Environmental risk assessment of medicinal products

Supporting responsible product development through environmental risk assessment

Developing safe and sustainable medicinal products starts with understanding their environmental impact. Our Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) services provide the data and insights needed to evaluate ecological risks, support regulatory submissions, and meet compliance requirements. Through expertise in chemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental fate, we help you make informed decisions and demonstrate environmental responsibility.

Our ERA capabilities

Environmental fate and behaviour studies

Understand how substances behave, transform, and persist in the environment

  • OECD TG 301: Ready biodegradability
  • OECD TG 302: Inherent biodegradability
  • OECD TG 307: Aerobic and anaerobic transformation in soil
  • OECD TG 308: Aerobic and anaerobic transformation in aquatic sediment systems
  • OECD TG 309: Aerobic mineralisation in surface water
  • OECD TG 111: Hydrolysis as a function of pH
  • OECD TG 316: Photo-transformation in water
  • OECD TG 106: Adsorption/desorption using batch equilibrium method

Aquatic ecotoxicity studies

Evaluate potential effects on aquatic organisms across multiple trophic levels

  • OECD TG 201: Algal growth inhibition
  • OECD TG 202: Daphnia acute immobilisation
  • OECD TG 211: Daphnia reproduction
  • OECD TG 203: Fish acute toxicity
  • OECD TG 210: Fish early life-stage toxicity
  • OECD TG 236: Fish embryo acute toxicity (FET)
  • OECD TG 305: Bioaccumulation in fish

Soil and sediment ecotoxicity studies

Assess risks to terrestrial and sediment-dwelling organisms

Sediment organisms

  • OECD TG 218: Chironomid acute sediment toxicity
  • OECD TG 219: Chironomid chronic sediment toxicity

Soil organisms

  • OECD TG 207: Earthworm acute toxicity
  • OECD TG 222: Earthworm reproduction
  • OECD TG 216: Nitrogen transformation in soil microorganisms
  • OECD TG 217: Carbon transformation in soil microorganisms

Sewage treatment and environmental exposure studies

Support environmental exposure assessments and PEC refinement

  • OECD TG 303A/B: Sewage treatment plant simulation and removal efficiency studies

Bioaccumulation and PBT/vPvB assessment

Support persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity evaluations

  • OECD TG 305: Fish bioaccumulation
  • OECD TG 107, 117 and 123: Partition coefficient (log Kow) studies

Endocrine disruption assessment

Support investigations for substances with potential endocrine activity

  • OECD TG 229: Fish short-term reproduction assay
  • OECD TG 230: Fish endocrine screening assay
  • OECD TG 231: Amphibian metamorphosis assay

Accelerate your product's success with Eurofins Agroscience Services India

From environmental fate and exposure studies to ecotoxicological assessments, we generate the data needed to evaluate environmental safety and support successful product registration worldwide

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