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Toxicity Testing: Read Between the Lines
April 13, 2017 IIVS NewsSkin toxicity testing was the focus of a full-day seminar held during In-Cosmetics 2017. Attendees learned about everything from skin…
Special issue of Applied In Vitro Toxicology: Next Generation Tobacco Products
March 10, 2017 IIVS NewsCheck out the recently released special issue of Applied In Vitro Toxicology: Application of In Vitro Toxicology Approaches for the…
ARDF Offers Research Grants – May 1 Deadline
February 10, 2017 Industry NewsThe Alternatives Research & Development Foundation (ARDF), which promotes alternatives to the use of laboratory animals in research, testing, and…
New Advice on Using Non-Animal Test Methods
February 10, 2017 Industry NewsECHA’s updated guidance gives advice on how to use non-animal test methods, which are now the default for many endpoints.…
PETA: New Chinese Regulations Will Effectively End Animal Testing Requirement for Non-Special Use Cosmetics
January 23, 2017 Industry NewsPETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo has issued a statement in response to a new regulation issued by China’s Food…
Switzerland Joins Fight on Animal Cruelty with Ban on Animal-Tested Cosmetics
January 18, 2017 Industry NewsSwitzerland has announced a complete ban on sales of cosmetics that are tested on animals. The decision follows the announcement…
EPA Announces Start of Voluntary Pilot Program to Reduce Animal Testing
December 22, 2016 Industry NewsOn December 20, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)announced the start of a pilot program to evaluate the usefulness…
Dutch Government Announces Plan to Phase Out Animal Safety Testing by 2025
December 22, 2016 Industry NewsPETA UK and PETA Netherlands staff attended a meeting in Hague last week at which Dutch Secretary of State for…
PETA Int’l Science Consortium Announces Chance to Win a $100,000 Award
November 29, 2016 Industry NewsPETA is accepting proposals to award a VITROCELL® exposure system—valued at up to $100,000—to researchers who will use it to…
What Does China’s Approval of the First Contemporary Non-Animal Testing Method Mean for Cruelty Free Cosmetics?
November 22, 2016 Industry NewsIIVS’ work with the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and its subsidiary body, the National Institute for Food and…
Taiwan Bans Cosmetics Animal Testing from 2019
October 26, 2016 Industry NewsTaiwan has passed a bill to ban cosmetics testing on animals. With a three-year implementation period in place, it will…
Advancing Non-animal Testing Methods: First Set of Novel Knowledge Tools Published
October 18, 2016 Industry NewsAn adverse outcome pathway, or AOP, is a highly structured way of describing a toxicological process which can lead to…