AgroPages-EAG expands environmental testing facility in Maryland, US-Agricultural news

EAG, Inc. (Evans Analytical Group), the world’s leading, fully integrated, independent laboratory network, providing high value expert analytical and testing services to a broad base of customers in the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries, announced recently the opening of a 29,000 square foot facility expansion in Easton, Maryland to support growth in its chemistry, environmental fate and aquatic toxicology testing services. The expansion increases the company’s capacity for conducting many GLP-compliant studies required to meet global regulatory requirements for the testing of agrochemical, industrial chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and animal health products.

The expansion follows EAG’s acquisition last month of ABC Laboratories, a Missouri-based company that provides product development and analytical testing services to agrochemical, pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries. The Easton location, which conducts business as Wildlife International, also plans to significantly add to its world-renowned scientific staff with chemists, biologists, and ecotoxicology experts.

“This is an exciting time for EAG,” said Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D., EAG Chief Executive Officer. “The Easton expansion is further evidence of our company’s continued commitment to serving the regulated testing needs of life sciences industries,” he said.

“EAG has experienced significant demand for its services, driven largely by global concern over chemicals in the environment and the resulting increased regulation,” said Prasad Raje, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of EAG. The company supports many global regulatory requirements for testing the safety, toxicology and environmental impact of chemicals, including prominent initiatives such as the Endocrine Disruption Screening Program (EDSP) in the United States and REACH (Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) program in Europe, as well as data call-ins and re-registrations.