The guidance clarifies what sponsors should consider when putting together an application for the validation of a NAM ...

The FDA has released a draft guidance outlining how drug developers can validate new approach methodologies (NAMs) as alternatives to animal testing in preclinical drug development. The guidance, ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Stem Pharm, a Madison biotech startup, is using lab-created 3D "organoids" to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In April, the FDA and NIH announced plans to incentivize so-called "new ...

The FDA’s recent announcement to reduce, and in some cases replace, animal testing for monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutics represents one of the most consequential regulatory developments in ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating tremendous costs for clinical studies, it also raises significant ethical ...

Animal models have long shaped how biomedical research is conducted. They have influenced how diseases are studied, how risks are assessed, and how potential treatments move from early discovery ...

A former animal testing laboratory is being turned into an animal sanctuary. Freedom Fields, a 30-acre property in Nowata, Oklahoma, is the realization of a lifelong dream for animal rights attorney ...

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 ...