QSAR models in assessment of chemicals under REACH

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Content of the workshop

• Introduction on QSAR models
• EU Authorities' perspective on use of QSAR for REACH
• The VEGA platform
• The Danish QSAR database
• The OCHEM platform
• An Industry perspective of cost-benefit analysis of in silico tools usage
• Application of QSAR models for REACH
• Physico-chemical properties
• Environmental properties
• Special case: Use of QSAR within the new OECD Guideline No. 497: Defined Approaches on Skin Sensitisation
• QSAR results for supporting read-across strategies

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Participants

Coordinating beneficiary
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milano, Italy;

Associated beneficiaries:
BigChem GmbH - Germany
knoell Consult GmbH - Germany;
Kode s.r.l. - Italy;
Sviluppo Chimica S.p.A. - Italy

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External supporting
Ideaconsult Limited Liability Company - Bulgaria;