Irvine is the biotech and medical device capital of Orange County. Edwards Lifesciences, Allergan, Masimo, and dozens of smaller pharma and medtech companies operate here. UC Irvine Medical Center, Hoag Hospital Irvine, and Kaiser Irvine generate daily specimen transport runs. We have drivers in Irvine who move clinical trial materials between research sites, deliver surgical implants to ambulatory surgery centers along the 405, and transport specimens to reference labs in LA and San Diego the same day they're collected.
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Edwards Lifesciences builds heart valves here. Allergan (now AbbVie) built its aesthetics empire from an Irvine campus. Masimo makes the pulse oximeters used in hospitals worldwide. B. Braun, ICU Medical, and dozens of smaller medtech companies have operations along the 405 and the 5 between Irvine and Lake Forest.
These companies generate a specific kind of courier need: prototype medical devices going to testing facilities. Clinical trial materials shipped to investigator sites at UC Irvine Medical Center or Hoag. Surgical implant kits delivered to ambulatory surgery centers for tomorrow's procedure. Components going to contract manufacturers in Carlsbad or Temecula.
This isn't the same as delivering a legal document. A surgical implant kit that arrives at the wrong temperature or with damaged sterile packaging delays a surgery. Clinical trial materials that lose cold chain violate the protocol and the CRO has to explain it to the FDA. We handle this cargo with the same HIPAA-compliant, temperature-controlled, chain-of-custody process we use for hospital specimen runs. Because the standards are the same.
"An orthopedic implant company near the Spectrum needs a surgical tray at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo for an 8:30am procedure. The tray is sterile-packaged and temperature-sensitive. Our Irvine driver picks up at 7:28am, drives the 5 south (empty at that hour), and delivers to the surgical suite loading dock at 7:49am. Twenty-one minutes. The tray is in the OR before the patient is prepped."


HIPAA-compliant specimen transport to Hoag Hospital Irvine, Kaiser Irvine, and UC Irvine Medical Center. Temperature-controlled, chain of custody documented, credentialed at local facilities.
Medical courier →Clinical trial material transport between Irvine pharma companies and investigator sites. Investigational product, patient specimens, lab kits. Protocol-specific temperature control and documentation.
Pharma courier →Rush, Standard, and Non-Stop across South OC. Irvine to Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Lake Forest, and up the 405 to LA. Traffic-aware routing that accounts for the 405/5 merge.
Same day →Aircraft parts from SNA (John Wayne Airport) and connections to LAX. Private aviation and corporate jet service at SNA. 24/7 AoG dispatch for parts headed to MRO facilities across Southern California.
AoG courier →Medical specimens, clinical trial materials, or surgical implants. Tell us the pickup and destination.
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