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Our GLP accredited laboratory provides ground-breaking in vitro safety and efficacy tests for global cosmetics brands, chemical companies and ingredient manufacturers.
Animal Free In Vitro Testing Lab
Only XCellR8’s regulatory safety tests are entirely animal and animal-product free, allowing you to meet your regulatory requirements for establishing human safety whilst supporting growing consumer demand for vegan supply chains. With turnaround times from as little as 6 weeks, we are driven by a passionate commitment to rapid delivery and scientific excellence.
Our world class expertise and award-winning work has been recognised at a regulatory level by the OECD and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), and supported by top funding bodies such as Innovate UK and the European Horizon 2020 programme.
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October Test of the Month: OECD TG 492B
Our Test of the Month for October is OECD TG 492B, one of the most complete non-animal methods currently available for eye hazard classification. Its biggest advantage is simple: TG 492B can distinguish between Category 1 serious eye damage, Category 2 eye irritation...
A New Decision Tree for Acute Oral Toxicity
A new paper co-authored by XCellR8’s Dr. Tom Ward has set out a practical Decision Tree designed to help safety assessors determine when animal testing for acute oral toxicity is genuinely necessary. We were delighted to see its acceptance for publication in...
How Do You Know? A Short History of GLP
In the 1970s, one of the largest toxicology laboratories in the United States was found to have been fabricating safety data on an industrial scale. Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories ran studies underpinning regulatory approvals for pesticides, industrial chemicals and...