Updates for the following test method guidelines have recently been adopted by OECD:

  • Test Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation/Corrosion)
  • Test Guideline 455 (Performance-Based Test Guideline for Stably Transfected Transactivation In Vitro Assays to Detect Estrogen Receptor Agonists) 

New guidelines adopted are:

  • Test Guideline 460 (Fluorescein Leakage Test Method for Identifying Ocular Corrosives and Severe Irritants)
  • Test Guideline 457 (BG1Luc Estrogen Receptor Transactivation Test Method for Identifying Estrogen Receptor Agonists and Antagonists)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 02 October 2012.

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/oecd-guidelines-for-the-testing-of-chemicals-section-4-health-effects_20745788

 

The above item was taken from the November 2012 issue of Toxicology and Regulatory News which is sent automatically to members of bibra (click here for more details).

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