Breakthrough for France as China drops animal-testing for ordinary cosmetic products
France is now the first EU country able to export “ordinary” cruelty-free cosmetics to China. France’s ANSM develop dedicated platform for certificate application process French beauty companies can now apply, via a dedicated online platform developed by...
A day in the life of a Scientific Account Manager
The main purpose of a Scientific Account Manager at an animal-free in vitro testing lab is to explain how the technologies we offer suit our clients’ needs and support the development of their animal-free testing strategies. We caught up with XCellR8 Scientific...
Brexit impacts: Preventing a surge of repeat regulatory animal tests for UK REACH
With 2020 dominated by the global pandemic, Brexit seems to be creeping up on the UK relatively undercover. But behind the scenes, our exit from the European Union on 31 December 2020 raises big issues across the cosmetics and chemical sectors in terms of REACH...
A startling statistic on a sensitive topic
A recent article by Chemical Watch stating that “Over 50% of REACH substances need animal tests for skin sensitisation” couldn’t fail to catch my attention, or that of many of my colleagues across the industry. It’s been a hot topic of conversation over the...
How to assure the ethical sourcing of human reagents
Altex thought starter paper on the ethics of using human reagents in OECD Test Guidelines for in vitro testing.