Brussels, 27/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - The efforts made at international level to develop alternatives to animal testing are starting to pay off. A cooperation agreement between a number of international bodies was signed on Monday 27 April on the validation of alternative testing methods. The agreement was signed by the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM), which is part of the Joint Research Centre of the Commission, by its United States counterpart (ICCVAM)...