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Report of our online technical stakeholder survey

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The report of our online stakeholder survey is available here. Learn about benefits and barriers to QSARs use according to specialists, regulators and industry.

The results of this survey have been published in the open access literature as follow:

Mays C, Benfenati E and Pardoe S.
Use and perceived benefits and barriers of QSAR models for REACH: findings from a questionnaire to stakeholders
Chemistry Central Journal 2012, 6:159 doi:10.1186/1752-153X-6-159

http://journal.chemistrycentral.com/content/6/1/159

Policy issues around computer-based methods as alternatives to animal testing

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Questionnaire imageThe short questionnaire is our invitation to policy makers, industry managers, educators, political leaders, NGOs, investors, citizens and all others who are not specialists in toxicology to comment on some of the issues that are raised and/or addressed by computer-based (in silico) methods.

We really hope you can take a few minutes to complete it.  Please also email the link to others who may be interested.

 

 

Improving realistic use of in silico methods

Submitted by rgdiaza on Fri, 2013-02-15 16:56
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The ORCHESTRA layman's report, entitled "Improving realistic use of in silico methods", gives an overview of the most significant resources developed by ORCHESTRA for people involved or interested in the use of in silico methods in REACH.

Each resource is briefly explained and the readers are provided with links or information about where they can download it or find more about it. This report has been developed with users’ needs in mind and together with the ORCHESTRA website, the introductive leaflet and the e-book is an important source of information.

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ORCHESTRA e-book “theory, guidance and applications on QSAR and REACH”

Submitted by rgdiaza on Tue, 2013-01-22 18:59
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Main target of this e-book are the chemical industry and regulators, which have to deal with the REACH regulation.

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The e-book "Theory, guidance and applications on QSAR and REACH" has been developed with the aim of providing an accessible source of information about in silico models and their use in toxicology for regulatory purposes.

 

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Learning material

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Online Course: QSAR methods for REACH

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The ORCHESTRA online course is organized in four sections, each one consisting of a series of slides and additional comments. Please click on each banner to visit the corresponding section.

 

 

 

course section 1

Are QSAR models expensive, or free to use?

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The CAESAR and VEGA platforms have been produced from EC-funded research, and are therefore freely available for use.  The software can be downloaded. Furthermore, predicted values for more than four million chemicals will be made freely available.

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