Roche Diagnostics Supports European Union’s DETECTIVE Project to Reduce Animal Testing
As of March 2009, animal experiments are no longer permitted for use in toxicology testing in the cosmetic industry. Significant progress has been made in recent years to develop alternatives to in vivo toxicity tests for assessing the human safety of new products and product ingredients. Current conditions do, however, not permit complete replacement of animal testing. This is especially true for the testing of repeated dose effects - the effects of products and ingredients used repeatedly over longer periods of time.
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