Discovery Moves Quickly. Legacy Procurement Does Not. Zageno Is Changing That.

Orchestrate Procurement Across Pharma Research Teams

Pharma researcher using connected procurement workflows to support modern R&D operations

ZAGENO embeds procurement operations directly into your scientific workflows, acting as an intelligent orchestration layer that returns thousands of hours to active research.

See the Orchestration Platform in Action

Research efficiency and connected procurement operations in pharmaceutical R&D

Researchers Shouldn’t Have to Slow Down for the Systems Supporting Them

AI is accelerating scientific discovery. Yet behind the scenes, expansive supplier networks, disconnected procurement systems, and siloed scientific workflows continue slowing downstream execution.

This growing gap between research and procurement is one modern R&D can’t afford to ignore.

The Operational Cost of Disconnected Purchasing Systems

Across global enterprise R&D:

10%

of active lab time is lost to supplier searches, order tracking, and manual onboarding

20%

of critical-path pipelines are delayed due to fragmented supplier workflows

Significant spend leakage

occurs when researchers bypass slow legacy procurement systems to keep experiments moving

Bridge the Gap: Orchestrate Supply at the Speed of Science

ZAGENO doesn’t force researchers to adapt to yet another standalone procurement tool. Instead, it embeds purchasing directly into the ELN, LIMS, and protocol workflows teams already use every day.

A single-entry point connects supplier access, purchasing operations, and procurement coordination across the entire research lifecycle.

Connected pharma procurement workflow linking scientific systems, ERP platforms, suppliers, and purchasing operations through ZAGENO

How ZAGENO Helps Pharma Organizations Unlock Value

By unifying scientific applications with enterprise purchasing controls, ZAGENO actively drives measurable returns across three pillars:

Spend optimization

Guided buying
Search algorithms steer traffic toward preferred contracts and strategic supplier agreements at the time of search.

Marketplace benchmarking
An aggregated marketplace surfaces competitive, in-stock alternatives across 50M+ products and 6K+ suppliers.

Rebate & contract sourcing
Automated validation prioritizes pre-negotiated distributor contract pricing, ensuring maximum capture of rebates and discounts.

Process Efficiency

PO consolidation
Automated workflows consolidate catalog and long-tail orders into a single checkout, lowering PO volume and reducing transactional overhead.

Streamlined scientific capacity
Elimination of manual product matching, order management, and delivery tracking returns hours back to research.

Accelerated supplier additions
ZAGENO serves as the single vendor of record, lowering the administrative time and cost required to onboard vendors.

Working capital

Standardized net terms
Extended payment terms across spend improves liquidity and frees up cash flow.

Operational resilience
A single platform consolidates the entire supplier network, improving compliance and simplifying multi-site tracking.

Faster Research Starts with Connected Operations

Embedding procurement directly into scientific workflows helps pharma organizations reduce operational drag and improve research efficiency across enterprise R&D.

3x to 4x ROI within year one

Value drivers include automated demand steering, tail-spend consolidation, and automated process efficiency.

8% to 10% pricing optimization

Automated steering captures pre-negotiated contract tiers and competitive price comparison drives product prices down.

40% reduction in active PO volume

Consolidating thousands of long-tail transactions via a single-entry point reduces manual overhead.

0.5 hours returned to science per order

Streamlining product identification, comparison, delivery tracking returns capacity back to active research.

One Purpose-Built Solution. Two Distinct Experiences.

ZAGENO delivers two custom experiences within the same, powerful platform: one for the lab user/scientist who needs timely, accurate supply to execute experiments, and another for procurement and finance teams focused on spend and supplier orchestration.

For researchers

Build carts directly from ELN, LIMS, and protocol workflows using agentic AI
Access a purchasing experience that feels native to scientific workflows
Surface products through AI-powered scientific search and real-time availability visibility
Reduce time spent searching supplier portals, checking inventory, and assembling orders

For procurement and finance

Centralize supplier and spend orchestration across operations
Route purchasing activity using business rules and preferred supplier strategies
Capture the best value for products across multiple distributors and suppliers
Support category strategy, RFP development, and supplier optimization initiatives

What Our Customers Have to Say

Director Procurement
Alexion

“ZAGENO has been key in our transition to self-service purchasing with Coupa. By consolidating all non-catalog spend within ZAGENO, we’ve automated a previously manual process leading to both time and operational savings. Notably, we’ve eliminated supplier onboarding (for lab consumables), reduced invoice processing, and are able to access the best price for each item.”

Sara Buscemi, AP Specialist
Apogee Therapeutics

“Previously, vendor setup could take days or weeks. That has been resolved. Now the team can order whatever they want from whoever they want at the best price.”

Eric Jain, Executive Director & Controller, and Joel Telfort, Lab Operations Manager
Apogee Therapeutics

“Our partnership with ZAGENO filled a huge business need and delivered everything we were looking for, plus unexpected benefits. When items are on back order, we can quickly switch suppliers, the shipping updates are great, and our invoice volume has been significantly reduced. Having clear visibility into lab supply spending also helps inform our future budgets.”

Accounting Manager and Finance Champion
Enko Chem

“Before ZAGENO entered our workflow, lab supply procurement was a cumbersome, time-consuming process navigated by a lone central coordinator. With ZAGENO, the landscape changed. Our entire team could participate, dispersing requests, approvals, and receipts with ease and efficiency. The platform didn’t just save time; it unveiled a new world of options. The result? A transformed and collaborative procurement process.”

Joel Basken, Director of Operations
Enveda Biosciences

“Using ZAGENO for all of our ordering and tracking has been fantastic. When ZAGENO can talk to the vendor instead of me, I’m all about it. It really helps cut down on the time and cost of ordering and allows us to expand the number of suppliers we use.”

Finance Operations
Intergalactic Therapeutics

“With Zageno we decreased invoice volume by 80 – 90% overall which significantly reduces AP time I consume.”

Researcher
ModernMeadow

“The ability to not have 5 different PO’s for each order has completely changed my life as a researcher and saved time in so many ways!”

Lab Manager
Moderna

“ZAGENO is a leader in that it has the most suppliers and SKUs of any marketplace we looked at.”

VP of Finance
NewLeaf Symbiotic

“As a company overall for us, [ZAGENO] has been a really, really good platform.”

Senior Operations Manager
Remix Therapeutics

“Finding even the simple things like freezers can be quite difficult when you are bulk ordering. ZAGENO made us able to diversify our portfolio a little bit if you will which has been instrumental in us actually getting things on site when we need them.”

Senior Accounting Manager
Proteovant / SK biopharmaceuticals

“Streamlining new vendor setups and invoice consolidation were the two core reasons we signed with ZAGENO. For both R&D and Finance, ZAGENO has streamlined the procurement process and allowed for ownership on the R&D team to get what they want and be happy.”

Global R&D Procurement
UCB

“Now we know that we can look to solutions like ZAGENO for quick turnaround of the products and still realize savings, which is the DNA of the procurement function. So, there are opportunities in which we can combine the costs savings, the technology, or digital transformation and availability of the scientist.”

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Connected Procurement Operations

How does ZAGENO help pharma organizations simplify procurement operations?

ZAGENO connects supplier access, purchasing operations, and procurement workflows into a more coordinated experience that helps pharma organizations reduce operational complexity across research, procurement, and finance.

Does ZAGENO integrate with ERP and P2P systems?

Yes. ZAGENO supports ERP, procure-to-pay (P2P), and PunchOut integrations that help organizations connect purchasing operations with existing procurement and finance infrastructure.

How does ZAGENO reduce operational complexity across research teams?

ZAGENO helps reduce fragmented purchasing activity by connecting supplier access, approvals, purchasing workflows, and operational visibility across research environments.

Can researchers continue using preferred suppliers?

Yes. ZAGENO supports preferred supplier strategies while simplifying purchasing coordination and improving visibility across supplier activity.

How does ZAGENO connect procurement to scientific workflows?

ZAGENO embeds purchasing operations more naturally into the systems and workflows researchers already use every day, such as LIMS, ELN, P2P and ERP systems, helping organizations reduce operational drag from protocol to procurement.