Richard Young
Managing Director and Principal Toxicologist
Qualifications
BSc in Marine Biology & Coastal Ecology
MSc in Applied Toxicology
Richard Young,
Managing Director and Principal Toxicologist
Qualifications and Experience
Richard has over 25 years’ experience in desk-based toxicology at bibra. In 2018, Richard became the Managing Director of bibra, after taking over from James (who still remains a Toxicology Director and Chairman).
Richard has worked for clients from the food and beverage, food contact materials, consumer goods, agrochemical, biocidal, industrial chemical, pharmaceutical, nicotine (e.g. e-cigarette) and cannabinoid sectors. For the past 15 years, he has been heavily involved in assisting companies comply with their REACH registration obligations, including supporting registrants respond to ECHA Evaluation decisions.
Richard has played a key role in assisting e-cigarette and e-liquid manufacturers and importers with the toxicological assessments of their products, notably with their EU TPD and US FDA PMTA compliance obligations. Most recently he has been involved in the toxicological assessment of cannabinoids (notably CBD and THC) for a number of clients from a range of sectors (e.g. food, consumer products and pharmaceuticals). He is also involved in supporting the Health and Security Agency (HSA), a UK government agency, with assessing the epidemiology, laboratory animal, and in vitro data for important chemicals in the environment, drinking water, and consumer products, and reviewing new methodologies that may influence human health hazard and risk assessment.
Qualifications and Experience
Richard has an MSc in Applied Toxicology and is a RSB/BTS and European Registered Toxicologist (ERT).
His skills include expert analysis of human health data. This can involve the pragmatic application of risk assessment methodology to mammalian toxicity data sets in order to derive robust conclusions on toxicological acceptability and health risks to exposed populations.
Areas of Expertise
Hobbies and Interests
In his spare time Richard can be found playing padel tennis and 5-a-side football (when his knees can cope), and running around and entertaining his two children.
