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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: 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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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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Analysis Life Sciences: FDA finalizes new guidance on nonclinical assessment of potential immunotoxicity

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FDA finalizes new guidance on nonclinical assessment of potential immunotoxicity Late last week the FDA released a final guidance document containing recommendations on the nonclinical assessment of potential immunotoxicity for drugs and certain biologics. What are nonclinical studies and when are they conducted in drug development?

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

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This document can be understood as something of a dialogue between regulators and the research entities which provide them with leverageable data, as well as the methodological tools to interpret this same data’s regulatory significance. The next key area concerns the ongoing shift away from animal testing.

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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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In their view, this breach of procedure was that the two EFSA “statements” from 2019 were relied on in place of any document publicized as a “conclusion.” Just because a document does not include the word conclusion in its title does not mean it cannot fulfil that role in the renewal process.

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FDA’s New Draft Guidance on 510(k) Implant Devices: What You Need to Know

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By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As we recently blogged , FDA released three draft guidance documents to help enhance the predictability, consistency, and transparency of the 510(k) program. One of these documents focuses on “ Evidentiary Expectations for 510(k) Implant Devices.”

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