Twelve months after releasing a roadmap to shift away from animal testing requirements, the FDA has declared mission ...
It’s not just "business as usual"—it’s a high-stakes tug-of-war between cutting-edge ethics and the complex reality of ...
Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: ...
Experiments on animals (“in vivo” experiments) have long been the norm for learning about human health and disease, because testing on live animals enables researchers to investigate how chemicals, ...
If non-animal testing models like organoids are used correctly, experts note they can cut failure rates and facilitate ...
Testing products on animals became an industry standard in the cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries nearly a century ago. Since that time, it has become clear that these tests cause ...
On April 10, the US Food and Drug Administration announced it would phase out animal testing for certain drug studies. The agency published a roadmap that outlines a six-prong approach to reducing ...
Each year on April 24, scientists, advocates, and policymakers around the world mark World Day for Laboratory Animals—a ...
A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars. “Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post ...
The letter from Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, a watchdog organization for lab research on animals, referenced a string of violations of federal policies on humane animal research, including ...