National Toxicology Program; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice of Additional Data and Analyses for the Assessment of the Current Validation Status of In Vitro Testing Methods for Identifying Potential Ocular Irritants

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#  National Toxicology Program; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice of Additional Data and Analyses for the Assessment of the Current Validation Status of In Vitro Testing Methods for Identifying Potential Ocular Irritants

**Summary**

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Interagency Center for the  Evaluation of Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) recently published a notice in the *Federal Register* (Vol. 69, No. 212, pages 64081-2, November 3, 2004) announcing the availability of and requesting comments on Background Review Documents (BRDs) for four *in vitro* assays proposed for identifying potential ocular corrosives and severe irritants. Notice is hereby given of the availability of additional data and analyses for the Hen's Egg Test-Chorion Allantoic Membrane (HET-CAM) assay. Copies of the additional analyses and any other updates on information relevant to this meeting can be obtained on the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site at *http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov* or by contacting NICEATM [NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC-17, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, (phone) (919) 541-3398, (fax) (919) 541-0947, (e-mail) *[email protected]* ].

Interested parties are invited to check the ICCVAM/NICEATM Web site periodically for additional information and/or analyses for this meeting.

Dated: November 23, 2004.

Samuel H. Wilson,

Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.