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ICCVAM Biennial Report 2020-2021

Biennial Progress Report 2020-2021 Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods

ICCVAM facilitates the development, validation, and regulatory acceptance of test methods that replace, reduce, or refine the use of animals in testing.

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ICCVAM 2020-2021 Biennial Progress Report

The ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 directed ICCVAM to prepare a progress report on its first anniversary and biennially thereafter.

In January 2018, ICCVAM published A Strategic Roadmap for Establishing New Approaches to Evaluate the Safety of Chemicals and Medical Products in the United States. The roadmap described how ICCVAM agencies will encourage development of new technologies for, support utilization of, and build confidence in new methods. This report summarizes progress toward these goals during 2020-2021.

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Technology
Scientists looking at data

Confidence
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Utilization
Group photo from SACATM 2018 with ICCVAM reps

Leadership
Drs. Birnbaum, Casey, Kleinstreuer, and Lowit at the 2019 SACATM meeting

About ICCVAM and NICEATM
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