by Sam Thistleton | Nov 18, 2021 | Animal-free testing, Compliance & regulation, In Vitro Safety, News
Picture the scene: two minutes to go until your next video call and you’re stripping off the oversized hoodie, buttoning up your work shirt, flattening down your ‘bed head’, maybe reaching for the lip gloss, but, DEFINITELY, checking for that pesky...
by Minty Hand | Aug 13, 2021 | Animal-free testing, Compliance & regulation, News
For the first time since 1998, the UK Home Office is reconsidering the ban on animal testing for cosmetics. In a letter to Cruelty Free International, the government seems to be following the European Chemicals Agency’s lead: some cosmetic-only ingredients need to be...
by Minty Hand | Mar 17, 2021 | Compliance & regulation, News
Ana Quevedo, Technical Sales Manager, and Chris Longmore, Scientific Account Manager, recently attended the CTPA open webinar on UK regulations for cosmetics. Although the Cosmetic and Chemical industries are currently faced with a number of changes, there are many...
by Carol Treasure | Jan 27, 2021 | Compliance & regulation, News
Last week Westminster Energy Forum organised an insightful webinar focussing on an unavoidable topic for many of us – UK REACH. An array of excellent speakers from industry, trade associations and the government joined the discussion – here’s our take-home points....
by Minty Hand | Jan 20, 2021 | Animal-free testing, Compliance & regulation, News
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...
by Minty Hand | Dec 16, 2020 | Compliance & regulation, News
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...
