Negative Predictions for Skin Sensitisation

Presented by Dr Nik Marchetti, Product Manager at Lhasa Limited, as part of the 2017 vICGM series. 

Derek Nexus is an expert, knowledge-based software that gives predictions for a variety of endpoints including mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and skin sensitisation.

Derek has a well-established skin sensitisation endpoint and also contains functionality to provide a quantitative EC3 potency prediction.

Nik Marchetti describes the current functionality for predicting skin sensitisation hazard and potency, along with future development plans for this endpoint, including the introduction of negative predictions.