Landmark reforms, federal agency action, and scientific advances are accelerating the move beyond animal testing, even as entrenched industry interests resist change. In a recent letter I sent, I mused that we may be living through a Berlin Wall moment for animal testing. For nearly a century, a broken health research system has relied on … Read more
Lawmakers, governors, public health agency leaders want to expedite transition to human-relevant testing methods and to halt unethical, ineffective, costly uses of primates Washington, D.C. — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action welcomed news from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to gauge the feasibility of transitioning the Oregon National Primate … Read more
Bethesda, MD — A new peer-reviewed paper by Dr. Zaher Nahle, Senior Scientific Advisor to the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action, is published in Frontiers in Medical Technology, offering a novel and comprehensive analysis of how animal testing became deeply embedded in drug development and biomedical research—and how new national policies promoting alternative … Read more
Our work, in tandem with congressional and federal agency actions, may usher in a new era of health and well-being for people and for animals As the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported in late December, Congress included a provision in a larger bill related to the military to end “exercises that involved shooting, … Read more
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. — Showing that illegal animal fighting operations can be uncovered and dismantled anywhere in the United States, investigators with Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) worked this weekend with law enforcement officials in Roosevelt County, N.M., and South Haven, Mich., to expose and shut down cockfighting operations in … Read more
Lawmakers cite planned animal testing phaseouts at FDA and other agencies as basis for reevaluating federal funding priorities across all federal health agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by senior members of the Energy and Commerce Committee Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) and Nanette Barragán … Read more
We came up just short in efforts in the House to defend wolves, but plan to block anti-wolf measure in the Senate It was one of the most consequential weeks of the year for Animal Wellness Action and for our mission to reform federal policy for responsible animal protection, public health, and stewardship of wildlife. … Read more
Critical vote strengthens momentum for human-relevant science and overdue regulatory reform Last night, the U.S. Senate passed the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, S. 355, signaling to the Food and Drug Administration that it must wind down the era of animal testing in drug development and boldly enter the era of screening drugs by methods grounded in human … Read more
House can now complete Congressional directive requiring FDA to implement the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans and Democrats have united to pass the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, S.355, reaffirming strong bipartisan support for the government-wide shift toward modern, human-relevant technologies. The bill was introduced by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., … Read more
Washington, D.C. — In a move that signals practical action and growing federal momentum away from animal testing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued draft guidance to move down a regulatory path to reduce primate and other animal use in the development of monoclonal antibody drugs. The guidance, titled Monoclonal Antibodies: Streamlined Nonclinical Safety … Read more