by Minty Hand | Aug 16, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
We’ve all been there, the blind panic when a bit of shampoo or sun cream gets in your eye (excuse the pun), grabbing some water straight away to rinse our whatever accidentally got in before the burning starts. We know that so many of the products we use every day can...
by Minty Hand | Jul 7, 2022 | Animal-free testing, News
Last week, the annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals for 2021 were published and the results were disappointing. 3.06 million tests were conducted in 2021- an increase in 6% from 2020… We’re here to fill you in on the good, the bad and the ugly...
by Minty Hand | Jun 27, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
Last week we hosted our very first webinar where our unique XtraMild™ mildness test took centre stage. Dr Carol Treasure and Chris Longmore looked at why mildness testing is so important, and how this super-sensitive method can be used to test a wide variety of...
by Sam Thistleton | Jun 14, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
Written by Sam Thistleton. In the last blog we looked specifically where the outdated animal testing methods for eye irritation fall short. This time we have pulled together some of the compelling evidence that explains why animal skin is not a suitable mimic for the...
by Sam Thistleton | Jun 9, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
Written by Sam Thistleton The majority of the personal care and beauty products we buy are not designed to come into direct contact with our eye surface, or cornea, nevertheless accidental exposure can happen like shampoo running into our eyes in the shower,...