EURL ECVAM Status Report 2020
The annual EURL ECVAM status report describes research, development and validation activities, as well as initiatives that promote the regulatory use and international adoption of non-animal methods and approaches and their dissemination in the regulatory and research arenas.
EU policies and legislation call for innovative and more efficient ways of safety testing and chemical risk assessment that do not depend on animal testing. Advanced technologies such as computational models, in vitro methods and organ-on-chip devices are being developed, evaluated and integrated to translate mechanistic understanding of toxicity into safety testing strategies. The ultimate goal is to achieve better protection of human health and the environment while supporting EU innovation and industrial competitiveness, without the use of animals.
The development and use of non-animal models and methods are also essential for advancing basic, applied and translational research. Education also plays an essential role in enabling a shift to non-animal methods through the introduction of the Three Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal use in science) into secondary school curricula and programmes of higher education.
ZUANG Valerie;
DURA Adelaide;
ASTURIOL BOFILL David;
BATISTA LEITE Sofia;
BERGGREN Elisabet;
BOPP Stephanie;
CARPI Donatella;
CASATI Silvia;
COECKE Sandra;
CORVI Raffaella;
DECEUNINCK Pierre;
FRANCO Antonio;
GRIBALDO Laura;
HALDER Maria Elisabeth;
HOLLOWAY Marcelle;
KIENZLER Aude;
LANGEZAAL Ingrid;
MADIA Federica;
MILCAMPS Anne;
MUNN Sharon;
PAINI Alicia;
PIERGIOVANNI Monica;
PISTOLLATO Francesca;
PRICE Anna;
PRIETO PERAITA Maria Del Pilar;
VIEGAS BARROSO Joao Filipe;
WITTWEHR Clemens;
WORTH Andrew;
WHELAN Maurice;
2021-02-01
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC123531
978-92-76-28395-9 (online),
978-92-76-28396-6 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 30553 EN,
OP KJ-NA-30553-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-30553-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC123531,
10.2760/719755 (online),
10.2760/163367 (print),
