Represented by:

Jos Bollen

Toxikon Europe

Interleuvenlaan 3, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Tel: + 32 16 400484  Fax: +32 16 401304
Email: jos.bollen@toxikon.be   Web: www.toxikon.be

Toxikon is a comprehensive testing organization, ISO-17025 accredited, providing a complete suite of services for the qualification and registration of medical devices, biomaterials and pharmaceuticals. Toxikon Europe is a subsidiary of Toxikon Corporation, a US based GLP- laboratory in Boston, covering the complete range of biocompatibility and toxicology services.

Toxikon Europe operates a state-of-the-art facility in Leuven, Belgium and specializes in the safety qualification of polymer materials. Other capabilities are lot release testing, microbiology and  in vitro toxicology procedures. All testing is performed according to the most recent guidelines, International and European Standards.

Sponsor modified procedures, protocols, regulatory consultancy and analytical interpretation are available on request.

Toxikon provides support activities for research and development of new products and materials, that are used in medical and pharmaceutical industry.
This expertise and consultancy can generate certain benefits :
-Significant safety issues can be detected in a very early stage. The detection of potential “Chemicals of concern” will streamline your basic safety evaluation.
-Analytical data identifying potential toxic leachables and correlation with toxicological testing results will facilitate overall risk assessments.
-Manufacturing process control will improve consistency of the quality of the used materials.
All biological testing can be linked to a baseline situation, where the manufacturer knows exactly what kind of characteristics could eventually lead to certain adverse effects.