3 Aug 2023

SCAHT member joins new OECD Advisory Group on Emerging Science in Chemicals Assessment (ESCA)

Lothar Aicher, SCAHT Regulatory Toxicologist, was nominated by the Swiss national coordinator of the OECD test guidelines programme as a member of the new OECD Advisory Group on Emerging Science in Chemicals Assessment (ESCA). The Advisory Group will oversee the Adverse Outcome Programme’s essential elements and will advise the Working Party on Hazard Assessment (WPHA) and the Working Party of the National Coordinators of the Test Guidelines Programme (WNT) on emerging scientific approaches for chemical assessments. The first meeting of the new ESCA Advisory Group was held end of June 2023.