BTS Research announced they have been recommended for Full Accreditation at their new headquarters following reviewers' first physical evaluation of the new vivarium.
After a thorough evaluation, AAALAC representatives communicated to BTS that they will be making the recommendation for a Full Accreditation to the AAALAC Accreditation Committee. The recommendation came following AAALAC’s scheduled multi-day inspection certification of the new facility.
BTS moved to its new facility in late 2015. The new vivarium required BTS to “staff up”, and to bring the training level of many of the local employees (new or experienced) in San Diego to new standards and learn large animal regulations and handling, which created ungrounded inquisition to their execution of the research practices. As a result, BTS had numerous inspections and correspondences from USDA, OSHA, DEA and AAALAC, all to show that the new facility condition and the training program in place met all regulations.
“This is fantastic news,” said Mr. Abunadi, CEO & President of BTS Research. “We are very proud of our new headquarters. It was a long way coming. To receive the Full Accreditation recommendation without even minor issues to address is a great step to build on the wonderful history and reputation BTS has been having for 16 years now. We have been working with the local workforce diligently to bring the awareness and training level to meet the research demand. Since CRO is a very different line of business we ended up having to relocate many wonderful skilled new staff members from other states where large animal CRO’s like Covance, Charles River, MPI and Envigo reside and have a larger talent pool.”