About the Meeting
Vaccines improve human and animal health and welfare by preventing the spread of infectious diseases. However, testing to ensure effectiveness and safety of these products often requires the use of large numbers of animals. Technological advances have led to the development of methods that could reduce or eliminate the need for animal testing for vaccines. This workshop will bring together scientific and regulatory leaders from government, academia and industry to develop recommendations to advance alternative methods for human and veterinary rabies vaccine testing. Additional workshop sessions will also spotlight state-of-the-science animal alternatives for other antigens and future possibilities for advancing animal reduction and replacement initiatives.
CO-CHAIRS
Warren CaseyNational Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods - NICEATM
Robin Levis
Food & Drug Administration - FDA
Richard Hill
International Alliance for Biological Standardization - IABS
MEMBERS
Juan ArciniegaFDA (retired)
Geetha Srinivas
USDA - CVB
Yvette Diamondidis
Zoetis
Cynthia Allen
Health Canada
Oksana Yarosh
Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Canadian Centre for Veterinary Biologics
Laurent Mallet
Sanofi
Rodney Christmas
Boehringer Ingleheim Animal Health
James Roth
Institute for International - Cooperation in Animal Biologics/ Center for Food Security and Public Health - IICAB/CFSPH
Ray Prasad
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gautam Sanyal
Vaccine Analytics LLC
Jeffey Brown
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - International Science Consortium
Laura Viviani
Humane Society International