US custom manufacturing firm MFG Chemical has acquired Masters Company from private ownership. Terms were not disclosed and the deal has already been completed.

ECHA has published its fifth triennial report on the use of alternatives to testing on animals for REACH.

The European Commission has revised certain information requirements for registering chemicals under REACH. It advised companies to start preparing as the changes will start to apply in October.

Inotiv, a US CRO specialising in nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development services, has reached an agreement to acquire research models and services Envigo.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) has approved the world’s first toxicology testing strategy without animal testing.