The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...
Well before a human receives the first dose of an experimental drug, it’s evaluated in an animal to test for toxicity. Monkeys are often chosen for their genetic similarities to humans, and safe ...
A recent op-ed in The Hill praising the National Institutes of Health’s new initiative to promote human-based technologies as a “major victory for animal ethics in science” oversimplifies a far more ...
The recent creation of the NIH Office of Research Integrity, Validation, and Adoption of New Approach Methodologies (ORIVA) is more than just an administrative shift. It represents a historic ...
Every year, more than 100 million animals are used globally in biomedical research, yet over 90% of drugs that appear effective in animal trials fail during human clinical testing. 1 This staggering ...
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 ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has pledged to reduce animal testing for monoclonal antibodies. The decision reflects longstanding ...
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