Ethical Environment and Scientific Rationale Towards In-Vitro Alternatives to Animal Testing: Where Are We Going?

Drug Testing in vitro: Breakthroughs and Trends in Cell Culture Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 251-267

  Spielmann, Horst ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture technology; Drug testing; Drug metabolizing systems; Harmonization of OECD guidelines; Human tissues in drug discovery; in vitro alternatives; International harmonization of test guidelines; Legal framework in Europe; Pharmacology and toxicology; Regulatory environments; Scientific environments, ethical environments, legal environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859960143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527609611.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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