About Us

Derma Sciences Ltd is a worldwide leader in the contract laboratory testing of cosmetics, personal care, toiletries and babycare products. Since the early 80s, our staff have assisted clients with their testing needs from conception to completion.

The testing services offered include clinical safety, claims validation, efficacy and acceptability testing.

Our technical staff have extensive experience that is used to assist clients through each phase of the testing process, including protocol design, subject recruitment, statistical analysis and report preparation. Our Quality Assurance and Regulatory staff monitor compliance to our internal SOPs and applicable regulations.

We attribute our growth to our dedication to the needs of our clients. Well known for our superior customer service, we become an integral part of our clients’ team, providing timely, reliable, accurate, and reproducible results every time.

We are a focussed, experienced consumer product testing house.

We have the enviable reputation of being the most respected consumer product testing house in the UK.

A recent survey showed that over 70% of cosmetics and toiletries for sale in a large supermarket chain had been tested by us.

Maldon Facility

All of the Derma Sciences Ltd treatment areas are large enough to cope with up to 200 volunteers per day. Each unit is designed to deal with the flow of people coming through the unit for enrolment purposes and for ease of study flow during practical parts of study. Each unit has a crash trolley which is there in case of emergencies.

We have a medical team on site at all times and easy access to large hospitals based in Maldon, Chelmsford and Colchester.

Each unit is designed to deal with all your study needs, however if there is something in particular that is required, please ask.