Practice/Organization Description
Perhaps nothing is more complex in the corporate world than doing business at the intersection of science, law, and policy. Regulatory compliance, product approvals, and product defense must keep pace with scientific breakthroughs and competitive pressures. Helping you get your products to market faster and more efficiently than your competitors -- with powerful solutions for regulatory, political, and scientific challenges in any jurisdiction -- is the mission of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C).
With a unique blend of legal, government affairs, and scientific expertise, the firm focuses on chemical products, product approvals, and regulation and associated business issues. Firm attorneys and professionals are complemented by our non- attorney consulting arms and represent and counsel individuals, business entities, trade associations, and industry coalitions around the globe.
A true business partner with clients, B&C delivers vital expertise in business strategy development, compliance planning, product defense, policy advocacy, and related activities. B&C attorneys and regulatory specialists find pathways of progress for you that are efficient and business-sensitive. Trusted, respected, and highly experienced, B&C is known for taking principled, innovative, and firm positions -- always sustained by science and business savvy, and in consideration of the sensitivities involved in dealing with government agencies.
Advocacy, compliance, and strategic services cover the full range of regulatory requirements and policies governing complex products, including:
TSCA, FIFRA/FQPA, REACH, and other statutory matters
FDA medical device and product approval
Registration and data compensation arbitrations
Chemical product litigation
Basic, specialty, and agricultural and antimicrobial chemicals
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Biobased and renewable chemicals and products
Pharmaceuticals
Medical devices and diagnostic products
Fibers
Paints and coatings
Plastic products
Top-ranked in Chambers USA, B&C is based in Washington, DC, and represents clients before EPA, FDA, OSHA, Congress, ECHA, and other global regulators and entities.
THE ACTA GROUP
Controlling Costs and Managing Product Life Cycles
The Acta Group (Acta) is the consulting arm of B&C established to complement our legal services by providing a full-range of support for the process of marketing chemicals, biocides, products of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and medical devices. Acta is your partner for getting quickly and efficiently to market -- in any country or locale -- and keep you there when you are challenged by a new regulatory regime, issue, or set of rules. Consultants manage products from concept to approval, delivering skills and experience with specific product areas in government and industry. The group maintains offices in the U.S., Europe, and China, and offers expertise with regulatory programs and chemical product approvals in North America, the European Union, South and Central America, Asia, and the Pacific Rim.
B&C CONSORTIA MANAGEMENT, LLC
Administration, Management, and Infrastructure for Industry Groups
B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM) provides cost effective administrative and support services to consortia. These include capabilities from infrastructure and staff needed for newly organized groups to advocacy and product stewardship programs, communications outreach, research programs, and other activities for industry groups of all kinds. This B&C affiliate organization draws from strong institutional experience and access to experts in all areas of consortia management.
