Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology, Germany

German research institute at Hannover in Lower Saxony, part of the Fraunhofer Society, working on drug development and the safety of chemicals and inhaled substances, with further sites at Regensburg and Braunschweig. Runs preclinical and inhalation toxicology studies to good laboratory practice with its own aerosol and inhalation facilities, genetic toxicology, respiratory and immune disease models, translational medicine with its own clinical trial unit for early phase and airway challenge studies, bioanalysis and the development of inhaled medicines.