HPRA 1st REGULATORY UPDATE of 2025

HPRA UPDATES:

 The HPRA has a brand new website, I will let you judge if you find it better or worse than the previous one!

While you are getting use to it, it might be worth considering to bookmark two URLs the "Make a Submission" and the "Regulation". The former send you to applications and forms and the latter to guidance documents.

Also note that the level of non compliances has increased and unfortunately they were mainly detected on inspections. Note that those are factors considered in the Establishment Risk Assessment (apologies for the use of this couple of words!!!)

There is a 3-day course of experimental design that will award each attendant 18 CPD points!!! Anybody tempted???

Please have a look at the regulatory update already uploaded on the LAPBRU USERS library on sharepoint. there are loads of CPD ideas and options listed in it.

ETPLAS

 

The Educational and Training Platform for Laboratory Animals is a non-profit European organization dedicated to raising and harmonizing education & training standards in Laboratory Animal Science.  A link to their website is on the side bar.

The HPRA supports the CPD hours allocation that Spanish Authorities have awarded to the EU Modules available on this site. 

Christmas Update from the HPRA

      🎄 Christmas Update: Most Relevant Items:🎄🎄🎄

• The IA new fees (€320.00/registration/ annum) apply from the 2nd of January 2024 onwards
• The use of lab animals continues the decreasing trend according to the most recent annual returns.
• The collection of annual statistical returns will commence soon and the HPRA urges you to avoid unnecessary errors on submission.
• New forms have been published:

Renewal and amendment of Project

NTPS

Guide to refusals and appeals

• Refining Stereotaxic Surgery: several papers of interest have been included in the update to the HPRA would expect those standards of a justification os to why they cannot be applied.
• Check out other useful links

 

...TO ALL USERS OF GA-ANIMALS

This is of interest to all researchers using GA Animals,  such as Athymic nudes, NSGs and Db/DB mice among others, to fund out if you need a project authorisation or not when using them. Note that the EU has published another guide on the use and maintenance of genetically lateral animals. This flowchart provides a good synopsis though please read the August2023 regulatory update available on SharePoint LAPBRU USERS > REFERENCES-SOPS-3RS > EC GUIDES.

ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORTFOR ANIMALS USED IN IRELAND 2021

The Annual Statistical Report  for Animals used in Ireland compiled by the HPRA is now out!!!!

Have a look as see how the use has changed recently.

 

SAP REGULATORY UPDATE-NOVEMBER 2022

 

THIS IS THE FINAL REGULATORY UPDATE FOR 2022

THE HPRA will close on the 23rd of December until the 3rd of January 2023, which coincides with the UG closing times.

Unfortunately the fees have gone up and individual authorisation applications and maintenance are now 315.00€

National Committee 3Rs Training Day: audios are available at the HPRA You tube channel

It is now the time to think about statistical Returns, and the HPRA urges all to read the instructions and guidelines provided as we are making the same mistakes year-on-year🙏. A few common errors are included in this update. Let's make our New Years Resolution to get zero comments on our submissions👍👍..... I believe that the same applies to the project applications.....and within the same research groups 😳😩.

I for one welcome the simplified Individual authorisation format. Hopefully it will reduce avoidable non compliances, as there are no sub-categories people think that they are approved to do ...but they are not. No more subcategories ....One additional plus to this change is that it will also apply to existing ones 🎉🎊

For those interested in cardiovascular diseases EVCAM has a new database with approved alternatives💔

Remember use both sexes in your projects: 👩👨...and your keep up your expected 8 CPD hours/ year

...this and more is included in your newest regulatory update!!!

HPRA REGULATORY UPDATE-June 2022: CPD AND TRAINING EVENTS

👀 ...AS PROMISED PLEASE SEE THE LIST OF UPCOMING TRAINING AND CPD EVENTS LINKS:

Ethics of Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research for the 21st Century and Beyond

NC3Rs/MRC joint webinar: using both sexes in animal experiments

S.    U.     M.    M.   E.   R  .      S.   C.   H.   O.   O.   L        B.   E.  R.  L  I.   N     2 0 2 2 

        Focus on severe suffering Refining severe disease models and procedures

5th Oxford | Berlin Summer School on Open and Responsible Research in the Life Sciences 2022

Workshop: Stress-reduced handling of rats and mice

The 2022 European Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing