Biocide

Harlan Laboratories assists formulators and manufacturers to comply with the Biocidal Products Directive (98/8/EC) and national registrations under the transitional arrangements of the Directive, offering tailor-made regulatory support, including data generation and dossier preparation for biocidal products and active substances to ensure a quick route-to-market.

Harlan Laboratories’ experience under the BPD is unmatched by any other CRO with the submission of Annex I inclusion dossiers for 41 existing active substances, over 20 dedicated regulatory professionals and more than 15 years working in the pesticide field. Our services cover a variety of biocide-related issues, including product registration and authorization, testing, classification and labeling, and biocidal claims.

Harlan Laboratories’ Five-Step Compliance Program
With this program we ensure that you keep your product on the market with a smooth transition into registration or authorization under the Biocidal Products Directive 98/8/EC.

  1. Data gathering
  2. Strategy planning
           -Gap analysis
           -Testing strategies
           -Regulatory strategy
  3. Completion of data requirements
  4. Dossier preparation including risk assessment and CLP
  5. Dossier submission and post-submission support services

Biocide Regulatory Services 

  • BPD dossier preparation and submission
  • Completion of R4BP
  • Mutual recognition
  • National registration of biocidal products
  • Literature searches
  • CLP classification 
  • Product safety assessments
  • (Q)SAR and classification of products using calculation methods
  • Read-across, analogue and frame-formulation strategies
  • Data evaluation (reliability and acceptance) 
  • Data sharing and data compensation
  • Project coordination
  • Negotiations with authorities
  • Peer reviews
  • Performance of necessary studies (physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, in vivo and in vitro toxicology, environmental, and residue studies)
  • Global regulatory strategies

 

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