Non-animal tests on chemical substances continue to be widely used in the EU, with read-across studies most popular and in vitro methods gaining traction, according to the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) latest report.
The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration have given the supplier of fragrance and cosmetic actives the go ahead on its first skin-whitening agent, SymWhite.
According to a new market report by Transparency Market Research, the global In vitro toxicity testing market was worth $1,518.7 million in 2011 and is expected to reach $4,114.1 million in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 15.3 percent from 2013 to 2018.
