Product Development

We provide end-to-end pesticidal product development services tailored to your goals, integrating pest biology, formulation expertise, efficacy testing, regulatory strategy, and practical scale-up support. From Target Product Profile to label-ready documentation, we help move your product from concept to market-ready.

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Whether you need proof-of-concept data, formulation refinement, or a path from active ingredient to finished product, we shape development around your goals, timeline, claims, and target market. Our staged approach helps reduce risk early, guide practical decisions, and avoid costly late-stage pivots.

From Target Product Profile to performance testing, formulation optimization, safety support, label-ready documentation, and manufacturing readiness, we connect the technical and regulatory steps needed to move pesticidal products from concept to market readiness.

Proof of concept and performance benchmarking –
Generate data to demonstrate intended-use performance, differentiate candidates, and establish duration of efficacy where relevant.
Formulation optimization
Improve stability, consistency, delivery performance, and user experience without compromising efficacy.
Safety and documentation
Support SDS development, physical-property review, and documentation packages aligned with the intended market and claims.
Commercial readiness
Guide costing, sourcing, label alignment, and scale-up with contract manufacturers and blenders.
Botanical and 25(b) product development
Apply specific experience developing and evaluating botanical and essential-oil products, including 25(b)-aligned development considerations.

We enable consumer and professional pesticidal products with real-world usability, performance, and market fit in mind. From new concepts to improved existing products, we help match formulation approach, delivery format, and performance benchmarks to the target user, claims, and use pattern.

Our capabilities include on-skin repellents, spatial repellents, barrier treatments, knock-down sprays, concentrates, and ready-to-use formulations. For biologically derived actives, we support biopesticide programs from proof-of-concept screening through performance validation, stability planning, documentation, and commercialization support.

On-skin repellents
Spatial repellents
Barrier sprays
Knock-down sprays
Concentrates and RTUs (Ready to Use)
Biopesticides

Our product development services

Engage us for a single study, targeted troubleshooting, or a full development program aligned to your Target Product Profile, claims, and timeline.

Performance and proof

Efficacy testing
Demonstrate real-world performance with clear, defensible results.
Comparative evaluations
Compare candidates and benchmark against existing products.
Protocol development
Apply standard methods or design custom protocols for novel products and use patterns.
Length of efficacy
Quantify performance over time to support duration-based claims and positioning.

Formulation quality

Stability
Assess homogeneity, storage stability, and active ingredient durability.
Functional properties
Optimize delivery, usability, compatibility, and manufacturability.
Cosmetic properties
Refine fragrance, viscosity, feel, dry-down, and residue.
User appeal
Gather structured feedback to improve acceptance and repeat use.

Launch readiness

Toxicology and safety support
Support physical property review, SDS development, and tox/safety coordination as needed.
Affordability and costing
Model costs to support margins, pricing, and product-positioning decisions.
Ingredient sourcing
Support supplier qualification and quality strategies for reliable scale-up.
Label development
Develop label-ready content aligned with ingredients, safety, and substantiated claims.
Scale-up support
Work with contract manufacturers and blenders to support larger batches and consistent quality.

The Carroll-Loye Process

Step 1: Product safety & efficacy assessment
We review your current formulation, intended use, and any existing data, then identify key risks, opportunities, compliance considerations, and the fastest path to proof of concept.

Step 2: Product performance enhancement
We deliver a prioritized action plan and work with your team to refine performance, stability, user experience, and cost—focusing on practical, cost-effective improvements.

Step 3: Performance testing & documentation
We run the confirmatory testing needed to support your claims, deliver a written performance report, and review documentation and labeling for accuracy and alignment. GLP support and auditing are always available when needed.

>Start with an assessment, bring us a specific problem, or engage us for final validation before launch.

Our greatest strength is the intersection: pest biology and behavior, formulation performance, rigorous efficacy testing, and regulatory strategy. Carroll-Loye Biological Research brings together practically minded PhD scientists with decades of influence in U.S. pesticidal product testing and regulatory practice.

For our clients, that means product development guided by people who understand both how products perform in the real world and what evidence is needed to support claims. We help refine concepts, validate performance, align documentation, and move insect repellent and pesticidal products toward market readiness with confidence.