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This study by researchers at Mary Kay Cosmetics demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiOcular human cornea-like tissue construct can be used to accurately predict the irritation potential of cosmetic products designed to be applied on human skin immediately adjacent to the eye... Read More

This study by MatTek Corp. scientists demonstrated that a new protocol developed for MatTek’s EpiOcular human corneal tissue equivalent was able to determine the ocular irritancy potential of industrial chemicals spanning a range of chemical categories and irritancies. 76 chemical... Read More

This study by scientists at Alberto-Culver Co. and the Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) demonstrated that major personal care and cosmetics companies are basing their internal ocular product safety evaluation programs on MatTek’s EpiOcular in vitro human corneal tissue... Read More

A prospective validation study of two Reconstructed human Tissuebased in vitro test methods (EpiOcular™ EIT and SkinEthic™ HCE) was conducted by EURL ECVAM and Cosmetics Europe to evaluate their usefulness to identify chemicals as either not classified for serious eye... Read More

The recently implemented 7th Amendment to the EU Cosmetics Directive and the EU REACH legislation have heightened the need for in vitro ocular test methods. To address this need, the EpiOcular™ eye irritation test (EpiOcular-EIT), which utilises the normal (non-transformed)... Read More