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To market a chemical-based product successfully, a company must work through many strategic steps, from product development, to testing and compliance, to market placement. As part of this process, the company must determine the optimal size and breadth of a product’s market. For instance, a company must determine if the cost of regulatory approval to gain market access in a particular country is exceeded by the demand for the product in that market. The company must also undertake product testing, which varies per product as well as per market. To achieve long-term success, companies can benefit immeasurably from careful planning that factors technical, regulatory, and commercial variables.
What We Do
Acta professionals have the technical and commercial know-how to help design, implement, and complete a cost-effective testing program.
- Country-Specific Compliance Testing and Certification –
- Assist in the approval and regulation of chemical products
- Assist with reporting obligations for new and existing chemicals
- Assist with labeling and notice requirements
- Facilitate Product-Specific Testing, including
- Product safety
- Product design/formulation
- Industry performance
- Occupational and consumer exposure
Our Experience
Acta professionals are scientists and business and regulatory consultants. This combination — and their wealth of experience in and out of laboratories as well as government agencies — makes Acta an exceptional resource for companies in the chemical space. Our global presence, with offices in North America and Europe, and strategic partnerships throughout, makes Acta an invaluable resource for companies that operate across countries.
Lara A. Hall, M.S., RQAP-GLP, Senior Regulatory Scientist and Quality Assurance Specialist, has over a decade of experience in monitoring and auditing studies through all phases of environmental testing programs, including test plan development, laboratory inspection and study placement, protocol development, dose selection, in life monitoring, and report and data review for scientific integrity and compliance, budget management, and sponsor updates. Ms. Hall’s knowledge of and experience with regulatory guidelines and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) standards ensures client test data are of the highest quality.
Michelle C. Mims, M.S., RQAP-GLP a Regulatory Scientist and Quality Assurance Specialist, assists clients in placement, monitoring, and auditing of studies for regulatory submissions related to new substance registrations and continued compliance under global regulatory control frameworks.
Emma Louise Jackson, Manager, UK REACH, is distinguished by more than a decade of experience in testing and regulatory environments. She develops testing strategies for worldwide regulatory schemes, including data review, data gap analysis, testing proposals, read-across, data waivers, and preparing predictions. Ms. Jackson also provides advice on testing requirements for classification and labeling of substances, mixtures, and products using alternative and in vitro test methods where appropriate.
Meibao Zhuang, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Regulatory Consultant, assists clients with regulatory strategy development, study planning and monitoring, dossier development, active ingredient and product defense, label creation and amendment, supply chain communication, agency interaction, and project leadership of teams and processes to deliver key results for global business targets. Fluent in English and Mandarin, Dr. Zhuang provides expert, business-sensitive solutions for multinational regulatory compliance in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Scott J. Burya, Ph.D., a Regulatory Chemist with a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, helps clients navigate the technical, supply chain, and organizational aspects of regulatory submissions by providing strategic insights, monitoring analytical studies, and preparing dossiers.
Representative Engagements
- Assist multinational company in developing a testing strategy to comply with various countries’ new chemical substance requirements.
- Assist multinational company in addressing testing strategy due to substance identification modifications (no longer existing substance).
- Assist multinational company in addressing and conducting testing to meet Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) requirements.
- Assist multinational company in testing strategy in association with the U.S. High Production Volume (HPV) Program and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) (now Cooperative Chemicals Assessment Meeting (CoCAM)) Program.