Bever will serve as VA’s principal representative to the committee. (Photo courtesy of Christopher Bever)The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has become the 17th member agency of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods(https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/pubhealth/evalatm/iccvam/index.html) (ICCVAM).
Among the federal agencies represented on the committee are the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ICCVAM facilitates interagency and international collaborations that promote the development, regulatory acceptance, and use of alternative test methods that reduce, refine, or replace the use of animals.
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