KocVAM

2019 Industry-academia-government workshop on alternative test methods

Date: Thursday, Aug 22, 2019
Venue: Baek-eun Kwan, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea

□ Participant: 100 participants from industries, regulatory authorities and research institutes who are interested in alternative test methods

□ Main Topic

   ○  Sharing newly updated information about alternative test methods

       (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety, National Institute of Environmental Research, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences)

     · Current status of studies on alternative methods for toxicity evaluation of hazardous chemicals

     · Current status of studies on alternative methods on pesticides
     · KoCVAM’s role as a control tower

   ○ Alternative tests in practice in industry and research institutes

     · The use and application of alternative methods for toxicity prediction 

     · Current status of alternative methods with high-tech convergence technology

     · The use and application of alternative methods in non-clinical study institutes

   ○ Discussion on how to promote the use of alternative tests in Korea