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Global Experts Outline Next-gen, Animal-alternative Cosmetic Test Tenets

With animal testing for the safety assessment of cosmetic ingredients and products banned in the EU, new methods are required to ensure human safety. As such, an international working group has compiled nine guiding principles to lead the development of new test methods.

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China Forms Non-animal Testing Working Group, Appoints IIVS

China's momentum toward non-animal testing is gaining speed with its recently formed animal alternative work group and its appointment of the Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS).

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[update] California Passes Bill Banning Animal Testing

California SB-1249, which successfully passed through the California State Assembly, is now headed to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill was passed after it narrowed its scope to include only products in which animal testing is a direct part of the supply chain.

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BASF, Givaudan and IIVS Team Up for Animal Testing Alternative

The improved skin sensitization reactivity method will address the needs of toxicologists and regulators, predicting the potency of a sensitizer without the need for animal testing.

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Simulations Plus Enters Research Collab to Improve Animal-free Testing

The company has entered a one-year funded research collaboration with “a large European consortium,” in an effort further develop and validate GastroPlus, its Transdermal Compartmental Absorption and Transit software model for animal-free testing.

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Eurosafe Inks Deal to Distribute Senzagen's Animal-alternative Tests

"The GARD assay portfolio is unique with its holistic approach and contributes greatly in a modern, [animal-free] testing strategy."

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Henkel Phenion Model Allows 3D Raw Material Testing

The model can be utilized in Henkel's 3D Skin Comet Assay to investigate the potential genotoxicity of raw materials.

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Humane Society Voices Support for EPA Animal Testing Draft Policy

Titled Use of Alternative Approaches for Skin Sensitization as a Replacement for Laboratory animal Testing, the draft supports the use of non-animal methods for single chemical substances including pesticide active ingredients.

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Animal-free Test Detects CLP 1A and 1B Allergens with High Accuracy

A new animal-alternative, biomarker-based in vitro test from SensaGen has been shown to successfully identify and classify CLP Class 1A and 1B chemical sensitizers with 82% accuracy.

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China Softens Animal Test Mandate, Opens Doors for Cosmetics Growth

Many multinationals have steered clear of the huge cosmetics market potential in China due to the animal testing mandate; but things could be changing.

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California and Canada Move to End Animal Testing for Cosmetics

The final outcomes of these moves remain to be seen, but one thing is certain: not every market is on the same page. This could either spell out a larger drive for global harmony or settle into irreconcilable differences.

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Laying Down the Law: Global Regulatory Frameworks

Shifting regulations have much of the world looking to follow Europe's example. Here, what to consider as you move forward in the regulatory process.

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Europe Calls for Global Animal Testing Ban

Members of the European Parliament are calling for a worldwide ban on animal testing for cosmetics. This follows two recent moves by the U.S. states of California and Hawaii.

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Researchers Construct 3-D Bioprinted Skin Pigmentation

Bioprinted skin can now incorporate accurate skin pigmentation patterns, as reported by new research published in Biofabrication.

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The Body Shop Urges Canadian Animal Testing Ban

The Canadian government is currently reviewing a ban on cosmetic animal testing, and is being lobbied by consumer brand The Body Shop.

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HaCaSens: New Hope for Non-animal Sensitization Testing

New research out of South Korea gives product developers hope in the search for animal test alternatives to detect skin sensitizers. The study, published in Toxicology In vitro, explains a simple and reproducible assay based on HaCaT cells.

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Animal Testing Alternatives Reach China

China's Zhejiang regulatory body opened doors on a new testing lab that will employ only alternative methods, keeping in check with global trends that turn away from animal testing.

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BASF-Poietis Deal to Take 3D Bioprinting to Cellular Depths

BASF and 3D bioprinting expert Poietis have big plans to advance skin care. In an extended agreement, the two will collaborate to optimize the 3D bioprinting of skin equivalent models to study the effectiveness of actives.