JACVAM

JaCVAM was established to promote the use of alternative methods to animal testing in regulatory studies, thereby replacing, reducing, or refining (the 3 Rs) the use of animals wherever possible while meeting the responsibility of the BSRC to ensure the protection of the general public by assessing the safety of chemicals and other materials, as stipulated in the regulations of the NIHS. JaCVAM activities are also beneficial to application and approval for the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical and other products as well as to revisions to standards for cosmetic products... The Secretariat manages the operation of JaCVAM, providing support for activities undertaken by the committees and other bodies stipulated in Articles 4 to 9 as well as cooperating and collaborating with academic societies and other organizations that are involved in the evaluation of alternative methods to animal testing in assessing the safety of chemicals and other substances, both in Japan and around the..

Primary location: Kawasaki Japan