{"id":15901,"date":"2025-01-14T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2025-01-14T16:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:45:16","slug":"company-profile-20-years-of-biogenius-serving-its-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/company-profile-20-years-of-biogenius-serving-its-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Profile…20 years of BioGenius serving its customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTo care about long lasting, effective and protective biocidal products to provide safer lives for people<\/em>around the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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At BioGenius, we work for our global customers: Competent. Testing. Together. For over 700 customers worldwide, these three principles have become more crucial than ever in the approval of active ingredients and products for biocidal and plant protection purposes.<\/p>\n

When BioGenius was founded in 2004, the approval of biocidal products was still in its early stages in Europe. Yet, even back then, the BioGenius founders had a clear vision of the challenges that manufacturers and suppliers of biocides would face and the level of service BioGenius would provide.<\/p>\n

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BioGenius managing director Alexander Brux (left) and senior managing director Mike Bublitz (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

Armed with this foresight and a small initial customer base, our team grew rapidly. Our strategy focused on establishing ourselves as a provider of \u201cone-stop-shop\u201d laboratory services for all technical studies of biocidal and plant protection products, with an initial emphasis on insecticides and repellents.<\/p>\n

Early focus on efficacy testing<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Direct spray test with crawling insects.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our efficacy testing, including in-house insect breeding, has been a flagship service since our inception, ensuring that BioGenius can conduct tests year-round, independent of seasonal or supply constraints.<\/p>\n

Soon, it became clear that our blend of efficacy tests, analytics, and application testing was highly valued by customers, and today, BioGenius remains nearly unique in Europe with this combination of services in analytics and efficacy testing.
\nAdditionally, BioGenius made a strategic decision to GLP-certify our analytics and application testing areas from the start. BioGenius\u2019s early involvement in the EU-wide biocide approval requirements has given us a considerable advantage due to our comprehensive know-how in requirements, methods, active ingredients, and products, especially in insecticide and repellent testing.<\/p>\n

Expanding our service portfolio<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of our main challenges from the beginning was the continuous alignment of BioGenius\u2019 service portfolio with the increasing international standards for active ingredient and product approvals.<\/p>\n

Approximately ten years ago, this led to an expansion to support additional product types, such as disinfection and hygiene products, preservatives, and rodent control products.<\/p>\n

After nearly 20 years of supporting international approval projects, BioGenius now provides services for over half of the 22 biocidal product types required for EU-wide approval packages, serving both European and non-European clients. We also manage projects in vector control (WHO), pest control, and plant protection, which are often required for global approvals.<\/p>\n

Key service areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our essential analytical services include the development and validation of analysis methods for GC, HPLC, and IC, as well as for GC-MS and LC-MS.<\/p>\n

A specialised service is the 5-batch analysis of active ingredients and products, essential for the relocation of production sites and mandatory for assessing the technical equivalence of active ingredients.<\/p>\n

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Ion chromatography analytics in the GLP-Laboratory.<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition, our services include physico-chemical data packages and the short-term and long-term stability of formulations and products, combined with application properties, such as spray characteristics.<\/p>\n

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Example setup of a corrosion on metals measurement<\/p><\/div>\n

For several years, we have offered transport safety data testing, such as metal corrosion, in our laboratories according to international standards like UN C.1, all under GLP conditions if required.<\/p>\n

In terms of insect efficacy testing, BioGenius is one of Europe\u2019s leading laboratories, housing more than 26 species of harmful insects, including four mosquito species and three cockroach species, which are available throughout the year. Our diverse test laboratories allow us to assess nearly any insect protection application, covering both domestic and professional pest control needs. Additionally, we conduct vector control tests for international clients, such as malaria prevention.<\/p>\n

Our test methods are closely aligned with EU guidelines and international standards, including those from the WHO. BioGenius was also actively involved in establishing approval requirements within the EU BPR framework for repellent testing.<\/p>\n

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Breeding of clothes moth population.<\/p><\/div>\n

In recent years, the demand for spatial repellent tests has grown significantly among our customers. We test the \u201cspatial repellent effect\u201d in our 30 m\u00b3 apartment-like connected rooms, as well as in our standard 20 m\u00b3 stainless steel chambers used for simulated-use tests, such as for fogger devices.<\/p>\n

Growing role of technical consulting services<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the past 4-5 years, consulting has become increasingly essential for our clients, helping them navigate the testing landscape before beginning initial tests.<\/p>\n

Our technical consultations cover:<\/p>\n