Animal testing
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Corrositex synthetic skin test accepted as an in vitro replacement to traditional animal tests for dermal corrosivity by the Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety & Health Administration and Consumer Product Safety Commission, the National Institute's of Health's National Toxicology Program announces. The approval will be formally announced in upcoming Federal Register notices. InVitro International's Corrositex is an alternative to an existing in vivo method that involves testing several thousand laboratory rabbits each year. The Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods unanimously recommended Corrositex in June 1999 (1"The Rose Sheet" June 28, 1999, p. 12). Corrositex is the second ICCVAM-recommended test to receive governmental approval; murine LLNA was accepted in January (2"The Rose Sheet" Jan. 10, In Brief)