Twelve months after releasing a roadmap to shift away from animal testing requirements, the FDA has declared mission ...

Merck KGaA’s chief science and technology officer announced plans to replace most animal testing protocols with new approach methodologies (NAMs) over the next decade. The initiative reflects a wider ...

Criticism of animal research − usually associated with the progressive left − has grown in recent years, as the practice is blamed for the slow pace of drug development. The Food and Drug ...

Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: ...

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 ...

Today’s animal testing differs from how it was back in the day. It’s typically done on a specific ingredient rather than a finished product, and there are often regulatory requirements based on ...

Following the trend of other regulators, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is taking steps to reduce the need for animal testing. The agency has issued a draft qualification opinion for a new ...