Beacon Scientific

What Beacon Scientific does

Beacon Scientific, Inc. is a privately held Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) headquartered in San Diego, California, specializing in lateral flow assay (LFA) development and immunodiagnostics. The company serves pharmaceutical, biotech, and diagnostic companies across multiple verticals including human diagnostics (infectious disease, chronic disease, oncology, wellness), veterinary medicine, and food safety. Its four-phase service portfolio covers IVD Rapid Prototyping, IVD Product Development, IVD Manufacturing, and Custom Solutions, with stated capabilities spanning biomarker discovery (ELISA, MSD, Luminex), reagent formulation, antibody conjugation, custom surface chemistry for nanoparticles, lyophilization of reagents, cassette engineering, and tech transfer management. Manufacturing supports lot sizes from 2,000 to 2,000,000 units per month across both automated and manual production lines under an ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management System.

The company generates revenue through contract development services (project-based professional services) and contract manufacturing services (managed services with stated 3PL planning support), with no public pricing disclosed and no minimum project duration requirements. Its go-to-market is consultative and B2B; customer acquisition is driven through scheduled consultations and a "Partner With Us" call-to-action on the company website, supplemented by a LinkedIn presence and an email newsletter. The company emphasizes flexibility, customer collaboration, and transparent development processes as positioning levers against larger CDMO competitors. Active hiring across operations, R&D, quality, and production roles indicates ongoing operational buildout, though no headcount, revenue, funding, or named customer information is publicly disclosed.

No founding date, ownership structure, investor backing, or financial history is disclosed in the available data. The company maintains no disclosed patents, trademarks, awards, or partnerships, and its geographic footprint is described as U.S.-domestic based on its single San Diego facility. The principal known regulatory milestones are ISO 13485:2016 certification and stated GMP/FDA compliance.

Name

Beacon Scientific

Legal name

Beacon Scientific, Inc.

Website

https://beacon-sci.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Beacon Scientific, Inc. is a privately held San Diego-based CDMO specializing in lateral flow assay development and immunodiagnostics, serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and diagnostic companies across human health, veterinary, oncology, and food safety verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Development and Manufacturing (CDMO) for Lateral Flow Diagnostics

NAICS

In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing (325413), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (6215)

SIC

In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances (2835), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro industry

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Clinical Trial Material (CTM) Manufacturing & Supply CDMO

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Life Science Tools & Services (CRO/CDMO/Lab Services)/Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMO)

Keywords

• Lateral flow assay development
• Immunodiagnostics manufacturing
• Contract development manufacturing
• IVD rapid prototyping
• Biomarker discovery validation

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Contract Development Services: Beacon Scientific provides contract research and development services for lateral flow assay design, optimization, and validation. Services include biomarker discovery, reagent formulation, assay development and optimization, and tech transfer management. Projects have no minimum duration requirements.
2. Contract Manufacturing Services: Full-scale manufacturing of lateral flow assays under ISO 13485:2016 QMS. Manufacturing capabilities include automated and manual production with lot sizes from 2K to 2MM units per month. The company also offers 3PL (third-party logistics) planning and support.
3. Custom Solutions: Tailored solutions including biobanking services, cell culturing, custom conjugation and surface chemistry development, and platform conversions. These bespoke services address specific client needs beyond standard product development.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Beacon Scientific is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that develops and manufactures lateral flow assays (LFAs) and immunodiagnostics for pharmaceutical, biotech, and diagnostic companies. Its services span four phases — IVD Rapid Prototyping, IVD Product Development, IVD Manufacturing, and Custom Solutions — covering prototype development through commercial-scale production under ISO 13485:2016 quality management, with supplementary biomarker discovery and validation services using ELISA, MSD, and Luminex platforms.

Product overview

Beacon Scientific operates as a lateral flow CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) offering a unified service portfolio organized into four interconnected phases: IVD Rapid Prototyping, IVD Product Development, IVD Manufacturing, and Custom Solutions. The company provides end-to-end lateral flow assay development and immunoassay services spanning prototype to commercial-scale production, with supplementary capabilities in biomarker discovery and validation (ELISA, MSD, Luminex). Their model emphasizes a "one size fits all" approach is avoided; instead, they deploy customizable and flexible development plans tailored to customer-specific needs across applications in oncology, veterinary medicine, chronic disease, infectious disease, food safety, and human wellness.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IVD Rapid Prototyping

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beacon-sci

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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