The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will be phasing out a requirement that monoclonal antibodies and other drugs be tested on animals, saying in a news release that there ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA plans to reduce and potentially replace animal testing for developing monoclonal antibody therapies and ...

Feinberg Professor emerita Eva Redei’s research had two key components: vats of water and “depressed” rats. Redei found that the rodents, genetically engineered in a Kyoto lab to exhibit depressive ...

The FDA is moving away from requiring animal models for investigational new drug (IND) applications for new monoclonal antibodies and some other drug candidates. Animal testing will be "reduced, ...

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 ...

FDA and NIH recently announced initiatives outlining specific actions each agency will take to encourage greater adoption of new and emerging technologies to reduce the need for — and potentially ...

In a significant policy shift, the Trump administration has directed the CDC to halt all scientific research on monkeys and apes, advancing its broader push to phase out animal testing. An HHS ...

Advanced in organs on chips, digital twins, and AI are ushering in a new era of research and drug development. Earlier this week, the UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out ...

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