A realistic timeline from brief to finished goods is 9–18 months: 4–10 weeks for formulation, 12 weeks for accelerated stability testing, 8–16 weeks for manufacturing scale-up, and 3–6 weeks for packaging. Running some phases in parallel can compress the timeline. AJ Cosmo Labs' sample-tracking feature helps founders manage all these milestones in one place.
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