4-Front Research

4-Front Consumer Product Healthcare, Clinical Research, Trials and Studies.

Intertek 4-Front's clinical research services in dermatology, dental, nutrition, over-the counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals, and medical devices help the healthcare and beauty products industry meet ever-changing challenges in the marketplace.

4-Front Research helps clients successfully navigate through a challenging business climate, including:

• Heightened vigilance of the regulatory and advertising authorities
• More demanding consumer behaviour
• The new European Cosmetics Directive
• Other factors

Intertek 4-Front is one of the world’s largest consumer healthcare testing organizations, operating from eight locations in Europe and internationally, providing access to a wide population for volunteer recruitment. 4-Front is a reliable research partner, bringing experience, quality and integrity to any consumer healthcare research program. We maintain one of Europe's largest consumer healthcare volunteer databases; characterized for medical history, habits, attitudes, dental health, skin type, hair type and common ailments, to provide a focused and efficient recruitment process.

4-Front's experts provide clinical laboratory studies, data management, bio-statistics and quality assurance support to customers in healthcare, cosmetics and functional foods. Our services assist you with the marketing, licensing and distribution of products through strictly controlled evaluations of safety, efficacy and acceptability.

Continuous research, product evaluation and reformulation helps clients maintain their competitive advantage, but product safety and efficacy claims must be supported by robust clinical evidence. 4-Front's research is conducted to the highest ethical and regulatory standards. Clinical teams are all trained in ICH GCP and applicable EU Directives. 4-Front's UK sites are BS EN ISO 9001:2000 accredited. 4-Front Research Expertise and Services include:

Consumer product safety tests and studies:

• Dermal Safety
  • Patch Testing
  • RIPT - Sensitisation
  • Ophthalmological Tests
  • In-use Tolerance 
   
• Photobiology Studies Oral Tolerance 

Consumer product efficacy and claim support studies:

• Dermatology Trials 
• SPF and Water Resistance 
• Oral Care Product Trials and In Vitro Oral Care 
• Antiperspirant and Deodorant Studies and Trials 
• Hair Care Studies 
• Foot Care 
• Nutritional Trials 

4-Front services in Italian and French:

• 4-Front - Prodotti di consumo sanitari, ricerca clinica e in vitro, prove e studi 
• 4-Front - Etudes et Essais Cliniques 

Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with 4-Front Research.