BIOSPHERE-AI
Lab & testing
Stability, compatibility, microbiology and preservative challenge testing run in house; human efficacy and safety testing are arranged with third-party institutions.
Stability, compatibility, microbiology and preservative challenge testing run in house; human efficacy and safety testing are arranged with third-party institutions.
TESTING
Six tests a formula has to pass
The first four are run in our in-house lab; the last two go to third-party institutions — the dividing line is whether the lab can issue a valid report on its own.
Physical & chemical testing
pH / viscosity / centrifugation / appearance
Stability
High temperature, low temperature, light exposure, thermal cycling
Microbiology
Total count / pathogenic bacteria
Preservative challenge
CTFA challenge test
Human efficacy
Third-party institution · Report issued
Safety
Third-party institution · Patch test & irritation
In-house Lab
Tests we can run ourselves, we do not outsource. Tests we cannot, we do not pretend to.
Stability and microbiology are handled in our own lab so that formulation data is available the same day changes are made. Human efficacy and safety testing is always sent to qualified third parties — the value of those reports lies precisely in not being issued by us.
Required reports depend on the destination market.
Tell us your target market, and we will provide a list of required tests and timelines.