Kim jerwood 2023

Kimberley Jerwood

Toxicologist

Kim joined bibra in 2022 having completed a MChem at Cardiff University, with her Masters’ research on stereoselective coordination of 2’2’-bipyridine ligands to iridium (III) cores published in the Dalton Transactions. Since joining the company, Kim has had experience evaluating and summarising biocompatibility studies on medical devices in compliance with ISO 10993 guidance, assessing the hazard and risk associated with pharmaceutical impurities and medical devices and producing screening assessments of extractables and leachables. She has also written a couple of posts for the bibra blog. Furthermore, Kim regularly scans Expert Group websites and writes brief summaries on newly released toxicity reports for Toxicology and Regulatory News, bibra’s monthly publication.

Outside of work, Kim enjoys a wide range of hobbies including (but not limited to!) cooking, reading, travelling and exercising however, she is continuously on the hunt for new hobbies as she believes you can never have too many!

Kimberley's case studies and blog posts

Exploring Alternative Methods to Animal Toxicity Testing

Blog articles

It has been promised for a heck of a long time, but are we now close to an era when a chemical’s toxic potential can be comprehensively defined without exploiting fellow sentient creatures. As well as this obvious ethical gain, alternative test methods to animal testing have the equally attractive potential to reduce the times and costs associated with safety testing.

Aspartame: Hazard vs Risk (and why it’s got everyone in a tiff)

Blog articles

Earlier this month, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified the popular non-sugar sweetener aspartame as “possibly” carcinogenic to humans which has, understandably, raised concerns within industry and left a taste in consumers’ mouths that was far less sweet than they were used to.

CAATs out the bag: Unexpected Animal Use Figures Under REACH Testing

Blog articles

The European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation, which came into force in 2008, emphasised that “before (proposing) additional animal testing, use of all other options should be considered. It is important to emphasise that testing on vertebrate animals must only be conducted or proposed as a last resort”.

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