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FDA no longer requires animal testing for new drugs. Is that safe?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) no longer requires new drugs to be tested in animals before being approved. Thanks to a law passed in December 2022(opens in new tab), the agency now has the option to approve drugs that are tested in only non-animal studies, including those that use lab-grown tissues or computer models, before being tested in clinical trials with humans.
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Skipping animal trials will help Pharma's bottom line, and as we have seen, skipping human trials in "emergency" situations will do even more so.
Safety? Not so much.
Exactly, skip the lab animals, go right to people saves lots of money.
Yup...I can't even recall how many cancer cures I've seen "in mice" over the years. I no longer even read reports when I see the mouse or rat word.