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Benefits of Animal Testing: How Ethical Testing Aids Research

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Animal testing has had an influential role in almost every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years. Further, animals are essential in assessing drugs and vaccine safety. Approximately 26 million animals are used in the USA every year for research purposes.

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Commission unveils details on plan for phasing out animal testing for chemicals safety

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BY SCOTT STEPHENS, MPA At the REACH and CLP regulators’ meeting in July, the European Commission revealed specifics about its formal schedule to eliminate animal testing used for chemical safety assessment. Fill out the form to read the full article.

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Article Periodic Thank You Commission unveils details on plan for phasing out animal testing for chemicals safety

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Commission unveils details on plan for phasing out animal testing for chemicals safety At the REACH and CLP regulators’ meeting in July, the European Commission revealed specifics about its formal schedule to eliminate animal testing used for chemical safety assessment.

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4 ways ex vivo models offer Pharma better alternatives to animal testing

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Pharma companies are legally required to test novel drugs in animal models before beginning human trials. And while animal testing has progressed thousands of therapeutics that we use today, it is not without its experimental and ethical downfalls.

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Analysis Chemical: Commission redoubles commitment to reduce animal testing in response to Citizens’ Initiative

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Commission redoubles commitment to reduce animal testing in response to Citizens’ Initiative The European Commission provided its mandatory response to a citizens’ petition this week urging faster action to reduce and ultimately eliminate animal testing within the cosmetics and chemical sectors.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You Commission redoubles commitment to reduce animal testing in response to Citizens’ Initiative

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Commission redoubles commitment to reduce animal testing in response to Citizens’ Initiative The European Commission provided its mandatory response to a citizens’ petition this week urging faster action to reduce and ultimately eliminate animal testing within the cosmetics and chemical sectors.

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New Draft Guidance Provides Detailed (and Burdensome) Recommendations for Chemical Assessments to Support Medical Device Biocompatibility

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Since the first issuance of FDA’s guidance Use of International Standard ISO 10993-1, “Biological evaluation of medical devices – Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process” in 2016, sponsors submitting premarket submissions to FDA have had the option of using these techniques to evaluate certain biocompatibility endpoints.