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Separating the Hype from the Hyperbole Surrounding FDORA’s Alternatives to Animal Testing under the FD&C Act

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Since 1962, the FD&C Act has authorized FDA to require that sponsors of clinical trials submit data from “preclinical tests (including tests on animals)” in order to demonstrate that their drug is safe enough to advance to testing in humans. adequate to justify the proposed clinical testing.” 21 U.S.C. §

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Drug repurposing: The benefits, risks and what we learned from Covid-19

Drug Discovery World

Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modelling in mice and allometric scaling should be used to refine dose strengths for human studies, and the available safety data may need re-evaluating considering predicted dosages. She urged that new methodologies are needed to reduce human and animal testing to establish safety and efficacy.