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ECVAM News & Views

ECVAM News & Views ATLA 38, 99–100, 2010 99 Progress Toward Regulatory 32nd Meeting of the ECVAM Acceptance Scientific Advisory Committee At its 22nd Meeting, the OECD Working Group of ECVAM’s newly re-structured Scientific Advis - the National Coordinators of the Test Guideline ory Committee (ESAC), composed of 15 inde- Programme (WNT22) approved the following test pendent scientists, met for the first time on guidelines and guidance documents, in which 12–13 April 2010, at the Joint Research Centre, ECVAM has been involved: Ispra, Italy. The members, selected by the IHCP in late 2009, agreed on the Rules of Procedures — The new Test Guideline (TG) on In Vitro for the Committee, and were briefed on the Skin Irritation: Reconstructed Human Epider - activities of ECVAM and their central role in the mis (RhE) Test Method and its supporting ECVAM validation process. The Committee Background Document. With this approval, a elected David Basketter (DABMEB Consultancy, definitive step toward the full replacement of UK) as Chair, and Walter Pfaller (University of animal testing for skin irritation has been Innsbruck, Austria) as Vice-Chair. achieved. The TG is based on an ECVAM val- The next meetings will take place in October idation study involving three RhE models, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Alternatives to Laboratory Animals SAGE

ECVAM News & Views

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals , Volume 38 (2): 2 – May 1, 2010

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SAGE
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© 2010 Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
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0261-1929
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2632-3559
DOI
10.1177/026119291003800204
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ATLA 38, 99–100, 2010 99 Progress Toward Regulatory 32nd Meeting of the ECVAM Acceptance Scientific Advisory Committee At its 22nd Meeting, the OECD Working Group of ECVAM’s newly re-structured Scientific Advis - the National Coordinators of the Test Guideline ory Committee (ESAC), composed of 15 inde- Programme (WNT22) approved the following test pendent scientists, met for the first time on guidelines and guidance documents, in which 12–13 April 2010, at the Joint Research Centre, ECVAM has been involved: Ispra, Italy. The members, selected by the IHCP in late 2009, agreed on the Rules of Procedures — The new Test Guideline (TG) on In Vitro for the Committee, and were briefed on the Skin Irritation: Reconstructed Human Epider - activities of ECVAM and their central role in the mis (RhE) Test Method and its supporting ECVAM validation process. The Committee Background Document. With this approval, a elected David Basketter (DABMEB Consultancy, definitive step toward the full replacement of UK) as Chair, and Walter Pfaller (University of animal testing for skin irritation has been Innsbruck, Austria) as Vice-Chair. achieved. The TG is based on an ECVAM val- The next meetings will take place in October idation study involving three RhE models,

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Published: May 1, 2010

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