Hassle-free
oncology specimens

Designed by researchers, for researchers.

IRB/EC approved
Quality Control tested
Next-day shipping
Frozen plasma, buffy coat, FFPE blocks and slides
TRUSTED BY LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Why top diagnostic labs choose Reference Medicine

Transparent pricing

With our inventory list, what you see is what you get. Our inventory includes fees for every specimen so there aren’t any unwelcome surprises when you get a quote from us!

Customer focus

We do it all for our customers! We want to be seen as an extension of your team, not just another vendor. Everything we do is to make our customer’s experience the best it can be.

Quality sourcing

We know quality specimens can be hard to come by. That’s why we work with IRB/EC-accredited institutions around the globe and QC their specimens before they even hit our inventory.

Delight guarantee

If your team has any issues with our specimens, we’ll make it right - no questions asked. We’ll work with you to figure out the best way to keep your experiments moving forward.

Products designed with oncology developers in mind

We know not all oncology research looks the same. With our product offerings, you can mix and match to create the cohort you need.

Matched sets

Tissue blocks

Blood products

Solid tumors are our specialty

Breast to bowel, lung to liver - we work with sites worldwide to collect oncology samples from every cancer indication.

Each month, we receive hundreds of cases into our care. Sample case volumes for a typical month are below.

Bladder: 15-20 cases
Brain: 0-5 cases
Breast: 10-20 cases
Cervix: 0-5 cases
Colorectal: 75-100 cases
Esophageal: 0-5 cases
Head & neck: 20-30 cases
Kidney: 5-10 cases
Lymphoma: 5-10 cases
Liver: 0-5 cases
Lung: 15-20 cases
Ovarian: 10-15 cases
Prostate: 10-20 cases
Skin: 10-15 cases
Stomach: 15-20 cases
Uterine: 5-10 cases
Testimonials

What our customers say

Let's chat

No matter what you want to talk about, we’ve got someone for you to talk to!

Inga Rose
Chief Executive Officer
Chat with Inga about partnership opportunities, our background and founding story, or just to generally learn more about all we do at Reference Medicine.
Jeff Kimbrough
HEAD OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Chat with Jeff about our biomarker characterization and how this in-house data compliments our specimen offerings...
and your experiments!
Mario Melendez
HEAD OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Chat with Mario about onboarding as a customer, placing a request, our delight guarantee, our "try a block on us" offer, or any other order-related questions.
Aaron Schlum
Head of Development & Quality Assurance
Chat with Aaron about your sample and quality-related questions, including NGS sample preparation, validations, and quality assurance.