Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories

Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories
Founded1953
FounderJoseph C. Calandra
Headquarters
1810 Frontage Road
Northbrook, Illinois
Key people
  • Joseph C. Calandra (President, 1953-1977)
  • A.J. Frisque (President, 1977)
  • Barrie M. Phillips (Vice president, Director of Research, 1977-1978; President, 1978-1979)
  • Yvonne Bonahoom (President)
Owner
Number of employees
350

Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories (IBT Labs) was an American industrial product safety testing laboratory.[1][2][3] IBT conducted significant quantities of research for pharmaceutical companies, chemical manufacturers and other industrial clients; at its height during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, IBT operated the largest facility of its kind and performed more than one-third of all toxicology testing in the United States.[4][5][6] IBT was later confirmed of engaging in extensive scientific misconduct and fraud, which resulted in the indictment of its president and several top executives in 1981 and convictions in 1983.[7][8] The revelations of misconduct by IBT Labs led to reforms in the regulation of pesticides in the United States and Canada.

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  3. ^ Schneider, Keith (1991-03-02). "U.S. Seeks to Learn if Tests On Pesticides Were Falsified". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-11. Three top executives of the laboratory, Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, were indicted and convicted in 1983 for claims that they had conducted safety tests on pesticides when, in fact, they had not.
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  5. ^ Carson, Phillip A.; Dent, N. (2007-06-01). Good Clinical, Laboratory and Manufacturing Practices. Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 172–174. ISBN 978-0854048342.
  6. ^ Cook, Janine Denis. "Good Laboratory Practice versus CLIA". University of Maryland, Baltimore. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
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