Scientific Support Services
Every great product begins as a spark of imagination and evolves into reality in the marketplace. Throughout every phase of that journey, safety, quality and performance are essential. We provide full-scale, customisable scientific support services and solutions to help bring those products to life.
Actalent helps companies validate, sustain and optimise the lifecycle of their products.
Our team of best-in-class experts brings deep expertise in laboratory management, process design, compliance, quality, efficiency and facilities infrastructure. Every day, we help advance innovations across a wide range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, food and beverage, consumer goods, industrial products and specialty chemicals.
Who We Are: Your Partner in Scientific Support Services
Domain Expertise
- PMI PMP certified project managers
- Six Sigma Green Belt certified subject matter experts
- Subject matter experts within quality, environmental regulations, pre-clinical, biologics, material science and specialty chemical
Regulatory Guidelines
Our processes adhere to regulatory guidelines to ensure quality and compliance.
- ISO certified delivery locations
- Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Sanitation Foundation
Solving Industry Challenges
We serve a wide range of industries, supporting clients of all sizes, footprints and market positions—including several global leaders. These partnerships have enabled us to develop solutions that:
- Manage the safe, efficient relocation of laboratory facilities and ensure proper equipment validation
- Strengthen quality operations by improving efficiencies and providing guidance on NCRs, CAPAs and warning‑letter remediation
- Ensure widespread compliance with emerging regulations such as EU MDR and REACH
- Deliver biopharma manufacturing support, including MSAT-driven technology transfer
Our Expertise in Scientific Support Services
- Quality process and quality management system (QMS) support
- Auditing, gap assessment and audit readiness
- 483/warning letter remediation
- SOP/Technical writing, documents archival and CAPA investigations
- Production/batch record review
- Vendor qualification management
- Regulatory compliance
- Toxicology analysis/risk assessment
- Biocompatibility
- Laboratory management
- Laboratory setup
- Buffer and media preparation
- Glassware cleaning
- Sample preparation
- Study design and management
- Metrology and maintenance
- Sample coordination
- Product development
- Project management
- Design and implement training programs
- Commissioning, decommissioning, qualification and validation
- IQ, OQ, PQ
- Validation master plans
- User requirement specifications (URS)
- Computer systems validation (CSV)
- Cleaning validation
- Process validation
- Method development and validation
- Performance qualifications
- Cleanroom planning and qualification
- Aseptic lab cleaning
- Surface sampling and analysis
- Process development
- Technical writing
- Consultation
- MSAT technology transfer
- Scale up studies
- Site transfer and expansion
- Assay and method development
- Process optimisation
- Risk mitigation
- Technical writing/documentation
- Analytical characterisation
- Spectroscopy
- Chromatography
- Thermal analysis
- Wet chemistry
- Extractables and leachables testing
- Test method development/validation
- Performance evaluation
- Competitive testing
- Stability testing and microbiology analysis
- Assay development
Industries We Support
Consumer and
Industrial Products
Life Sciences
Benefits of Actalent’s QMS
- Defines, improves and controls processes
- Facilitates training opportunities
- Engages workforce to boost morale and retention
- Prevents mistakes and lowers costs
- Communicates readiness for consistent results
- Improves product/service quality to increase profitability
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Delivery Locations
With deep expertise, access to top‑tier talent and technical resources, and broad vendor networks, we deliver scientific support services through a blend of remote and in‑sourced/onsite models—most often structured as Functional Service Provider (FSP) engagements or managed services.
