Our History
More than 35 years of experience in toxicological services
We at the Institute for Competent Contract Research - Rossdorf (ICCR-Roßdorf) can look back at more than 35 years of toxicological testing of chemical and other products. Over all these years we have constantly evolved with an ever-larger and up-to-date portfolio of test systems. Our customers see us as a reliable and experienced provider of advanced scientific services, while being flexible in scheduling and design of studies.
In September 2023, we became part of GBA Group with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. We belong to the GBA Pharma division and work very closely with our partners within the area of preclinical services. Thus the portfolio of the GBA Pharma division in the field of toxicological testing has been increased markedly. Together we create an additional benefit for our customers.
Since 1987 we’ve been continuously certified for GLP for our particular categories of tests and in 2008 we also became certified as a quality control laboratory under GMP. For the testing of medical devices, we have also been accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 by the DAkkS. All quality standards are inspected at regular intervals by the responsible monitoring authorities.
We started our journey in 1986 as a spin-off from the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) and an independent start-up under the name of Cytotest Cell Research GmbH & Co KG and the leadership of Professor Miltenburger. Our focus at the time was on in vitro and in vivo studies of the genetic toxicity properties of chemicals.
In 1988 we became a subsidiary to the international Swiss contract research company RCC – Research and Consulting Company Ltd. with headquarters at Itingen near Basel. Under the new name of RCC Cytotest Cell Research GmbH we moved in 1989 into our newly built facility at Rossdorf near Darmstadt and here we can be found even today. During the following decades, we were established as a Centre of Excellence for genetic toxicology with the full set of studies. At the same time our portfolio also developed and based on our large expertise in in vitro cell cultures, the number of study types using Alternative Toxicological Methods without animal testing grew very fast. Today we can offer a multitude of toxicological methods to support producers and other registrants, so that they can successfully market their products.
As a result of the acquisition of RCC in 2008 by Harlan Laboratories Inc., Indianapolis, USA, our name changed to Harlan Cytotest Cell Research GmbH. Seven years later, in 2015, we became part of the Envigo Group with over 50 locations across the world. As Envigo CRS GmbH, we were the largest site in Europe for genetic toxicity studies within Envigo.
After the carve-out from Envigo in August 2019 we offer our proven services independently as ICCR-Roßdorf GmbH. Our highly flexible performance, the long-lasting experience in toxicological testing and the scientific knowledge is the guarantee for our success.
Our Services:
We are committed to a high quality standard in all our activities and have successfully established all the required quality standards of GLP, GMP and ISO EN 17025 for many years.
