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As part of his closing remarks at the 2022 edition of the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) and EUROTOX co-sponsored Risk Assessment Summer School (RASS), world renowned toxicologist, risk assessment expert and academician, Prof. Corrado Lodovico Galli emphasised the importance of integrity in the practice of toxicology, and more specifically in risk assessment. As a toxicologist involved in risk assessment and more specifically in the derivation of Health Based Exposure Limits (HBELs), specifically Permitted Daily Exposures (PDE) of medicinal products, I took his words seriously and started wondering how best this could be taken into account in the selection and engagement of experts to do these derivations for pharmaceutical industries. This comes in the wake of numerous "experts" in the industry who are producing shoddy, low quality reports and monographs which could put the health of the public at risk. In this short opinion paper, I argue that engaging a toxicologist who is certified and or belongs to a professional toxicology society may be a way of avoiding the engagement of charlatans in the industry.
This is the third and final part which focuses on practical issues.
This is the second part of the powerpoint video presentation
This powerpoint video presentation is the first part of a three part series introducing the concept of HBELs in Cleaning Validation
A highly toxic plant containing cardiac glycosides
