Newsletter December 2023
December 22, 2023Welcome to the EQIPD/PAASP Newsletter! We wish all our readers, supporters, colleagues and friends a wonderful Holiday Season and a great…
Read MoreSex as a biological variable in preclinical research: Unforeseen and abused degree of freedom
December 21, 2023In many fields of biomedical research, in vivo studies traditionally involved the use of male subjects. The situation recently started to…
Read MoreR script: Sex as a biological variable in preclinical research
December 21, 2023This is the script which is mentioned in the article HERE.
Read MorePresenting at the French Center for 3Rs
November 17, 2023Björn Gerlach recently contributed to the webinar “Enhancing Quality in Preclinical Data – EQIPD”, hosted by the FC3R initiative. The session explored…
Read More“Publication of negative/null results discussed at NIH”
November 2, 2022NINDS Office of Research Quality has presented a proposal on how to address the publication bias. It can be watched HERE (starts at…
Read More“The customer is king!”
November 2, 2022Once during our vacation in Greece, our children asked for ice cream after having dinner. When the waiter was asked about…
Read More“Hold your horses!”
November 2, 2022Risk of Alzheimer’s disease nearly doubles in older adults with Covid-19! Like many of you, several weeks ago we have also…
Read More“The Steal syndrome – or the FDA Modernization Act to end animal testing requirement passes U.S. Senate”
November 2, 2022On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, S.5002, by unanimous consent. While it is unclear…
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November 2, 2022News “Aligned on Quality” meeting (Berlin, Oct 10th 2022) – Read more Launch of the “Research Quality Transparency” Tool – Read more Federal Actions Needed…
Read MoreAdditional reads in November 2022
November 2, 2022Further commentaries, articles and blog posts worth reading: Without appropriate metadata, data-sharing mandates are pointless Research funders and the promotion of…
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