Nearly 100 scientists from over 70 European organisations have come together in Cascais (Portugal) to kick-off the EUR 50 million European research initiative SEURAT (Safety Evaluation Ultimately Replacing Animal Testing) funded by EU-FP7 HEALTH programme and the European Cosmetics Association (COLIPA). The meeting for the first time brought together members of the six cluster projects SCR&Tox, HeMiBio, DETECTIVE, COSMOS, NOTOX and TOXBANK, which are to cooperate under the initiative to achieve the overall goal of replacing animal testing in human safety assessment.

>> View Colipa's Press Statement on the official launch of the initiative.  (pdf-document)