December 2015
IIVS BCOP Training Video – English
November 1, 2015Nov 1, 2015 This 13-minute training video demonstrates how to perform the BCOP assay according to the Test Guidelines for the assay set forth by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD TG 437). The video focuses on critical steps for the assay, including handling the isolated cornea and removing the test material from the cornea at the conclusion of the exposure time....
IIVS BCOP Training Video – Chinese
November 1, 2015Nov 1, 2015 This 13-minute video demonstrates how to perform the BCOP assay according to the Test Guidelines for the assay set forth by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD TG 437). The video focuses on critical steps for the assay, including handling the isolated cornea and removing the test material from the cornea at the conclusion of the exposure time....
IIVS BCOP Training Video – Portuguese
November 1, 2015Novg 1, 2015 This 13-minute training video demonstrates how to perform the BCOP assay according to the Test Guidelines for the assay set forth by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD TG 437). The video focuses on critical steps for the assay, including handling the isolated cornea and removing the test material from the cornea at the conclusion of the exposure time....
Webinar: Revisiting Skin Irritation Testing Strategies Applying Non-animal Test Methods
November 1, 2015Nov 1, 2015...
Cytokine induction in the 3D EpiDerm™ skin model used as an in vitro preclinical screening tool for formulations with anti-inflammatory action
October 1, 2015Source: ASCCT 2015...
US Institute Trains Chinese Scientists from Zhejiang FDA in Non-Animal Test Methods
August 31, 2015GAITHERSBURG, Md.- In an effort to reduce the number of animals used in the registration and testing of cosmetics in China, US non-profit laboratory, the Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS), provided in-depth training for two scientists from the Zhejiang Food and Drug Administration’s Institute for Food and Drug Control (ZJFDA IFDC). The course focused on laboratory techniques using more predictive and human relevant test methods such as reconstructed human skin and eye models. The training was designed to assist...
Workshop Report: Assessment of In Vitro COPD Models for Tobacco Regulatory Science
July 10, 2015Source: IIVS December 2014 Workshop See also In Vitro Exposure Systems and Dosimetry Assessment Tools for Inhaled Tobacco Products from our April 2016 workshop....
Industry and Regulatory Collaboration Pays Off for Animals
June 5, 2015Gaithersburg, MD – The Environmental Protection Agency has updated a policy which will result in fewer products required to be tested in the eyes of rabbits. The policy is the outcome of a multi-year project between industry, the EPA and the non-profit testing laboratory, the Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS). Coordinated by The Accord Group, the project successfully identified three non-animal tests which can be used to in place of the rabbit test to determine the eye irritation potential...