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Article Periodic Thank You Commission unveils “one substance, one assessment” reform package

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This also has clear potential to reduce animal testing, another key commitment made by the Commission. The Commission draws an analogy between the restriction and exemption process found in RoHS to the authorization and restriction processes (titles VII and VIII, respectively) found in the REACH Regulation (1907/2006/EC).

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA finalizes new guidance on nonclinical assessment of potential immunotoxicity

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The guidance looks very different from the draft that was published in February 2020, including changes in the scope of the guidance, its sponsorship, and the removal of all mentions of nonhuman primates for animal testing. Nonclinical studies encompass much more than just animal studies.

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Origins of the Lab Mouse

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These “fancy” varieties were then standardized in the 1920s by a small group of researchers at the Jackson Laboratory in Maine who intended to use them to investigate the genetics of cancer but were instead forced to sell their mice to support the lab when funding dried up during the Great Depression. Image Credit: JAX Handbook.