Certified and Accredited Laboratories (GLP, ISO 13485)
Academic laboratories and clinicians work in strong collaborations with GLP-certified companies that offer a complete range of manufacturing and packaging services. LEMI (Technopôle Montesquieu, 33650 Martillac, France) and NAMSA (38670 Chasse sur Rhône, France) laboratories are two exemples of structures that offer services for biocompatibility analysis of medical devices, and experimental models in small and large animals, respectively.
LEMI, Laboratory for Evaluation of Implantable Materials
The services offered by the LEMI, mainly to industry are essentially of two types:
- Making safety tests and biological effectiveness in accordance with the standards, guidelines and standards in force for the establishment of marketing authorization dossiers (CE, FDA approval ...)
- Research and Development of driving studies, design of a new product (innovation, optimization, validation) to its production.
NAMSA, North American Science Associates
NAMSA is a medical research organization providing expert regulatory, laboratory, clinical, and compliance services to medical device and healthcare product manufacturers. At every stage of the product development process, we provide strategic guidance and tactical support to help clients commercialize medical products in the major markets of the world.