Key Takeaways. Draft guidance targets reduction/elimination of nonhuman primate testing for monoclonal antibodies, signaling higher regulatory receptivity to alternative nonclinic ...

Stem Pharm, a Madison biotech startup, is using lab-created 3D "organoids" to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In April, the FDA and NIH announced plans to incentivize so-called "new ...

Today’s animal testing differs from how it was back in the day. It’s typically done on a specific ingredient rather than a finished product, and there are often regulatory requirements based on ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part ...

Experts from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine traveled to San Diego, California, to attend the 2026 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting to advance our work accelerating the ...

Following the trend of other regulators, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is taking steps to reduce the need for animal testing. The agency has issued a draft qualification opinion for a new ...

This Research Topic will showcase advances in non-animal toxicology that improve the mechanistic understanding and predictive assessment of chemical safety.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formalized several policy recommendations designed to reduce animal tests in pesticide safety. Even though progress has been made in developing non-animal ...

Lorna Ewart has long been frustrated by the mismatch between animal and human toxicity data. All too often preclinical studies in rats and dogs will suggest a drug is safe, only for clinical trial ...

The VICT3R project is expanding its consortium by adding new beneficiaries and organisations to the network of contract research organisations (CROs) associated with the project. This expansion ...

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) has announced a new classification criterion that it says should require between 50% and 83% fewer animals to be used during testing to determine whether a ...