by Sam Thistleton | Jan 25, 2022 | Animal-free testing, News
2022 has got off to a great start as far as the fight against animal testing is concerned; in our most recent blog we celebrated new laws coming into force in three US states. In isolation these developments can feel like small steps so we’ve rounded up some of 2021’s...
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 | Jun 8, 2021 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety, News, XCellR8 News
After receiving a 70% research grant from Innovate UK, we have started an innovative project to find a scientifically and ethically advanced test method that’s highly predictive of human acute oral toxicity and relevant to our real-life exposure to chemicals. What is...
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....
