Loading ...USA – Animal testing no longer needed before human drug trials
As part of the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill, legislation was passed that allows new medicines not to be tested in animals to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, according to Science.org.
This legislation was signed into law by President Joe Biden late last month and it replaces a stipulation from 1938 that called for potential drugs be tested for safety and efficacy in animals.
Some drug companies have also been critical of animal testing in the past due to costs associated with it.
“FDA is working to replace, reduce, and refine (the 3 Rs) dependence on animal studies by advancing development of, and evaluating new, fit-for-purpose non-clinical tools, standards, and approaches that may someday improve predictability.”
Big pharma reducing its costs to get their poisons to market, cheaply and quicker.
What could go wrong?
Why use mice and guinea pigs when you can use humans?