XCellR8

XCellR8 is a contract research organisation providing exclusively animal-free safety and efficacy testing services to the cosmetics, personal care, and chemical industries.

Operating from a GLP-accredited laboratory at Sci-Tech Daresbury, the company uses human cell culture systems to deliver regulatory tests for skin and eye irritation, skin sensitisation, corrosion, genotoxicity, and cytotoxicity, all conducted without animal-derived materials.

Its methods have received regulatory recognition from OECD and ECHA.