FICAM develops human cell-based tissue mimicking models to supplement and/or replace animal tests. For the developed models to be broadly utilized among basic and applied research, e.g. as a part of regulatory documentation, the results obtained from these tests have to be shown to be reliable, repeatable and agreeing with the in vivo responses. After the scientific proof of the concept has been obtained and the method has been optimized it will be validated.

The safety tests should be performed under GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) if the results are aimed to be included in the regulatory documentation. FICAM validates the developed methods and performs the routine testing on request under GLP.