RFK Jr. says he'll work with federal agencies to wind down animal testing

Animal rights groups celebrate, but the Trump administration is light on specifics about phasing out federally funded medical ...
pharmaphorum

FDA’s emerging framework to reduce animal testing: Implications for drug development timelines, cost, and clinical strategy

The FDA’s emerging framework represents more than a regulatory update; it is a paradigm shift toward human-relevant, ...
Yahoo

To promote drug safety, FDA to replace animal testing with AI-based experiments, other methods

FDA Commissioner Martin Makary on Thursday announced a move away from animal-based drug testing in favor of human-based methods and artificial intelligence to determine drug safety and effectiveness.

Trump administration launches multi-agency 'strike force' to crack down on animal abuse

The Trump administration launched a strike force targeting animal cruelty. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced designated ...
American Council on Science and HealthOpinion

Holiday Gift for the Animals

A rare moment of bipartisan progress has emerged with the Senate’s unanimous passage of the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, ...
Washington Examiner

NIH stops requests for new studies solely relying on animal testing

The National Institutes of Health announced on Monday that the biomedical agency will no longer put out new funding opportunities solely relying upon animal testing and will require that applicants ...
Hartford Courant

Animal research and testing brings millions to CT each year. That could change drastically.

Animal testing in Connecticut rakes in millions in federal dollars each year at colleges and universities but, the National Institutes of Health recently announced it is pivoting from using just ...
Technical

How Certara turned the FDA’s surprising decision on animal testing into a launchpad for innovation

Technical.ly is a free news resource thanks to financial supporters like Certara, a Technical.ly client, which sponsored this article. It was reviewed before publication. Learn more about Certara.
STAT

Modern animal models for biomedical research remain far better than alternatives

In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal testing in biomedical research. Central to these ...
News Medical

Developing a synthetic pathology framework: A step towards replacing animal testing

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers establish AnimalGAN as a reliable alternative for generating synthetic pathology data in an effort to ultimately reduce animal testing ...
Animal Welfare Institute

AWI Supports Phasing Out Animal Use in Research and Testing, but Proper Planning is Essential to Protect Animals and Science

Washington, DC—Last month, both the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out the use of animals in scientific research. The Animal Welfare ...
HUB

Reimagining alternatives to animal testing

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...