The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

In a bid to prioritise more human-relevant models, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has enforced a plan to phase out animal testing for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in the preclinical stage, ...

In a Policy Forum, Chad Nelson and colleagues highlight the efforts of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in advancing alternative methods to reduce animal testing for regulatory use. Animal ...

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 ...

Julie E. Gough is professor of biomaterials and tissue engineering in the Department of Materials, School of Natural Sciences and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester, ...

Researchers examine how the use of animal testing to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the EU can be reduced. Although it is, in principle, possible to identify such substances without using ...

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft guidance aimed at assisting pharmaceutical manufacturers in transitioning from animal studies to non-animal alternatives for drug ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

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 ...