Abich – Lifeanalytics is a company based in Italy and Canada that provides research and analysis services to cosmetics, medical devices, OTC, raw materials, and other consumer products.

The company has a dedicated division for safety clinical testing, tolerability and efficacy testing on healthy volunteers.

Abich’s staff includes highly specialised personnel at the customers’ disposal to develop tailor-made study protocols and analytical methods and provides consultancy services including formulation and product development, regulatory assistance, and toxicological evaluations.

The laboratories use state-of-the-art techniques and instruments to provide a wide range of analyses and services in the cell biology, analytical chemistry, and microbiology fields.

The cell biology laboratory developed many in-vitro safety tests as an alternative to animal testing, in line with OECD’s guidelines, using specific cell lines and advanced models such as in-vitro reconstructed human tissues.

The analytical chemistry laboratory has developed specific analytical procedures and protocols for the quality control of raw ingredients and finished products. It can provide an accurate analysis thanks to advanced systems such as HPLC, Ultra-HPLC, GC-MS, and ICP-OES.

The microbiology laboratory provides services for the quantification, research, and identification of specific microorganisms, as well as challenge tests, assessment analysis of the antibacterial activity, and mutagenesis testing.