BWI: New FDA Testing Method for Labsphere Sunscreen UV Transmittance Analyser

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Labsphere, Inc.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Electronic appliances & components
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New FDA Testing Method for Labsphere Sunscreen UV Transmittance Analyser
Partnership with Q-Lab brings customer savings

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, January 26, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Labsphere, maker of the UV-2000S Transmittance Analyser for Sunscreens, has developed a new software routine allowing sunscreens to be characterised per the latest global in-vitro testing standards. This addition, available immediately, to the analyser's software anticipates the release by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its final rule for in-vitro sunscreen testing.

Labsphere's UV-2000S Transmittance Analyzer benchtop R&D system is designed to rapidly measure the spectral transmittance of sunscreen products, especially those with very high sun protection factors (SPF 50+), as well as UVA/UVB protection factor. Its application software automatically converts measurement data to provide the Sun Protective Factor (SPF), UVA to UVB ratio, critical wavelength (COLIPA 2009), Boot Star Rating, UVA I/UV ratio (FDA proposed rule) and UVA-PF (COLIPA Method).

The platform allows users to view, archive, retrieve and export data for measurements on both bare substrates and product substrates and supports evolving regional methods. Labsphere also plans to incorporate proposed changes to Euro-commission (COLIPA) guidelines, the FDA monograph and to add new ISO guidelines to future software releases, as these tests are issued by the relevant regulatory bodies. The most recent software is supplied with new purchases of the UV-2000S and current users can upgrade with subscription-based updates.

The FDA's proposed rule and the new emerging ISO and COLIPA standards will also require the use of a device for exposing sunscreens to a specified solar irradiance photostability testing. Labsphere has arranged a marketing partnership with a world leader in weathering and solar aging testing equipment, Q-Lab Corporation (www.q-lab.com). Any customer that acquires a Labsphere UV2000S and Q-Lab Q-Sun Xenon Light Stability Tester within six months of each other will be eligible for special pricing on both products.

To speak to someone about your unique applications please contact Vikrant Mahajan, Labsphere's USA-based Applications Engineering Manager, on e-mail: vmahajan@labsphere.com or telephone: +1 603 927 4266 (extension 2198).

About Labsphere
Labsphere (www.labsphere.com), a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c., is world leader in light testing and measurement and optical coatings. The company's products include LED, laser and traditional light source light measurement systems; uniform light sources for imaging device calibration; spectroscopy accessories; and high diffuse reflectance materials and coatings for applications in backlit panel displays, computed radiography, and system calibration.

About Halma
Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. It is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, health, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction and transport.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.

Photo: Labsphere's UV-2000S software has been upgraded for the new FDA testing method)


CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Vikrant Mahajan, Applications Engineering Manager, Labsphere, Inc., 603 927 4266 (extension 2198), vmahajan@labsphere.com
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 42000700, Srini@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0) 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com

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