology and fragment-based drug discovery outsourcing services. Our comprehensive offerings encompass protein crystallization, X-ray crystallography, antibody-antigen complex and biosimilar structure characterization, protein NMR spectroscopy, fragment-based drug discovery, and computational chemistry. Furthermore, we proudly present the proprietary Weak Affinity Chromatography (WAC™) technology for fragment screening, which we run in close collaboration with our partner Red Glead Discovery.

Established in 2006, SARomics has garnered a reputation for delivering exceptional structural biology and drug discovery outsourcing services to our esteemed clientele worldwide. Our substantial contributions to diverse structural biology and structure-based drug discovery projects are well-documented in numerous publications co-authored with our customers. It’s important to emphasize that we do not assert any ownership over our customers’ projects.

We operate on a fee-for-service model with a project-based payment structure that encompasses a startup fee and milestone-based payments. Additionally, we are open to considering FTE-based payment arrangements upon mutual agreement with the customer.

What are our customers saying about us?

A recent customer survey (October 2023) showed that more than 90% of our customers are happy or very happy with our services and are ready to recommend us to others. More than 50% answered that they contacted us after a recommendation from a colleague.

Among the comments we received:
Awesome team, awesome science, and always a pleasure to work with! The team is very communicative and always available for 1:1 discussions.

Extremely flexible in terms of project structures, pricing and delivery. I always highly recommend SARomics and they are my preferred CRO of all the partners we regularly use.

Fantastic collaboration, very professional and easy to discuss with, always proactive and flexible. Thank you!

Very satisfied with all phases of the project from initiation to delivery. Very professional company.

SARomics has been a good partner. We appreciate working with you.

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Watch the company presentation by Björn Walse, the CEO of SARomics Biostructures.

The presentation took place during a virtual meeting jointly organized by SciLifeLab Sweden and the MAX IV BioMax beamline. The webinar focused on “Drug discovery & development opportunities for industry at SciLifeLab and MAX IV.” The total duration is about 14 minutes.