INTERNATIONAL DEAL SIGNED TO REDUCE ANIMAL TESTING
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
KEY regulatory agencies have signed an international agreement to work together in significantly reducing the number of animals used in experiments worldwide. The Japanese Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM), the US National Toxicology Program and Canada's Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau have initialed a memorandum of cooperation. They will formalise the way they work together in test method evaluation, validation studies, independent scientific ...
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