SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Assay Depot announced today that it has raised $1.8 million from private investors in a Series A financing. The funds will be used to launch an online marketplace for pharmaceutical research services. “This financing will enable us to finish building a unique Internet marketplace that will help the pharmaceutical industry achieve the increased efficiency it so desperately needs,” stated Kevin Lustig, PhD, President and CEO, Assay Depot. “An efficient online pharmaceutical marketplace will transform how drug discovery is done.”