The Forum event "From innovation to market success" 12-14 May, 2009

70 participants representing researchers, end users, producers, regulators and patent agencies from 13 countries were met at the venue Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

 

They discussed how to promote the commercial use of in vitro methods within the chemical and cosmetic industries, to achieve a more general use of alternative toxicity tests within the area of pharmaceutical testing, and how to increase the acceptance of in vitro methods by the authorities.

 

Comments from the participants

"It is the right idea to give developers a forum to present their methods that have already been considered to be used for routine testing and thus have made the first step from basic research to application. It should be continued."

"Thanks for the great organization and a very successful conference"

"The biggest plus is for giving enough time to discuss in between talks."

"I enjoined the forum event last week, with plenty of time for discussion, really nice."

"It was really an excellent meeting. Everybody was really enthusiastic."