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Article Periodic Thank You Commission unveils details on plan for phasing out animal testing for chemicals safety

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Commission unveils details on plan for phasing out animal testing for chemicals safety At the REACH and CLP regulators’ meeting in July, the European Commission revealed specifics about its formal schedule to eliminate animal testing used for chemical safety assessment.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You Commission redoubles commitment to reduce animal testing in response to Citizens’ Initiative

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Commission redoubles commitment to reduce animal testing in response to Citizens’ Initiative The European Commission provided its mandatory response to a citizens’ petition this week urging faster action to reduce and ultimately eliminate animal testing within the cosmetics and chemical sectors.

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New Alternative Methodologies and Their Applications in Drug Discovery and Development

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Where possible, NAM s seek to avoid the use of animal testing or at least to reduce it. However, reports drawn up as recently as June 2023 still emphasize the necessity of animal testing at some point as we are still far from understanding and reproducing all the variables present in a whole organism in an in vitro or in silico model.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You ECHA issues research wish list to aid in its regulatory endeavors

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Its latest report serves as a powerful indicator for what EU chemical regulation is likely to resemble in the coming years should the agency receive sufficient scientific support to meet four regulatory challenges ECHA just can’t solve without further progress from the scientific community.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You EU court upholds ban on chlorpyrifos-methyl, setting regulatory precedent in the process

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While this development, on its own, is noteworthy, the judiciary rationale behind the ruling will impact wider EU trends and serve as precedent for future chemical regulation. BY RAYAN BHARGAVA, MSC | OCT 6, 2023 4:30 PM CDT Regulatory background Chlorpyrifos-methyl (CHP-methyl) is an insecticide with applications for a variety of crops.

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Scottish drug discovery: advancing new research models

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To demonstrate how Scotland is continuing to innovate and shape drug discovery, on April 27, 2023, ELRIG UK hosted the Scottish Research and Drug Development Forum at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow. Established in 1912, the Beatson Institute has close ties to the University of Glasgow’s clinical cancer research groups.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You Explainer: carcinogen classification in the E.U., U.S., and internationally

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and internationally Establishing and communicating a substance’s potential to cause cancer is a cornerstone of chemical regulation worldwide. Carcinogens are classified by the IARC through a series of published monographs , of which there are currently 134 volumes, as of August 2023. For more on the regulation of glyphosate in the E.U.,