National Measurement Institute

Chemical and biological measurement services

Find our range of chemical and biological reference materials, chemical and gas proficiency testing services, and advice about how to deposit biological materials for patents. 

  • Chemical reference materials

    We provide quality reference materials with legal traceability for agrichemical and veterinary drugs, clinical testing, forensic drugs and sports doping control. We also provide chemical matrix reference materials a...

  • Biological reference materials

    We produce genetic reference standards for health, food and environmental applications.

  • Depositing biological materials for patents

    We can accept your micro-organism invention, as we are an international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty.

  • Proficiency testing services

    We are an internationally recognised proficiency testing (PT) provider for chemical and gas measurements. PT is a valuable external quality control tool for laboratories.

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