Agencies Promise End to Animal Testing
Three agencies -- the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Toxicology Program and the National Institutes of Health -- have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" to develop and implement the new methods. The collaboration is described in today's edition of the journal Science.
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Animal testing is no longer required for drug approval. But are high-tech alternatives ready to replace mice, rabbits and primates? Congress lifted the requirement that all new drugs be tested on animals. The law, officially called the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, marks a triumph in scientific research on human cells and technology and the culmination of 40 years of lobbying by animal rights activists. Source 9m.