Federal regulators in the United States are pushing harder than ever to reduce and eventually replace animal testing in drug ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t ...

The FDA is eliminating “unnecessary testing” on animals, according to Commissioner Marty Makary. He joined “Katie Pavlich ...

March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a draft guidance to help companies reduce animal studies of experimental drugs and adopt newer methods, such as computer ...

New draft guidance from the FDA is urging pharma companies to accelerate efforts to transition from animal testing to ...

The Trump administration is redoubling its efforts to phase out animal testing in drug development and seeking to develop new biotechnology methods instead to spur innovation in the pharmaceutical ...

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

Health authorities in the U.S. are continuing their move away from animal testing in drug development, with the FDA signaling an openness to new approaches that haven’t been validated and the National ...

In April 2025, the FDA announced plans to shift biomedical research for monoclonal antibodies and other medications away from animal testing toward new approaches. One year later, much speculation ...

The FDA has released a draft guidance outlining how drug developers can validate new approach methodologies (NAMs) as alternatives to animal testing in preclinical drug development.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

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 ...

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