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Industrial Uses of Acute Toxicity Testing

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The Contribution of Acute Toxicity Testing to the Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals

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Several thousand new chemicals are synthesised each year, many of which will add to those already used in commerce. There is both a moral and legal Obligation on the chemical industry to ensure that the risk of adverse effects to human health and the environment is minimal in order to competently satisfy society’s rightful demands for safety. Generally, this Obligation is met by toxicity experiments using animal species to provide Surrogate data from which risk to human health may be determined.

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  1. G. J. A. Oliver
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  1. Medical and Scientific Affairs, Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e.V., Karlstraße 21, D-6000, Frankfurt am Main 1, Germany

    Dietrich Schuppan (Manager) (Manager)

  2. DHSS Dept. of Toxicology, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, Dominion House, 59 Bartholomew Close, GB-London, EC1 7ED, UK

    Anthony D. Dayan (Director) (Director)

  3. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry — ABPI, 12 Whitehall, GB-London, SW1A 2DY, UK

    Frances A. Charlesworth (Manager of Scientific Affairs) (Manager of Scientific Affairs)

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Oliver, G.J.A. (1986). Industrial Uses of Acute Toxicity Testing. In: Schuppan, D., Dayan, A.D., Charlesworth, F.A. (eds) The Contribution of Acute Toxicity Testing to the Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70390-4_4

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