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European Medicines Agency intends to minimize animal testing in drug development
Wednesday, 29 September 2021 21:31With the help of its own Innovation Task Force (ITF), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) aims to help developers to replace, reduce and refine animal testing during the development, manufacture and testing of human and veterinary medicines.
October 2021: EPAA Annual conference
Monday, 27 September 2021 12:20The annual EPAA event on October 27th, will give participants insight into EPAA’s achievements in 2021, announce the EPAA Refinement Prize winner, and discuss our role in the EU chemical strategy for sustainability.
ECEAE Prize for animal-free antibodies
Wednesday, 22 September 2021 12:19To raise awareness about the advantages of animal-free produced antibodies and promote their development and application, the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) is announcing for the first time a Prize for animal-free antibodies. The aim of this prize is to highlight the versatility and superiority of animal-free antibodies and encourage their acceptance and use for research and therapeutic purposes.
Munich: High-throughput AI explains how the SARS Cov-2 virus works
Tuesday, 21 September 2021 10:54To find out more precisely how the SARS-CoV-2 virus manages to evade immune defenses and replicate in the cells of patients, an international research team involving the Technical University of Munich broke new ground with artificial intelligence. They succeeded in compiling the most comprehensive and detailed overview to date of all the 3D structures of the virus proteins available worldwide. In a database, this information is publicly available for research.
EU Parliament calls for phase-out of animal experiments
Friday, 17 September 2021 08:54The EU Parliament has called on the EU Commission to draw up an EU-wide action plan for a phase-out of animal experiments.
Berlin awards an additional 60,000 euros for animal-free research
Monday, 13 September 2021 15:22Good news from Berlin: the State Animal Welfare Commissioner, Dr. Kathrin Herrmann, has offered two animal welfare awards for this year with a total sum of 60,000 euros. The deadline is October 17, 2021.
World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
Saturday, 04 September 2021 19:15The 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences was held between August 23 and September 3, 2021. It was supposed to have taken place in Maastricht last year, but was postponed by one year due to Corona, and was organized virtually. More than 1,000 participants from academia, industry, regulatory authorities, and NGOs had registered for this event, which was held under the motto "3Rs in transition - from development to application". But have the processes already reached the final stage of the application?
Zurich: 3D organoids in space
Monday, 30 August 2021 12:03Oliver Ullrich, professor of anatomy at the University of Zurich (UZH), biologist Cora Thiel as well as the company Airbus Defence and Space GmbH are using microgravity in space to cultivate three-dimensional organ-like tissues from human adult stem cells.
European Union: Animal testing for cosmetic products continues - despite the ban
Monday, 23 August 2021 11:29Since March 2013, the production and marketing of cosmetic products and ingredients tested on animals have been prohibited. In a review of an EU chemicals database, scientists have now found numerous substances that had been tested on animals after the ban came into force.
ECVAM: New review identifies 542 relevant non-animal models for immuno-oncology research
Friday, 20 August 2021 14:14The EU Joint Research Centre's Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) has conducted a study to identify the state of development in advanced non-animal models for immuno-oncology research.
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