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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

In effect, the revisions to the FD&C Act and the PHS Act are designed to encourage the use of alternatives to animal testing not eliminate animal testing in drug development. adequate to justify the proposed clinical testing.” The pre-existing statutory language did not require animal testing.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You EU court upholds ban on chlorpyrifos-methyl, setting regulatory precedent in the process

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The Court maintained that, to annul this non-renewal on the basis of a lack of transparency, the firms would have to identify “an express provision conferring on [them] a procedural right” within the relevant governing framework legislation to be informed of these developments.

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Article Periodic Thank You European Commission issues EU-wide rules on pesticide ingredients

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European Commission issues EU-wide rules on pesticide ingredients The Commission has issued uniform rules governing data requirements and a work program for safeners and synergists, constituent compounds that, like active substances, must be approved for use in plant protection products in the EU.

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Article Periodic Thank You At conference, ECHA calls for regulatory coherence, collaboration to achieve green and digital transition

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At conference, ECHA calls for regulatory coherence, collaboration to achieve green and digital transition Last week, EU chemicals regulator ECHA brought together experts from industry, government, civil society, research, and academia to discuss the future of EU chemicals regulation.

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Exploring alternatives to animal testing in drug discovery

Drug Target Review

Animal testing plays a significant role in pre-clinical research and therefore requires the use of millions of animals. million scientific procedures involving live animals were carried out in 2020. million scientific procedures involving live animals were carried out in 2020. In Britain, 2.88 In Britain, 2.88

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Analysis Chemical Thank You Explainer: carcinogen classification in the E.U., U.S., and internationally

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varies based on government agency. E Evidence of Non-carcinogenicity for Humans Agents that show no evidence for carcinogenicity in at least two adequate animal tests in different species or in both adequate epidemiologic and animal studies.

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Raising Welfare for Lab Rodents

Codon

It may seem that if researchers are sufficiently concerned about the welfare of lab animals, the best thing to do would be to stop using animals altogether. However, a multitude of factors—from institutional inertia to a global animal-testing industry worth billions of dollars —make this outcome unlikely.

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