Are you looking for a specific in vitro or ex vivo method to substantiate the effects or the safety of your cosmetic product or ingredient, but don't know how to go about it?

You've come to the right place.

Filters let you create search combinations and refine your criteria to find the most relevant methods. Some filters refine your laboratory preferences ("Service providers" and "Countries" filters), while others refine the definition of the test method that matches your criteria.

The filters are interconnected, which means that their content depends on the selections previously made in the other filters.
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For example, by first selecting the biomarker "Collagen I-III" in the "Study parameters" filter, you will see in the "Claims" filter only the claims that can be substantiated by observing the "Collagen I-III" biomarker.
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Conversely, if you first select the "moisturizing" claim in the "Claims" filter, you will only see, in the "Study parameters" filter, the biomarkers whose observation can validate the "moisturizing" claim.

Once you understand how the filters work, you also understand that a great deal of information is contained not only in your search results, but also in the remaining available criteria of your search filters.

Indeed, the search results list the methods matching the selected criteria, and the laboratories offering those methods. But the filters are a good way to get an overall view of the information, by cross-referencing the data.

For example, if you are looking for the biomarkers that can validate the "moisturizing" claim, you will first select "moisturizing" in the "Claims" filter, then look in the "Study parameters" filter at the remaining biomarkers available for selection.

This information is available from your search results, but by looking directly at the filters, you don't have to go through all the methods offered to note the names of the biomarkers observed.

Each filter lets you refine your search according to important business criteria. Depending on the market in which you want to launch your cosmetic product, the effect you want to claim, the type of results you want... you will find the most suitable method.

On the preclinical platform, the search starts with the choice of a test category, then is refined with the following 8 search filters:

This is the first step of your search: it lets you select the type of tests you are looking for. You can also skip this step. The 9 categories are:

Test methods are linked to the claims they can validate. You can therefore filter the methods directly by the effects you want to substantiate.

Over 140 claims are currently listed on the preclinical platform.

The "Study subjects" filter refines the mechanism of action to be substantiated on the biomarkers observed. Complementary to the "Claims" filter, it narrows the search results down as close as possible to the results you want for the study.

The "Study parameters" filter lets you select the parameter studied at the level of skin biomarkers. A biomarker can be observed specifically to substantiate certain mechanisms of action, when the model is subjected to particular conditions. This filter is very technical and its criteria generally concern one or two methods: it therefore refines the results very specifically.

The "Methodologies" filter is a precise filter, giving an overview of the methods offered at a given stage of the search. By what means will the method be performed (gene expression, metabolic and protein analysis, morphology and imaging...)?

With the "Types of results" filter, you can choose the type of results you want for your testing project from:

Locate the geographical area where you want to carry out your test. The results will be the tests performed by the laboratories located in the selected areas (headquarters or subsidiaries).

Over 35 countries are currently listed on the preclinical platform.

With the "Types of support" filter, select a category of test models on which the tests can be performed (3D models, 2D human cells, explants...). You will find test model manufacturers in the directory ("Providers" menu, "Directory" entry, "Support manufacturers" tab).

With the "Service providers" filter, directly select the laboratories whose methods you want to see in your search results. You can also get an overview of the laboratories offering the methods at a given stage of your search.

Over 300 providers are currently listed on the preclinical platform.

What is the next step, once your search is done and you are satisfied with your results?

You can save the methods from your search for later by clicking the bookmark icon of the method you want:

Each saved method must be linked to a project. You will therefore need to select the project for which you want to save this method, or create a new one.

Once your methods of interest are saved, you can access them from the "Saved services" page, in the "Search" section of the platform menu.

You can display the methods according to the project(s) for which they were saved:

Add notes to the methods to remind yourself of certain details. Each note is linked to the method and to the project(s).

Click "Comparison mode", directly from your search results or from the "Saved services" page, then select two or three methods to compare. Edit the notes if needed.

Export the comparison interface to share the information easily with your teams: make the decision easier, faster and better informed.

The last step is to contact the laboratories that offer the chosen method. To do so, open the method from your saved methods, select the laboratories you want to contact, and send your request!

Your request will be sent to all the selected laboratories, and you will be able to read their replies in the messaging, directly on the platform.

Don't worry: you will be notified by email as soon as a laboratory replies!