The Helpathon helps animal free innovation

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Animal-free innovation becomes easier if you choose to do it together: with patients, researchers, financiers, health professionals and policy makers. That is what we do in a Helpathon. We realized that many scientists, who currently use animals for their research, were not aware of the vast amount of alternative methods already present, or under development. Furthermore, these scientists often thought that they had to do “even more” extensive animal experiments before being able to enter Phase 1 clinical trials because they had no experience with regulatory bodies; or they just found it easier to continue their basic research with their familiar animal model. Within the Dutch initiative: TPI (transition to animal free innovations), we initiated the Helpathon. A Helpathon is an innovation 2 day workshop led by the Helpathon Team. Our plan is to train scientists to think differently, show them the way, dare them to enter the world of non-animal methods, and to help them to realize their new plans. All in a very safe, friendly, informal environment with at least 8 (but more is better) people from different disciplines. The success of our Helpathons, which were financed from TPI, has motivated the Helpathon Team to continue their work and to find financing for 10 new Helpathons in 2020. (www.tpihelpathon.nl)

Period	2 Mar 2022
Held at	Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
Degree of Recognition	International