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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

While this hype may be warranted in some respects—a 60-year old legal provision has now been amended to acknowledge that the science of drug development is advancing—the change is mostly symbolic and is likely to take many years before we see it have a measurable impact. FDORA § 3209(a)(2). 42 U.S.C. § 262(k)(2)(A)(i)(I).

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Exploring alternatives to animal testing in drug discovery

Drug Target Review

History behind animal testing In December 2022, the US Government approved the ground-breaking US Food and Drug Association (FDA) Modernization Act 2.0, 3 The first act was approved in 1938 in response to a drug — elixir sulphanilamide — that caused 105 deaths after researchers failed to test the antibiotic before release.