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Charles River, Sanofi Partner to Reduce the Use of Animals in Research

Ongoing collaboration will explore use of Virtual Control Groups in nonclinical toxicology.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Charles River Laboratories launched its Virtual Control Groups (VCG) initiative with Sanofi. The companies partnered to reduce animal usage by replacing selected control group animals with selected matched virtual control animals developed using retrospective datasets. The VCG collaboration is a project guided by Charles River’s Alternative Methods Advancement Project (AMAP), an initiative focused on reducing the use of animals in research.   “Charles River is uniquely positioned to combine th...

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