Sanguine

Sanguine

In-home specimen collection for clinical trials

Overview

Sanguine Biosciences provides a mobile health platform that connects patients and researchers to run clinical trials. It recruits participants, collects data at home, and performs sample processing under study protocols through a concierge in-home service. Revenue comes from service fees charged to pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic clients for recruitment, data collection, and sample processing. The company aims to reduce logistical and operational hurdles in clinical trials by coordinating remote activities and on-site services to advance translational research.

About Sanguine

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Why Sanguine is rated
C+
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Biotechnology

Healthcare

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$16.2M

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Founded

2010

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What believers are saying

  • On January 30, 2026, Sanguine expanded oncology collections through nationwide clinic partnerships.
  • November 2025 Catalio financing funded GMP leukopaks and commercial growth.
  • April 2026 hiring for mobile phlebotomists signals active collection demand across multiple cities.

What critics are saying

  • Catalio’s October 2023 senior secured loan and November 2025 credit deepen refinancing pressure.
  • A donor-network quality failure or HIPAA breach would destroy clinic trust and freeze collections.
  • Grail, Azenta, and Labcorp can outspend Sanguine on biospecimen sourcing by 2027.

What makes Sanguine unique

  • Sanguine’s donor-first network couples EMR-verified biospecimens with matched clinical data, unlike commodity brokers.
  • On January 30, 2026, it added synovial fluid and skin punch biopsies.
  • Its direct-to-donor model and over 20 oncology clinics reduce donor burden and study timelines.

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Funding

Total Funding

$16.2M

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Funded Over

4 Rounds

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

2%
PR Newswire
Dec 3rd, 2025
Sanguine Biosciences Expands Clinical Biospecimen Portfolio With New Synovial Fluid and Skin Punch Biopsy Offerings

Sanguine Biosciences expands clinical biospecimen portfolio with new Synovial Fluid and Skin Punch Biopsy offerings. News provided by. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Sanguine Biosciences, a leading provider of high-quality human biospecimens and real-world clinical data, today announced the expansion of its clinical sample portfolio with the launch of two new offerings: Synovial Fluid and Skin Punch Biopsy collections. These sample types significantly enhance researchers' capacity to explore the mechanisms underlying autoimmune, inflammatory, musculoskeletal, and dermatological disorders. The new offerings are enabled by Sanguine's partnership with sites across the United States for IRB-approved sample collections along with comprehensive clinical data, allowing researchers to access highly characterized donors, matched sample sets, and longitudinal follow-up with exceptional operational control. Advancing Autoimmune & Inflammatory Research With Synovial Fluid Sanguine's Synovial Fluid offering provides researchers with access to fresh, high-quality samples collected from donors with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout, and other inflammatory joint diseases. Precise clinical metadata, including disease duration, treatment history, relevant clinical tests, and matched sample sets; enables translational teams to connect molecular signatures with clinical phenotypes. * Fresh or frozen synovial fluid collected under sterile conditions * Disease-specific donor recruitment (RA, PsA, gout, OA, etc.) * Optional matched whole blood, plasma, serum, and PBMCs * IRB-approved, HIPAA-compliant workflows "Access to high-integrity synovial fluid provides a direct window into inflammatory biology," said Gerald Lee, Chief Product Officer at Sanguine Biosciences. "This is a major step forward for teams studying cytokine profiles, immune cell interactions, and therapeutic response in joint disease." Introducing Skin Punch Biopsies for Dermatology, Immunology & Fibrosis Studies Sanguine's new Skin Punch Biopsy offering supports a wide range of disease areas, including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, lupus, scleroderma, and chronic inflammatory skin conditions. Matched blood samples and longitudinal collection capabilities help researchers track disease progression and treatment impact over time. * 2mm to 3mm diameter skin punch biopsies (disease and non-lesional control sites available) * Comprehensive clinical metadata, electronic medical records (EMR) verified * Fresh or frozen tissue options * Prospectively collected samples to match protocol requirements "Dermatology researchers increasingly require tissue-level insights that peripheral blood alone cannot provide," said Lee. "These punch biopsies offer a powerful way to interrogate immune pathways, structural changes, and therapeutic mechanisms directly within affected tissue." Built on Sanguine's Donor-First Model Both new offerings reflect Sanguine's commitment to empowering clinical research by making participation easy, transparent, and community-centered. Sanguine leverages its integrated technology platform to streamline data and donor engagement. Donors are digitally consented into Sanguine's donor community at their doctor visit, allowing clinics and their patients to participate in research without additional infrastructure or operational burden. By securely importing EMRs directly from health systems, Sanguine harmonizes rich clinical data with each biospecimen, giving researchers a comprehensive, contextualized dataset. By integrating clinical data, EMR history, matched biospecimens, and longitudinal sampling, Sanguine enables discovery teams to build comprehensive, more biologically relevant datasets across autoimmune and inflammatory disease programs. This seamless integration accelerates access to high-quality samples and data while preserving clinic workflows and donor experience. About Sanguine Biosciences Sanguine Biosciences empowers leading pharma and biotech teams with high-quality biospecimens and clinical data collected through a nationwide, participant-centric research network. With IRB-approved protocols, deep community engagement, and real-time digital coordination, Sanguine accelerates translational research across autoimmune, oncology, metabolic, inflammatory, and rare diseases. SOURCE Sanguine Biosciences

PR Newswire
Nov 4th, 2024
Sanguine Biosciences Announces The Launch Of Leukocert™ Gmp Leukopaks

WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanguine Biosciences is pleased to announce the launch of LeukoCert™, GMP-grade leukopaks designed for cell therapy manufacturing. Produced according to strict GMP standards, LeukoCert™ leukopaks are available in fresh whole or half packs, providing high-quality starting materials to streamline workflows and accelerate cell therapy development. "Sanguine's LeukoCert GMP-grade leukopaks are manufactured to the highest standards, ensuring optimal viability and functionality for successful cell therapy development," said Gerald Lee, Chief Product Officer. "We are confident that our new offerings will empower researchers to advance their research and bring new cell therapies to market faster.". LeukoCert complements Sanguine's comprehensive apheresis product line, which also includes LeukoCore™ (RUO-grade healthy and disease-state leukopaks) and LeukoLot™ (isolated and cryopreserved PBMCs from healthy and disease-state leukopaks)

Business Wire
Apr 9th, 2024
Sanguine Biosciences Affirms Superior Quality Of Its Biospecimen Services Using Verif.I®, Scientist.Com’S Supplier Pre-Assessment Program

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scientist.com, the pharmaceutical industry’s leading RD marketplace, announced today that Sanguine Biosciences, a leading biospecimen provider that connects researchers to the biospecimens they need with a direct-to-donor model to accelerate precision medicine and cell and gene therapy research and development, has successfully completed a VERIF.i® on-site assessment. VERIF.i helps Scientist.com marketplace suppliers demonstrate internal processes and adherence to best practices to both existing and potential new clients. “Through direct-to-donor engagement, Sanguine continues to amass one of the industry’s largest collections of ethically procured collections that includes extensive data about the biospecimens,” stated Sanguine CEO Brian Neman. “Scientist.com’s VERIF.i program enables us to further demonstrate the exceptional quality of our biospecimen and biorepository services and the commitment of our team to bridge the gap between donors and researchers.”. Sanguine supports translational, clinical, and cell and gene therapy research, and their services include prospective in-home biospecimen collection directly from their donor network, apheresis products including leukopaks and LeukoLots™, biospecimen inventory, and biorepository services. Their research products and services facilitate advanced therapy development programs from discovery to manufacturing

RegMedNet
Nov 2nd, 2023
Cell therapy weekly: Leveraging CRISPR-Cas3 to treat epidermolysis bullosa

Healiva and C4U Corporation have formed a strategic alliance to develop CRISPR-Cas3-based gene therapy for epidermolysis bullosa (EB).

Business Wire
Nov 1st, 2023
Sanguine Biosciences Announces $10 Million Credit Financing from Catalio Capital Management to Fund Continued Growth

Sanguine Biosciences, a leading biospecimen procurement services company that empowers patients to accelerate precision medicine and cell and gene the

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