NICEATM
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
No public comments were received on the "Addendum to the ICCVAM Evaluation of In Vitro Test Methods for Detecting Potential Endocrine Disruptors: Estrogen Receptor and Androgen Receptor Binding and Transcriptional Activation Assays," the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods states in a Sept. 28 Federal Register 1notice. The document is available on the NICEATM Web site. NTP had requested comments on the addendum when it was published in a March 16 Federal Register notice. The addendum proposed replacing four substances from a list proposed for validation of the screening methods (2"The Rose Sheet" March 20, 2006, In Brief)...
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Addendum to the ICCVAM Evaluation of In Vitro Test Methods for Detecting Potential Endocrine Disruptors: Estrogen Receptor and Androgen Receptor Binding and Transcriptional Activation Assays published in a March 16 Federal Register notice includes recommendation by Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods to replace four substances that are not commercially available or have restricted availability - anastrazole, CGS 18320B, fadrozole and ICI 182,780 - with 4-hydroxyandrostenedione, chrysin, dicofol and raloxifene HCl. ICCVAM published final report containing minimum procedural standards for standardization and validation of in vitro estrogen and androgen receptor binding and transcriptional activation assays in 2003 (1"The Rose Sheet" June 16, 2003, In Brief). Comments on addendum, which also identifies six other substances that could be replaced, are due May 1...
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