Testing services management

The REACH Centre offers a comprehensive and flexible Testing Services Management package in support of registrants seeking to acquire new test data for their substances.

The service offers a range of different levels of support including:

Establishing substance identity using appropriate analytical characterization methods
Obtaining the physico-chemical, toxicological and eco-toxicological data required for the respective tonnage bands
Formulation of proposals for new testing to be submitted with the registration dossier
Validation of all new data
Generation of Robust Study Summaries

Who would benefit from this service:

SIEF and/or consortium members seeking to establish substance sameness and to obtain characterization data to facilitate this
SIEFs and consortia having conducted a gap analysis of existing data and identified specific data endpoints still outstanding
Lead Registrants and Only Representatives
Organizations concerned about SVHCs (see also our SVHC testing service)
Organizations with limited access to the testing resources necessary to support the registration process

Options

Our aim is to provide the appropriate level of support and guidance to suit each individual organization's needs and to facilitate this, we offer a number of testing service options. An outline of what each package offers is shown below.

Tier 1 – Testing needs assessment with priced options

Assessment of testing requirements based on a review of existing data or following a full gap analysis
Proposal of new tests required and their respective costs

Tier 2 – Coordinated testing package

Tier 1 package PLUS:
Coordination of all testing activities on the client’s behalf

Tier 3 – Full testing package

Tier II package PLUS:
Full data validation and generation of associated Robust Study Summaries

Organizations needing to search for data in the published literature may also be interested in our Data Acquisition and Management Service.