JOINN Laboratories Founded
JOINN Laboratories
Founded in 1995, JOINN Laboratories (stock codes: 603127.SH / 6127.HK) is a leading global Contract Research Organization (CRO) with operations in major cities across China - including Beijing, Suzhou, and Guangzhou, as well as in the United States, with facilities in San Francisco and Boston. JOINN is dedicated to accelerating the research and development of innovative therapies by delivering high-quality, globally aligned services. Our qualifications include CNAS/ILAC accreditation, multi-country GLP compliance (China, the United States, the OECD, Japan, and South Korea), and AAALAC accreditation, ensuring the highest international standards of quality and reliability.
Our comprehensive service portfolio spans the entire drug development lifecycle, covering drug discovery, pharmaceutical quality research and testing, non-clinical safety assessment, clinical trials, and post-marketing pharmacovigilance. In addition, JOINN offers specialized expertise in experimental animal disease models, veterinary drug development, agrochemical evaluation, and medical device assessment. Guided by our mission ─ “Safety Assessment and Life Cycle Monitoring for Your Pharmaceutical Innovations”, JOINN combines deep scientific expertise with operational excellence to help global partners bring life-changing therapies to patients safely, efficiently, and with confidence.
Enterprise Advantage
JOINN (Beijing) and JOINN (Suzhou)are the main bases of non-clinical evaluation business in China. There are 73200m2 animal experiment facilities meeting international standards in both places. JOINN is currently the largest non-clinical safety assessment service provider in China. It can provide personalized scheme design, drug screening, pharmacodynamics research, pharmacokinetics research, safety evaluation and other services for drugs, medical devices, veterinary drugs, pesticides and other new chemicals.
We are a leading CRO in China, with increasingly rich comprehensive services cope and expanding global territory.
JOINN is currently the largest non-clinical safety assessment service provider in China. It can provide customers with drugs, medical devices, veterinary drugs, pesticides and safety evaluation services.
Journey & Evolution
Completed the world's 1st safe assessment on a gene therapy drug
JOINN (Beijing) Obtained the 1st NMPA certification
Passed the 1st AAALAC accreditation
Passed the 1st US FDA GLP inspection
JOINN (Suzhou) Obtained the 1st NMPA certification
Obtained the 1st OECD GLP certification
Passed the 1st Korea MFDS GLP inspection
Obtained the 1st CMA certification
Benefits and Qualifications
Animal welfare
- Strictly implement the principle of ‘3R’, ‘five freedoms’ and the culture of care.
- ‘Same system’, ‘ Same standard’, uniform animal welfare policies and standards.
- The "whole life cycle care principle", which covers the whole process of welfare care from the receipt of animals to the humane endpoints.
- International standard animal facilities, EU style pens for dogs and NHPs.
- Environmental enrichment, shavings bedding, conforming toys, socialized activities.
Quality Assurance
- GLP Trainings: JOINN's management is committed to a high level of scientific quality and Good Laboratory Practice(GLP) compliance. JOINN is operated under a single quality standard, which is in compliance with both NMPA, ICH and US FDA GLP regulations. All staff must pass the systematic GLP trainings.
- Independent and Professional QA Team: JOINN has an independent and professional quality assurance team, the members have abundant GLP working experiences and are familiar with GLP compliances. JOINN's QA inspectors perform facility inspections to assure management that the facilities, equipment.
- SOPs: JOINN has more than 500 SOPs to ensure study quality and integrity in the following categories: Administration Study Practice Laboratory Techniques Instrument Operation QAU Practice Animal Care and Use.
- Strict Process Management: JOINN's QA inspectors also perform study inspections at adequate intervals to ensure the integrity of the studies. The findings of the inspections are reported to the study director and facility management.
Project Management
- Precise Definition: Clarify project goals & scope, align deliverables with client needs to eliminate wasted resources.
- Scientific Planning: Draft detailed roadmaps with milestone scheduling and resource allocation for smooth project rollout.
- Seamless Collaboration: Build efficient cross-department communication channels to unify information flow and task execution.
- End-to-end Quality Control: Run full-process quality oversight and risk alerts to guarantee regulatory compliance and reliable outcomes.
- Agile Response: Quickly adapt to project changes and emergencies, adjusting strategies to meet delivery deadlines.
Observe IP Confidentiality Norms
- Strategy & System Setup: We prioritize IP protection, comply with global IP rules to standardize IP filing, use, management and protection workflows.
- Contract-based Confidentiality Safeguards: Pre-signed NDAs stipulate confidentiality duties and leak liabilities, establishing upfront IP protection barriers.
- Staff IP Training & Compliance Execution: Internal IP training updates staff on laws and risk-control rules to build company-wide compliance awareness.
- Proactive IP Filing for Innovations: Prioritize patent filings to cut infringement risks, convert R&D outputs into intangible assets and realize IP value circulation for drug development.
- Periodic Internal Audits for Risk Detection: Routine IP audits inspect IP status, infringement hazards and regulatory compliance to deliver comprehensive innovation protection.
- Systematic Long-term Governance: A full-lifecycle IP management framework governs IP acquisition, protection, application and oversight, aligning IP tactics with corporate strategy.
Holistic Protection System
- Facility Data Collection System: Data acquisition is supported by Provantis, Watson LIMS and ELN; process management uses DMS, QMS and e-Sign; resource management uses BMS, RMS and TAM.
- Data Lifecycle Management: Data collection, secure storage, structured processing, GLP-compliant review and long-term archiving ensure complete, authentic and reliable data.
- Physical Security: Strict access control and visitor management provide a solid line of defense.
- Cybersecurity: Core data is stored on the intranet, supplemented by firewall, intrusion detection and encrypted access by VPN.
- Logic Security: Role-based minimal access control (RBAC) and a strict password policy are implemented.
- Backup and Disaster Response: Regular and off-site backup mechanisms are established to ensure business continuity.
