Quality Meets Innovation:

Your Cell Culture Products Manufacturing Partner

At Quality Biological, our expertise stands at the intersection of scientific innovation and precision manufacturing. As a dedicated cell culture products manufacturer, we specialize in developing high-performance biological solutions that empower researchers and laboratories worldwide.

High-Performance Cell Culture Solutions

Our commitment goes beyond product delivery—we are strategic partners in scientific discovery. We meticulously craft cell culture media, buffers, and reagents through a collaborative approach that transforms your research requirements into precisely engineered solutions. By listening closely to our clients’ unique challenges, we develop products that meet and anticipate your scientific research’s complex demands.

Cell Culture Solutions for High Performance

Quality isn’t just a word for us—it’s our foundational principle. Our comprehensive quality management system ensures every product meets the most rigorous scientific standards. Our scalable solutions, backed by extensive quality controls, provide you with consistently reliable tools that empower groundbreaking research and spark innovations.

From academic laboratories to industrial research facilities, our customized, flexible approach and tailored services, means we don’t just provide products; we provide pathways to innovation. Whether you’re conducting fundamental research or developing commercial-scale applications, Quality Biological is here to serve as your trusted scientific partner.

Team Commitment to Quality

Science is nothing without the human element.

Science impacts our lives daily. To progress meaningfully, science requires people with the right tools and intentions to achieve improvement and innovation. The need for a well-equipped manufacturing facility to provide these tools, resources, sterile facilities, and scientific expertise to produce solid laboratory solutions was clear when QBI began in 1983. It remains so today.

Our Mission

Quality Biological, Inc. (QBI) is a science-driven biotechnology manufacturer dedicated to delivering solutions that work for our industry and our community. We are committed to meeting the needs of life science companies, federal labs, and leading research institutions with excellence and quality. At our core, the work we do at QBI focuses on developing reliable, high-quality products and services and collaborating with our clients to develop specific formulations. Our team is empowered to be responsive, professional, and intentional about delivering the absolute highest level of products and services.

Reliable

After nearly four decades in biotech manufacturing, QBI has a record of reliably supplying the life sciences research community with high-quality products and delivering excellent service that exceeds expectations.

Collaborative

Our scientists work collaboratively with clients to find or design custom formulations and products that perform to the required specifications.

ISO Certified

The manufacturing, handling, and packaging of products are performed in ISO 5 cleanrooms under an ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System (QMS) to enforce product quality and reliability.

 

Our History

Quality Biological was founded in 1983 on the commitment to QUALITY PRODUCTS and PERSONAL SERVICE. We have remained committed to the philosophy that every research professional, and the organizations for which they work, is entitled to the best products and services.

QBI shares the same passion for discovering efficient tools and methods as the life scientists we service. All product manufacturing, handling, and packaging are performed in ISO 5 cleanrooms under an ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System ensuring product quality and reliability.

Located within the BioHealth Capital Region in Montgomery County, Maryland, Quality Biological, Inc. (QBI) has built a reputation and standing in the market for producing the highest-quality products and providing exemplary service and support, including unmatched customer service.

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QBI is committed to ensuring that you receive products of the highest quality. Our rigorous quality management system is carefully designed to ensure that your products are produced exactly to your specifications every time. We are dedicated to our clients’ success through a mutual commitment to safety, innovative and cost-effective solutions, continuous improvement, and to maintaining the effectiveness of our quality and regulatory systems.

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Unwavering Commitment to excellence

Our Core Values

Uncompromising ethics and integrity. Unwavering commitment.

These core values govern our pursuit of business. These principles guide how we operate, from reception to customer service to the laboratory, the warehouse, and our delivery personnel. We know that our success is possible only when we earn the trust of our clients. We work hard to achieve this every day by always doing what we say we will do and by not pretending to know how to do something if we don’t.

Our leadership team

Angela Graham
Angela Graham
President & CEO

Angela took the helm of the company in 2012, bringing 15 years of commercial leadership experience from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, and UCB Pharma. Returning to her family business, she spearheaded its transformation from a government and academic supplier into a comprehensive partner serving the complex R&D needs of the biopharmaceutical industry. Under her leadership, the company achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification and developed GMP-compliant storage facilities, ensuring the highest standards for critical reagents. Combining her expertise in commercial strategy, business development, and operations with a passion for collaborative innovation, Angela has established the company as a trusted contract manufacturer of media, buffers, supplements, and reagents for cell culture and molecular biology applications.

Basile Whitaker
Basile Whitaker
COO & Managing Partner

Basile leverages his engineering and military background to lead all aspects of the organization, from manufacturing and logistics to contract management and operations. He oversees day-to-day functions, manages growth, and ensures profitability while aiming to supply R&D materials globally. With over 30 years of experience at Fortune 100 companies, Basile joined QBI in 2005 and provides comprehensive strategic and operational leadership.

Valerie Fremont
Valerie Fremont, Ph.D.
CSO & VP, Market Development & Strategy

Valerie holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Neurobiology and possesses extensive experience in R&D and product development, specializing in protein engineering, molecular biology, and cell culture. At QBI, she oversees all scientific aspects, including product development, QC operations, and government contracts, ensuring alignment with industry trends and specifications. Furthermore, Valerie collaborates across departments to create competitive strategies and establish QBI as a leading CMO in the life science research community.

Monkia Jain
Monika Jain
Associate Director, Quality Assurance

Monika brings 25+ years of combined quality assurance experience with medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, RUO, cosmetic, and consumer products. She has extensive experience with establishing, implementing, and maintaining quality management systems per cGMP regulations, ISO requirements, and customer specifications and requirements. At Quality Biological she is responsible for managing quality management systems including hosting, leading and managing ISO and customer audits.

Debra Sesholtz
Debra Sesholtz
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications

Debra brings her strategic thinking, scientific training, and diverse background in the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries to QBI’s Marketing and Communications role. She is a seasoned professional, bringing 20+ years of expertise from previously held technical, sales, marketing, and strategic business development roles. Debra provides QBI with marketing leadership in communicating our value and unwavering commitment to delivering the best quality products and services to help our clients achieve their goals.

Quality Biological, Inc. is dedicated to actively supporting the local community through donations to local charities and close industry partnerships.

We attribute much of our success to the Montgomery County community that has been our home since we opened our doors. We make it a priority to give back whenever possible. Quality Biological, Inc. proudly contributes to the local community annually. Below are just some of the donations made to nonprofit organizations: