World's first toxicology testing strategy without animal testing adopted by OECD

Success for long-standing collaboration between BASF and Givaudan to develop and validate alternative methods

30-Jun-2021 - The world’s first toxicology testing strategy without animal testing has been approved by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The testing strategy consists of three so-called alternative methods. They can be used to predict whether a substance causes allergic ...

IIVS Collaborates with BASF and Givaudan to Validate a Non-animal Test for Regulatory Submissions

29-Aug-2018 - The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS), with an established track record in the validation of alternatives to animal testing, is teaming up with BASF and Givaudan to validate an improved skin sensitization reactivity method to address the needs of toxicologists and regulators. Scientists at ...

A Fragrance That Breaks the Rules

11-Dec-2012 - Approximately one third of all fragrances on the market contain vetiver oil as a key ingredient, for which no synthetic odorant is commercially available. Instead it has to be distilled from the dried roots of vetiver grass. To find out about the structural requirements of vetiver odorants, ...

Givaudan: New agreement in fragrances with Colgate Palmolive

15-May-2008 - Givaudan has signed a new agreement with Colgate Palmolive as a collaborative partner for their internal fragrances development team on all their categories around the world. Givaudan will set up a dedicated global account team and put in place the creative process to closely work with the ...

Givaudan strengthens capabilities and solutions for Natural Cheese & Dairy flavours

07-Dec-2007 - Givaudan Flavours has developed a series of proprietary natural ingredients that enrich the company's TasteEssentials(TM) toolbox for Cheese Flavours. According to Minerva Calatayud, Givaudan's Global Product Manager for Dairy and Cheese: "All of these ingredients are considered natural (except ...

Scent Prediction

Lily of the valley fragrance: electronic surface structure determines interactions with scent receptors

23-Apr-2007 - An interdisciplinary team headed by Reinhold Tacke (Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg), Philip Kraft (Scent Research, Givaudan Schweiz Inc.), and Hanns Hatt (Cell Biology, University of Bochum) have attempted a "scent prediction" to test their computer model of lily-of-the-valley ...

Givaudan joint venture with ChemCom for Olfactory Receptor Research

30-Mar-2007 - Givaudan has entered into a joint venture agreement with ChemCom SA, a company in the field of olfactory receptor technology. The new company, named TecnoScent, will build on ChemCom's proprietary receptor technology and focus on the discovery and development of innovative fragrance ingredients. ...

Givaudan announces closing of Quest International acquisition

06-Mar-2007 - The acquisition of Quest International, a division of ICI Plc, by Givaudan was closed 2 March 2007, after regulatory approvals were obtained in the U.S. and the European Community. The acquisition was announced on 22 November 2006 at a price of CHF 2.8 billion. Quest shall extend Givaudan's ...

Givaudan opens new flavour centre in Shanghai

01-Dec-2006 - Givaudan opened its new flavour centre in Shanghai. According to the company, the facility is one of the most modern and complete creation, technology and production centres in the flavour industry globally. It is entirely dedicated to the Chinese market and its rising demand for flavour ...

Givaudan to acquire Quest International

24-Nov-2006 - Givaudan has signed an agreement with UK-based Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, to acquire its fragrance and flavour business, Quest International for £ 1,200 million or around CHF 2.8 billion. Quest shall extend Givaudan's leadership position in all strategic segments of the fragrance and ...