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IIVS’ Outreach Program for Non-animal Test Methods Supported by Chinese Cosmetic Company
June 22, 2020 Press ReleaseJune 23, 2020, Gaithersburg, MD – US based non-profit Institute for In Vitro Sciences Inc. (IIVS) has received its first…
Webinar : Use of Non-animal Skin Sensitization Methods
June 3, 2020 IIVS NewsA recorded webinar on the “Use of Non-animal Skin Sensitization Methods” by IIVS’s Hans Raabe and US EPA’s Gino Scarano…
Services and Tools for COVID-19 Drug Development
May 21, 2020 IIVS NewsIIVS provides robust test systems and assays to detect the adverse effects of diverse materials, including pharmaceuticals targeting COVID-19. The…
Respiratory Toxicology for Pharmaceutical Development
May 6, 2020 IIVS NewsThe Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) provides robust test systems and assays to detect the adverse effects of diverse…
FDA Releases New Guidance Recommending Alternatives to LLNA
April 22, 2020 Industry NewsFDA releases new guidance recommending the performance of alternative test methodologies in lieu of the murine-based Local Lymph Node Assay…
2020 SOT Enhancement of Animal Welfare Award Announced
January 23, 2020 Industry NewsIIVS offers our congratulations to Kristie Sullivan, Vice President for Research Policy with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, who…
IIVS Workshop Series: Identification, Discussion and Recommendations for the Optimal Generation and Use of In Vitro Genotoxicity Assay Data for Tobacco and Nicotine Products
October 18, 2019 Poster/PresentationThe Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) is sponsoring a series of workshops to identify, discuss and develop recommendations for…
Use of Ex Vivo Precision-Cut Lung SLices as a Screening Tool for Potential Respiratory Toxicity of E-Liquids
October 17, 2019 Poster/PresentationThe Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gave the FDA regulatory authority over next generation tobacco products (NGTP) such…
Evaluation of TRPV1 Activity to Assess the Eye Stinging Potential of Cosmetic Formulations
October 17, 2019 Poster/PresentationThe Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) receptor is one of the most well characterized pain-inducing receptors and has…
PETA Science Group Donates $50,000 in Equipment to IIVS
October 11, 2019 IIVS NewsGaithersburg, Md. — Animals don’t have to suffer for your cosmetics, cleaners, pesticides, or drugs. The PETA International Science Consortium…
Promoting the Uptake of Alternatives to Animal Testing Through the Development of eLearning Tools
September 13, 2019 Poster/PresentationIn order to further promote the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU, the European Commission issued calls for a number of related…
kDPRA: An in chemico Method to Characterize the Skin Sensitization Potency of Chemicals
September 13, 2019 Poster/PresentationWhile the skin sensitization hazard of substances can readily be identified using non-animal methods, the classification of potency into UN…