Pete Watts's blog articles

Knowledge is key. Part 2: The bibra TRACE database (and supporting databank)

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In Part 1, Peter Watts gave a potted history of his personal early experience in literature searching and toxicity data identification. Along with our colleagues of the same 'fine vintage', he weathered the storms of change, progressing from a time of back-strain (from carrying huge texts around) and index finger wear (turning pages) to dial-up and then to web-based searching. With your indulgence, Pete would now like to expand a little regarding TRACE and its value to clients and the bibra toxicologists.

Knowledge is key. Part 1: Toxicity literature searching, a personal history

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Our Toxicology Director, Peter Watts, has written a very interesting article focussing on toxicity literature searching, from his own perspective (having been at bibra for 40+ years)

The safety of multi-component products

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Who can honestly say that they haven’t, now and then, bitten into a tasty apple or pear only to discover they’ve accidentally munched on a fruit label. You and I will probably (if not distracted) remove and discard said offending item. But young children and compromised adults might ingest a label on occasion. Click to read more about this dilemma.

Medical device submissions – protecting supplier confidentiality

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We recently described – using a fruit label as an example – how an independent consultancy such as bibra could act as a third-party broker, providing a manufacturer with a safety evaluation of a multicomponent product while also protecting suppliers’ confidentiality over chemical composition. Here, we describe another example, in this case relating to a medical device submission to a Regulator or Notified Body.

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