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

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        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

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ASSISTANT

 If you want to know more about experimental design and how to apply the EDA ( Experimental Design Assistant) developed by the NC3Rs please block your diary for 1 hour and and click on the active link. It has the endorsement of statisticians and might save you a lot of time in the long run.

Monday 27th of September- Free Webinar from the BJP

 Are you doing something on Monday the 27th at 11:00? If you are interested in the topics/speakers below:

BJP 75^th Anniversary Webinar: Guidelines for Research Reproducibility & Transparency

• Introduction – Amrita Ahluwalia
• Design & Analysis – Michael Curtis
• Natural products guidelines – Mauro Teixeira
• Sex as an experimental variable – Clare Stanford
• Preprints (and new preprints citation policy) – Chris George
• Q&A Session – chaired by Amrita Ahluwalia.

The link to the free webinar is this
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4288708192780263695