BioSavings Program
Your BioForward membership includes the opportunity to participate in any of our savings programs at no extra cost. We’ve leveraged our combined purchasing power to provide big benefits to all our members.
Supplier Programs
Explore a curated list of trusted suppliers dedicated to supporting the biohealth industry. Connect with top-tier vendors offering exclusive discounts and high-quality products to meet your operational needs.
Exclusive BioSavings Program with Fisher Scientific
Fisher Scientific, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, has been BioForward’s trusted partner in providing competitive savings on state-of-the-art lab equipment and supplies to our members so they can focus on defining the future of integrated healthcare solutions.
Providing laboratory and safety supplies: Fisher Scientific offers a one-stop shop for life science products and services. As a part of BioForward’s Purchasing Savings Program, members have access to over 800,000 laboratory and production products.
Purchasing Benefits
BioSavings Testimonials
How It Works
Members can select from a range of trusted suppliers to access significant discounts, while vendors can offer their products and services to a network of biohealth professionals. Follow the steps below to start saving or to become a part of our vendor network.
- After you’ve become a BioForward member, let us know you’re interested in being part of our savings program.
- Vendors can't become a part of the BioSavings program; however, you can participate in the Member Marketplace. After you’ve become a BioForward member, let us know you’re interested in being part of our Member Marketplace.
- Vendors must be BioForward members. If you’re not yet a member, request to become one.
Member Marketplace
Some BioForward Associate Industry Members have offered the following programs designed to help fellow members save money!
Discounted guest room rate of 20% off local rooms & 7% off all bookings at over 5,400 IHG hotels globally.
U.S. Bank and Elavon makes accepting credit and debit card payments quick, easy, and secure. More than a processor, their payment solutions help increase your sales,
improve business operations, and control business costs.
Discounted rates offered to BioForward members for company consulting services, a one-time company Early Stage IT plan, and discounts on a variety of cloud based computing solutions.
BIO Business Solutions
Through BioForward's membership in the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), our members have the opportunity to take advantage of the BIO Business Solutions® programs from companies listed below.
ABERDEAN is a professional services firm that provides Information Technology solutions to small and mid-size companies located in the greater Madison region.
BioForward Member Pricing and Benefits
An agreement with Aberdean Consulting recognizes Aberdean as the preferred IT provider to BioForward member companies. The agreement provides for discounted rates for company consulting services, a one-time company Early Stage IT plan, and discounts on a variety of cloud based computing solutions.
Contact Info
- Jim Blair
- Account Representative
- jim.blair@vc3.com
- (608) 204-9620
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and the largest U.S. producer of dry ice and nitrous oxide. Airgas provides local service to your business with more than 17,000 associates and 1,100 locations nationwide. Airgas is also the official gas service of BIO, BioForward and many other BIO affiliates worldwide.
Services
- Expertise to assist you in engineering your gas supply systems
- Local capabilities to deliver your gas requirements in cylinders, dewars, MicroBulk, and bulk modes of supply
- Full supply mode services: Cylinders, Dewars, Microbulk, Bulk and Pipeline, and Dry Ice services
- The ability to help you plan, optimize and maintain your cellular storage needs
BioForward Member Pricing and Benefits
- 10% to 25% discounts on cryogenic equipment, gas distribution equipment and safety products
- Hotlist of medical-grade nitrogen, helium, argon & carbon dioxide, plus custom offerings tailored to specific member needs
- Customized product service agreement for renewal, removal, and remedy terms and guaranteed price savings option
- National sales and support combined with local industry specialists to assist your business
Contact Info
- Ken Ishman
- VP Sales for Life Science & Healthcare
- ken.ishman@airgas.com
Brex, the Corporate Credit Card for the Life Sciences, is designed to empower its life sciences customers to spend less time on end of month closes and more time on life-changing R&D. The card offers its customers streamlined reporting functions, rewards, and unmatched controls including; no personal guarantee requirements, higher limits than traditional credit cards, instant creation of virtual cards, automatic receipt capture and, tailored rewards such as 3x points multipliers on lab equipment.
Brex offers members an exclusive sign-up bonus and waived card fees for life.
- 60,000 point signup bonus
- Waived card fees for life ($60 p/card p/year)
- Tailored rewards and points with 3x on lab supplies, 7x on conference registrations, and 4x on travel
- 5-minute application process (completely online) with instant access to virtual cards
- No personal guarantee or collateral requirements
With a real estate history that ties back three generations, Cascade Development was formed in 2016 on midwestern principles of a hands-on, hard work approach to all aspects of our business. As a boutique firm that acts as a developer, contractor, and manager of its ground-up properties, Cascade Development strives to provide great buildings staffed with quality employees that provide exceptional service. Our local Madison, WI hotels are excited to partner with BioForward Members on the following benefits.
BioForward Member Pricing and Benefits
- Discounted Guest Room Rate of 20% off the Best Flexible Rate.
- Rate Includes:
- Last Room Availability
- Shuttle to and from the airport
- IHG Rewards Club Points
- For Local Reservations Click the Links Below:
- Rate Includes:
- Holiday Inn Madison at The American Center Reservations – BioForward
- Holiday Inn Express Madison Reservations – BioForward
- Holiday Inn Express Middleton Reservations – BioForward
Our connections to IHG Properties Worldwide offer BioForward members a unique discount of 7% off all bookings at over 5,400 IHG hotels globally through our Business Edge Program!
Additional Business Edge Membership Benefits:
- Upgrade to IHG Rewards Club Gold Elite status (After first Business Edge stay member will receive an automatic upgrade)
- Last Room Availability
For Global Reservations through Business Edge:
- Visit IHG.com.
- Select destination you wish to travel to.
- Pick your preferred dates.
- Enter the BioForward Corporate ID of: 786976176
- Click Search.
- Once your search query comes up click “Select hotel” for the hotel you wish to stay at.
- Pick your room type preference from the listings along the top.
- Click “Select Room” on the right-hand side.
- Select the BioForward Inc EDGE rate to receive your 7% discount.
Contact
- Justine Alexander
- (608) 216-7512
- justinealexander@cascadedevelop.com
For more than 25 years, Chubb has been providing cost-effective risk management and insurance protection tailored to the unique requirements of biotechnology companies. This experience and expertise, coupled with Chubb’s financial strength and superior claims service, were the reasons BioForward selected Chubb as an insurance partner.
Services:
- Property and Casualty Coverage
- General liability insurance
- Insurance for R&D operations, including business income
- Highly protected risk (HPR) arrangements
- Worldwide coverage territory
- Competitive premiums for companies at all stages
- “Damage to your products” insurance
Clinical Trials Liability, Errors and Omissions Liability, Products Liability, Professional Liability Coverage - Commercialized products as well as products in all stages of human clinical trials
- Financial loss to third parties arising out of negligence
- Contract research
Contract Highlights:
- Competitive premiums for companies at all stages
- Low minimum premiums for early-stage companies
- Broad coverage tailored to meet the unique needs of the biotech industry
- Dedicated loss control and claims specialists for BioForward members
- Use of proprietary software for determining business interruption limit
- Devoted underwriting teams providing five-day turnaround for BioForward members
Contact Info
- Brian Matzke
- Senior Underwriter, Life Sciences, Commercial Insurance
- matzke@chubb.com
- (612) 373-7447
Since 1995 Hausmann-Johnson Insurance has specialized in insuring life science companies for property, liability, workers compensation, directors and officers, clinical trials, professional liability, errors and omissions, umbrella, cargo and many other areas of business insurance.
International exposures including human clinical trials can be accommodated through a dedicated network of foreign life science specialty underwriters in more than 32 countries.
BioForward Member Pricing And Benefits
Working with The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and Monitor Liability Managers, both members of national BIO’s “Business Solutions” program, BioForward members save time and money and will benefit from working with professional risk managers who understand the science behind your IP.
For more information visit www.hausmann-johnson.com
Contacts
- Jim Ahearn
jahearn@myhaus.com
(608) 252-9666
Nikon offers a wide selection of Research-grade imaging systems including award-winning live-cell imaging platforms, super-resolution systems, confocal microscopes and High Content imaging systems and digital imaging solutions for microscopy for direct purchase.
BioForward Member Pricing And Benefits
- BIO Exclusive pricing on Nikon and third party items: 15% off select BIO customized microscope packages, 7% off individual Nikon items, and 5% off third party products Free installation, unless specified on quote
- 1 Year Warranty Full on Systems, 5 Year Warranty on Microscopes, and 15% off a wide variety of Warranty Extension Programs
- Free on-site customized training
- Highly trained Nikon teams throughout the Americas partner with customers to build unique systems solutions
- Fully integrated flexible customized packages for expediting discovery to commercialization – easily scaled up for larger operations
- Seamless integration of third party products
- One unified software solution
Contact Info
- Melina Vratny
- (631) 547-8500
- nikoninstruments@nikon.net
ODP Business Solutions is one of the world’s largest sellers of office products and offers member companies significant discounts on office supplies, furniture, and equipment. The BIO-ODP program offers aggressive pricing based on $6 million of total annual volume. ODP also offers discounted pricing on Copy Print Depot services which provide professional printing, copying, binding, and finishing as well as Promotional Products services with over 1,200 promotional items available for customized company branding.
Member Benefits
- Up to of 80% off MSLP on a core list of over 1,000 frequently ordered office, cleaning and breakroom supplies
- Deep discounts on copy, print and finishing services
- More than 90,000 items discounted below retail
- Exclusive discounts on HP ink & toner
- Flexibility to customize to fit your needs
- Free delivery on qualifying orders
- Exclusive member promotions
- Same great price online or in-store
- Dedicated account management
Contact Info
- bio@odpbusiness.com
- Kimberly Gilbert
- kimberly.gilbert@officedepot.com
- 855-337-6811 x12878
PSC Software provides electronic quality management and inspection management software solutions that enable life science companies to efficiently deliver their products to regulated industries. PSC Biotech also provides customized solutions for computer systems validation projects.
Member Benefits
- 10% discount on all professional services, such as Computer System Validation, Commissioning, Qualification and Validation, Regulatory Affairs, Audits, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Engineering, Technical Writing, Calibration, Project Management, and more.
- 15% discount on the Initialization Fee for PSC Software™ such as the Adaptive Compliance Engine® (ACE™), ACE Essentials™, AuditUtopia®, user subscription licenses include the hosting, cloud storage, technical support, and upgrades to future versions of ACE™.
- 10% discount on configuration of custom workflows, PQ validation of ACE™ software systems, Implement Management and migration of software systems, data migration and development of new, custom ACE™ features.
- 45-day free trial of ACE™ and AuditUtopia®
STAT Plus is a premium subscription service, offering access to exclusive, in-depth coverage of early science and clinical trials, pharma and biotech news on Wall Street, policy developments in Washington, and disruption in health care in Silicon Valley and beyond.
An indispensable resource for biotech, pharma, and health care policy professionals, STAT Plus also provides access to an exclusive set of benefits including subscriber-only newsletters, exclusive events, profiles of industry power players, a powerhouse team of reporters, live chats with industry experts, and “cheat sheets” on industry terms.
BioForward Member Pricing and Benefits
- Save $150 off an annual subscription using the code BIOFORWARD. Visit com/subscribeto sign up.
- Your subscription to STAT+ includes:
- Daily reporting and analysis
- Comprehensive industry coverage from a powerhouse team of reporters
- Subscriber-only newsletters
- Two daily newsletters to brief you on the most important industry news of the day
- Exclusive industry events
- Free access to subscriber-only networking events around the country
- STAT+ Conversations
- Weekly opportunities to engage with our reporters and leading industry experts in live video conversations
- And so much more!
- Exclusive interviews with industry leaders, profiles, and premium tools
Contact
- Casey Bleho
- bleho@statnews.com
BIO has chosen ShareVault as its official virtual data room provider. ShareVault offers secure, cloud-based document sharing solutions, also known as virtual data rooms, that are frequently used by organizations of all types to securely share highly confidential documents with outside parties. In contrast to consumer-grade file sharing services, ShareVault allows organizations to easily share documents with third parties, while monitoring access and maintaining control.
Because it provides bank-grade security, ShareVault is commonly used in the following applications:
- For due diligence activities such as licensing, partnering, M&A, and investment
- To replace older, slower and clunkier virtual data rooms (VDRs)
- For biopharma companies that need to securely share their intellectual property and regulatory submissions (e.g. IND, NDA, and MAA) with prospective partners and to enable partners to easily review these submissions
- For frequent and ongoing business needs to share sensitive documents with other parties such as business consultants, manufacturers, distributors, researchers, attorneys and board members
- To meet regulatory and compliance requirements such as HIPAA
- As an efficient and more manageable alternative to FTP/sFTP and CD/DVD shipments
Spanning life sciences, financial services, legal services, energy/natural resources, technology, manufacturing, education and other markets, ShareVault has enabled more than $20B in transactions for organizations in 47 countries. Across these markets, ShareVault’s service is recognized for its ease-of-use, speed, industry-leading features, customer support and cost-effectiveness.
Member Benefits
- Through this program, ShareVault offers the following specialized benefits to member companies:
- Minimum 20% discount on ShareVault’s primary products.
- Minimum 30% savings off the standard pricing of ShareVault for SharePoint.
- At least 5% additional discount on subscriptions with terms of two or more years.
- eCTD tag structure available at no cost.
- Creation of document index available at no cost.
- Migration services from existing VDRs at no cost.
- Assistance with high-performance uploads at no cost.
Contact Info
- Mike Liccardo
- sharevault.com
- mliccardo@sharevault.com
- 408-596-5567
United Parcel Service, Inc. is the world’s largest package delivery company and provider of supply chain management solutions, reaching more U.S. zip codes by 8:00AM than FedEx.
Members Can Save Up To:
- 74% on UPS Next Day Air®
- 59% on UPS 2nd Day Air® services and UPS 3 Day Select Services®
- 51% on UPS Ground® Commercial services
- 68% on UPS Worldwide International services
- And more on value-added services
UniFirst, a leading supplier of workwear programs for businesses big and small since 1936, provides a range of apparel from traditional uniforms and industrial wear to protective clothing and “corporate casual” attire. Serving over 275,000 customers throughout the United States and Canada, UniFirst outfits more than 1.5 million people in their work clothes each business day and offers customers rental, lease, and purchase programs to enhance their business image at the very best value.
Member Pricing & Benefits
- Uniform and facility service savings of 30-50%
- Hygienically clean garments & UHF Chip technology
- Dedicated customer service team
- Customer-friendly terms and conditions
- No price increases for 3 years
- Free lab coat pressing included with rental program
- Free company and name emblems on initial installation
- No upfront program investment
- 1-week complimentary service upon new agreement execution
Contact: Heather Esparza
