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Table 6 Needs for information or guidance

From: Use and perceived benefits and barriers of QSAR models for REACH: findings from a questionnaire to stakeholders

Main option/sub option

ACACON

REGUL

INDUS

All proportions are calculated on total stakeholder subsample

   

We need more information and/or regulatory guidance

to assess whether a model can be viewed as scientifically valid and adequately documented;

to be able to use the technical software, and understand the outputs from it;

to know how to integrate different kinds of results from different methods into a submission;

to know what QSAR models are available or appropriate for our work;

to know more about when and how QSAR / in silico methods can be used.