Canadian researchers have spent years mailing vials to a lab in Czechia and waiting a month to hear back. Axiom Bio Labs is in Montréal. Domestic courier, no customs, no export declaration, results in seven business days.
The default option for a Canadian researcher is a laboratory 6,500 km away. The testing itself may be fine. The logistics are the problem.
A domestic shipment inside Canada needs no customs paperwork, no commercial invoice, and no declared value. It is a parcel.
Nothing crosses a border in either direction. Your material never enters a customs queue where an officer has to make a judgement call about it.
No conversion, no card foreign-transaction fee, no exchange-rate surprise between quote and settlement. The number you see is the number you pay.
Every figure below is from the competitor's own published material, checked in August 2026.
| Axiom Bio Labs | Janoshik (Czechia) | Other Canadian labs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Montréal, Québec | Czech Republic | Varies |
| Round-trip time | 7 business days from accessioning | ~3–5 weeks with shipping | 5–7 days quoted |
| Customs exposure | None domestically | Two international crossings | None domestically |
| Accepts US samples | Yes — designed for it | Yes | Generally refused |
| Identity confirmation | LC-MS on every certificate, never sold separately | Available as an extra | Varies by lab |
| Vial photograph on the COA | Yes, every sample | No | No |
| Public certificate verification | Access code, QR and a SHA-256 file check | Unique key lookup | Varies |
| Accreditation claimed | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 — in progress, published honestly | ISO 17025:2005 — a version withdrawn in 2017 | Frequently none |
| Rush surcharge | +30% for 3 days · +70% for 48 hours | +100% | Varies |
| Currency | CAD | USD or EUR | CAD |
We publish our accreditation status as "in progress" because that is what it is. A laboratory quoting ISO 17025:2005 is citing a standard withdrawn more than a decade ago — worth checking on any certificate you are handed, from anyone.
Build your order, pay, and you get an Axiom order number plus a printable packing slip immediately.
Slip inside the box, number on the outside. That is what lets intake log you in the same hour the parcel arrives.
Canada Post, Purolator, FedEx, UPS — all fine. Do not require a signature. Signature-required parcels get held and cost you days.
Sealed, crimped, unopened gives the cleanest result. Reconstituted solutions ship cold with a gel pack; tell us the solvent and concentration.
PDF in your inbox and your portal, with its access code, QR and the photograph of the vial you sent.
Ground service estimates. Turnaround is counted from accessioning, so transit time is on top.
Health Canada issued advisories, seized product in Pointe-Claire, and obtained a permanent injunction against a Québec company over unauthorised injectable peptides. The regulator's consistent complaint is that nobody verifies what is in these products.
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