Biocides are regulated in the EU with regulation (EC) No. 528/2012 (BPR) and need to be authorized before they can be placed on the market.
Chemistry
- Analytical chemistry: Analytical method development, adaptation, validation, refinement and transfer
- Equivalence studies: 5-batch analysis (Active ingredient and impurities)
- Stability studies
- Accelerated storage stability
- Low temperature stability
- Long term stability
- Physicochemical properties
Environmental safety
- Aquatic and terrestrial safety studies
- Endocrine disruptor properties
- Environmental fate
Consumer/human safety
- Mammalian safety / toxicology studies