Ethics

Animal care is in compliance with the SOPs of Bioveta and the Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the Act of the Czech National Assembly, Collection of laws No. 149/2004, inclusive of the amendments, on the Protection of Animals against Cruelty, and Public Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Collection of laws No. 207/2004, on keeping and exploitation of experimental animals.

Ethical Codex of Welfare

• Laboratory animals are used exclusively for research and development of pharmaceutical preparations designed for human and veterinary medicine.
• If there is an approved alternative method for the given type of studies, they are given preference to the methods using animals.
• All the experiments and studies conducted with the use of animals have to be approved by Central committee of protection of animals and the corresponding Expert committee of Bioveta, a.s.
• The conditions under which the experiments are carried out are specified and checked by the relevant state authorities.
• The conditions of environment in which the animals are kept correspond to the respective standards specified in legislative of EU, support the welfare of animals and agree with particular specific requirements of individual species of animals.
• The number of animals used in studies is minimized with regard to the type of the given study.
• All the activities in a study are performed with respect to the needs of the animals and are directed to minimization of their stress and distress.
• All the staff members who deal with animals have undergone the respective training and courses, and their education in this area is continuously deepened. Only the workers having positive relationship to animals are allowed to work with animals.
• All the animals used in experiments come from Bioveta own accredited breeding facility or they are purchased from other accredited specialized suppliers come from own accredited breeds or from other accredited breeds in the Czech Republic or from abroad and other specialized facilities.
• The above-mentioned principles are also stuck to if Bioveta, a. s., chooses their business partners.