NAM Use for Regulatory Application

The Future of Safe Sunscreens: Assessment Without Animal Testing

This webinar series, presented in partnership with the International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS), aims to identify practical solutions for UV filter innovation and testing that will improve predictivity while providing animal-free assessments of sunscreens. Find all the latest information on this series, including presentation abstracts, speaker bios, and resources for all the sessions at www.pcrm.org/sunscreen.

Session 1: Global Perspectives on Sunscreen Regulation

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

In the first session, experts discussed the unique experiences of implementing NAMs across Europe, the United States, and Brazil.

SESSION 1 RECORDING

Session 2: Modern Safety Assessments for UV Filters

Thursday, August 13, 2026
10:00 am – 12:15 pm ET / 14:00-16:15 UTC

The second session, featuring presentations on NAMs for UV filter safety assessments, will highlight Next Generation Risk Assessment (NGRA) principles, systemic toxicity, carcinogenicity, developmental toxicity, and Read-Across approaches for sunscreens.

SESSION 2 RECORDING

Session 3: Policy and the Regulatory Path Forward for Sunscreen Safety

Friday, September 11, 2026
10:00 – 11:30 am ET / 14:00-15:30 UTC

The third and final session in this series will pull everything together from Sessions 1 and 2 to lay out strategies for continuing global momentum for NAMs acceptance and use in sunscreen safety and UV filter assessments. This session will include a 50-minute panel discussion featuring presenters from all three sessions.

REGISTER FOR SESSION 3

NURA is developing several new in-person and virtual training opportunities, including:

• More NAMs for Sunscreens Sessions
• A Hands-on QSAR Training
• Validation of NAMs

Join our mailing list to get updates on our latest learning opportunities. You can also use the form to provide feedback and suggest training topics. Alternatively, you can email us with your comments and suggestions at nura [at] pcrm.org. 

We would like to feature your human-based nonanimal approach in a webinar. 

You will have the opportunity to present your method to a diverse professional audience from industry, government, NGOs, and academia, followed by an audience-led Q&A session. We are looking for:

• Case studies of NAMs that have been submitted in FDA applications.
• NAMs currently being used in regulatory applications or those that have the potential to replace animal use in regulatory applications.

Please submit your presentation title and abstract or speaker suggestion to nura [at] pcrm.org. 

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