ICCA-LRI & NCATS workshop on the provocative question of what is normal for humans regarding responses to chemical exposures.

The Medical Device Specialty Section is hosting a webinar presentation by Dr. Thomas Hartung entitled “Medical device testing in vitro—pyrogenicity testing and beyond on May 24th, 2013.

IIVS Webinar Series - In Vitro Phototoxicity Assays: Wednesday June 19, 2013.

The Animal Welfare Information Center teaches a one and a half day workshop at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland, for individuals who are responsible for providing information to meet the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act.

Industry Evidence Sets Animal Welfare Benchmark for Short-term Toxicity Studies. The maximum-tolerated dose of a drug candidate can be determined in short-term toxicity studies without exceeding a bodyweight loss of 10 per cent in rats and dogs.

Latest Newsletter of the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing Now Available. This issues includes: an interview with Gwenole Cozigou, an interview with Florian Vernay, and much more.

ATLA Issue 41.1 includes an editorial titled "Computational toxicology is now inseparable from experimental toxicology" by M. Cronin, PILAS, and much more.  

The April/May 2013 helps demystify the sometimes confusing collection of "alt" -ernatives websites—ALTEX Journal, Altweb, and AltTox.org.

In a Federal Register notice published March 12, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced new guidance to clarify the definition of 'strong sensitizer' as the term applies to substances and products regulated by the CPSC.

Altex Issue 30.2 (2013) Now Available. This issue of Altex includes an editorial by S. Aulock, Workshop Report, Food for Though by T. Hartung S. Hoffmann and M Stephens titled "Mechanistic validation", and much more.

Marcel Leist, co-director of CAAT-Europe at the University of Konstanz, has been awarded the Felix Wankel Animal Welfare Award for his work on in vitro test systems in the area of reproductive toxicology.

The 2013 Lush Prize open for nominations on April 15th. A joint project between the global handmade cosmetics company and research group Ethical Consumer, the prize is designed to help change the face of safety testing across the world.

Op-Ed on Alternatives to Animal Testing from Paul Locke of CAAT.

This symposium, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), will examine how the National Academy of Sciences, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century can be applied to Medical Devices.

The latest Edition of FRAME News is Now Available Online. Features include: Online Veterinary Anatomy Museum launched, Public attitudes to animal research, Consultation on Home Office guidance, Free access to early issues of ATLA, and much more.

The XIII International Congress on Toxicology, to be held June 30-July 4, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea

The May 30-31 workshop will provide a similar forum but in a US setting. The program includes ample opportunity for public discussion of the roadmap, as well as its possible updating in light of more recent developments.

In an advance in efforts to reduce the use of animals in testing new cosmetic and other product ingredients for skin allergies, scientists are describing a new, highly accurate non-animal test for these skin-sensitizers.

Martin L. Stephens, PhD, was awarded the 2013 Society of Toxicology Enhancement of Animal Welfare Award, becoming the third member of CAAT to receive the honor. Alan Goldberg and Thomas Hartung were earlier recipients.

DNT4 Call for Abstracts: Deadline December 31, 2013