Actif’s Mag: How do you see your business evolving over the next few years? Violaine Chaumont: Being competent in toxicology is one of the future paths for developments at RNI Conseil. This means that our teams will be more multi-disciplinary, able to apply advanced knowledge that I would qualify as ‘stratospheric’ in the areas of expertise that we cover. We are particularly alert Since then, we have forged partnerships in China, Canada, to the new Medical Device Regulation, which includes new Colombia, Brazil, Japan, Australia. I want to emphasize one rules for herbal medical devices. We are also on the lookout aspect: we work with partner firms… To this end, we have de- for changes brought about by the AGEC law (Anti-Waste Law veloped a very thorough process for qualifying our partners. for a Circular Economy), which will not only have an impact This allows our clients to be able to work directly in a given on the packaging of products and brands, but in general on the country or geographical area. In this sense, we act as a bridge very DNA of companies, which will thus be forced to evolve. between different countries. Concerning the United States, It is our job to accompany them. I also believe that Artificial which is a reference market, we have set up a subsidiary based Intelligence will play an increasingly important role in our in California which employs three consultants. Finally, in the business and having a database is essential although it can- United Kingdom, we have anticipated the Brexit and all its not replace the work of a team. Nevertheless, we are deploy- consequences on the activities of our customers—company ing a number of tools, such as e-learning for instance, which domiciliation, customs problems, application for UK market- we use internally and will also be made available to our cus- ing authorisation, etc. —by opening a subsidiary that also re- tomers. This will participate in our approach to seeking the lies on three experts. For example, we can answer questions most inspired creativity possibly. This is what has fostered RNI about where to file a Novel Food application—across the Conseil’s development and it will continue the same. • Channel or in Europe. We have also set up a local branch in the United Kingdom to meet the growing demand for toxicol- Comments collected by Philippe Millet ogy issues , UK having a lot of expertise in this area. #76 GAM s’fitcA