The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods

Knowledge Source Identification
Knowledge source name The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods
Abbreviated name ICCVAM
Owner/Developer U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Country United States of America
Languages English
URL http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/iccvam
Contact https://tools.niehs.nih.gov/webforms/index.cfm/main/formViewer/form_id/521/to/iccvam
Description he Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) is a permanent committee of the NIEHS under the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM). ICCVAM is composed of representatives from 16 U.S. Federal regulatory and research agencies that require, use, generate, or disseminate toxicological and safety testing information. ICCVAM was formally established in 2000 "to establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, recommendations, and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance of new or revised scientifically valid toxicological tests that protect human and animal health and the environment while reducing, refining, or replacing animal tests and ensuring human safety and product effectiveness."
Knowledge Source Category
Category Organization
Sub categories Governmental Organization
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing
Dissemination channel Website
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis) General public, Scientists, Policy-makers, Regulators, Industry, Researchers
Knowledge Characterization
3Rs relevance Replacement, Reduction, Refinement
Purpose Validation, Documentation and information