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The European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) has received a Good Laboratory Practice accreditation from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for its work in developing alternative methods and approaches. Formally established last year due to the increasing need for new methods to be proposed for validation in the EU, the lab is active in testing topical, systemic and strategic toxicity activities. The OECD, an intergovernmental organization representing 29 industrialized countries in North America, Europe and the Pacific, provide GLP certification to laboratories meeting its guidelines of uniformity, consistency, reliability, reproducibility, quality, and integrity of non-clinical safety tests for chemicals from physio-chemical properties to kinetic and dynamic toxicity. Please click on the link above for more information.