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Come meet us at Biocides Europe Conference 2024!

- | Vienna, Austria

We will be at the 27th annual Biocides Europe conference in Vienna, where leading figures from industry and regulatory authorities will share insights on the latest developments, challenges, and next steps in the biocidal products regulation (BPR).

 

 

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Meet our Health Sciences team at the Biocides Europe Conference 2024

The Ramboll Health Sciences team: Naomi Young, Thomas Sendor, Ana I. Sánchez, Ilona Hanke and our new colleagues Cathrin Weimann, Henry von Rège and Marta Borges Ordono from SCC – Scientific Consulting Company – will be attending the event.

With global reach and local expertise, we help navigate the complexity of current biocide/antimicrobial regulation. From substance, family and product development to post-market stewardship and treated articles, we support you throughout the product lifecycle with strategic and technical services, optimising competitive advantage and reducing liability.

  • Horizon scanning for any future substance concerns
  • Management of active substance consortia as technical consultant and consortium manager
  • Handling submissions for national authorisation, mutual recognition, union authorisation, authorisation of same biocidal products and simplified authorisation
  • Socio-economic cases/comparative assessment of alternatives
  • Support on nanoforms
  • EU BPR, GB BPR, K-BPR and global approvals eg USA FIFRA
  • Help develop robust route-to-market and product stewardship strategies
  • Monitoring, analysis, design, placement and evaluation of studies for active substances, products and families
  • Regulatory engagement and presentations. A strategic partner for representing our clients’ interests before national authorities, the European Commission and ECHA
  • Risk assessments for human health and environment, including eg
    • ED assessment and mechanistic evaluations
    • In silico QSAR assessments eg for impurity or metabolite profiling
    • NAMs
  • Technical safety data and biocidal claim support
  • Preparation, submission and defence of dossiers for more than 70 active substance/PT combinations (initial approval) and involved in several recent renewal applications

Meet us at the Biocides Europe Conference 2024 or simply get in touch


Our Health Sciences experts evaluate substances, biocidal products – including product families – and their ingredients or components across the entire lifecycle, providing insights on safety, sustainability, supply chain risk, and compliance with regulatory requirements around the world.

 

  • Authorisation and regulatory compliance under various regulatory programmes around the world
  • Strategic product stewardship and sustainability
  • Safety and alternatives assessments
  • Stakeholder risk communication
  • Recalls response and communication support
  • QMS evaluations

Get in touch

Contact Ramboll today to learn more about our biocides regulatory services.

Our experts

Dr Naomi Young

Managing Consultant

Naomi brings 15 years of experience in the fields of biocides and product safety, with expertise in fostering cross-functional collaborations. An adept team builder, Naomi has a proven record of innovation and navigating the complexities of strategic regulatory planning and submission programmes. She has been instrumental in the management and compliance of biocide projects and has taken on pivotal roles in substance task forces. Naomi holds a MSc Toxicology and a PhD in biochemistry and functional genomics.

 

Dr Thomas Sendor

Senior Managing Consultant

Thomas, a biologist with more than 20 years of experience in regulatory support for biocidal substances under BPR and BPD, heads Ramboll’s European biocides working group. Specialising in environmental and human health risk assessment, he provides strategic advice, assists in application preparation, and liaises with authorities, covering data gap analysis, testing program development, and dossier preparation for clients.

 

Dr Ana I. Sánchez

Senior Consultant

Ana effectively manages projects within the Environment & Health division, specialising in supporting compliance with REACH and biocides regulations across Spain, Portugal, and the EU. With a rich background featuring roles in Spanish government ministries and government observer contributions to United Nations convention on POPs (POPRC.7), Ana brings regulatory, scientific, and BPR expertise to her role at Ramboll. She holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry, an MSc in Chemistry, and a Master’s in Safety & Health, and is a respected speaker and author in the field of chemical regulations.

 

Ilona Hanke

Senior Consultant

Ilona specialises in EU BPR (528/2012) compliance. She oversees the assessment of ecotoxicology and environmental fate for biocides and chemicals under REACH. Her responsibilities include identifying data gaps, substances of concern, preparing environmental hazard assessments, conducting PBT/vPvB assessments, environmental exposure and risk assessments, study monitoring, and dossier preparation in IUCLID 6.0.

Dr Henry von Rège

Team Lead Efficacy/Biocides

Henry is a microbiologist with over 25 years' experience in the biocides industry providing regulatory support for biocidal substances and products under the BPD/BPR. He specialises in efficacy testing and evaluation and provides strategic advice to clients during the dossier preparation and defence phase. Henry is experienced in client and consortium management and acts as an expert in meetings with authorities and ECHA working groups. He has long-standing expertise in the standardisation of disinfectant testing (via DIN NA-DTL and CEN TC 216 WG2+3).

Cathrin Weimann

Team Lead Ecotoxicology, Environmental Risk Assessments

Cathrin, an environmental scientist with more than 10 years of experiences in regulatory support for plant protection and biocidal active substances, brings expertise in environmental risk assessment. Cathrin is highly proficient in all phases of the regulatory approval process, from data gap analysis and dossier preparation under the BPR to scientific defence before the competent authorities. She advises clients on the refinement of risk assessments, testing strategies and monitoring of environmental behaviour and ecotoxicology studies. 

Dr Marta Borges Ordoño

Manager Regulatory Affairs Biocides

With 5 years’ hands-on experience in BPR, Marta currently manages several biocidal active substance, product and family dossiers and provides specialist advice on regulatory strategies. With a background in materials science and a PhD in chemical science and technology, she specialises in physicochemical and hazard properties. Marta is well versed in the use of submission tools, such as R4BP3 and IUCLID.

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