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ACT sponsors quarterly webinars on current topics in toxicology, including primarily drug and chemical safety assessments. Presenters are experts in their field, with backgrounds in government, industry or academia. The goal of the webinar series is to provide accessible education on topics in toxicology to ACT members and, more broadly, members of the toxicology community worldwide. ACT Webinars are reaching thousands, with collaborations spanning the globe while increasing individual and corporate ACT membership and participation. The ACT Signature Webinars are approximately 90 minutes, which includes questions and answers.
Upcoming Webinars
History and Risk Assessment of Vaccines: A Practical Perspective from an Immunologist and a Toxicologist
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Alan H. Stokes, PhD, DABT, Head Preclinical Toxicology, GlaxoSmithKline (Bio) |
Abstract:
A systematic and regulated approach to the nonclinical safety assessment of vaccines is a relatively recent phenomenoncompared to small molecule drugs even though the first vaccine was developed in the 1700s. Due to the discovery of the potential for enhanced disease after vaccination, the switch away from live-attenuated vaccines to new vaccine platforms and technologies, and a better understanding of the immune system, an increased emphasis on the nonclinical evaluation of vaccines has emerged over the past several decades. This webinar will provide a brief history of vaccination including a discussion of critical events in the history of vaccines, the importance of the immune system and vaccination, the concept of herd immunity, and the typical study designs and considerations for the nonclinical assessment of vaccine safety.
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