ICCVAM/ECVAM Early Collaboration Explored To Hasten Animal Alternatives
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Faster validation of animal alternative test methods is dependent upon increased collaboration between the Interagency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods and the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, according to leaders of both groups
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