The boorish treatment of Congress by the FDA includes dismissing legislation seeking to modernize the ailing agency By Zaher Nahle, PhD MPA When announcing his nominee for the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Donald Trump was point-blank in stating that the “FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost … Read more
Legislation, dealing with largest category of animal testing, aligns regulations with law that Congress passed more than two years ago and that Biden FDA ignored Washington, D.C. — Senate Republicans and Democrats have united again to reintroduce the FDA Modernization Act 3.0. and work to usher in a new era of healthier living and longevity by facilitating the development … Read more
House can now take up and pass legislation directing FDA to implement the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 and start the long-term wind down of inaccurate, expensive, animal testing in drug development WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans and Democrats have united to pass the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, S. 5046. The bill was introduced by Sens. Cory Booker, … Read more
Today, the U.S. Senate passed the FDA Modernization Act 3.0, S. 5046, to compel the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get on with the task of winding down the era of animal testing in drug development and boldly enter the era of screening drugs by methods grounded on human biology. The bill passed the … Read more
Trump plan to cut spending can unlock scientific potential and make drug development safer, better The intent of the new administration to create the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and reduce federal spending by more than a trillion dollars is an eye-catching goal. While it is not the first time that a new administration has … Read more
Primates and other animals used in testing provide unreliable data for screening new drugs, causing harm to animals, driving up drug prices, and delaying cures and treatments Washington D.C. — As officials continue the capture of up to 43 female rhesus monkeys who bolted earlier this week from the Alpha Genesis primate research center in … Read more
Research monkeys escape from research colony — again At the close of 2022, the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action engineered the most important advancement in our nation’s history on animal testing. Congress passed the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 to eliminate an animal-testing mandate that had been in place since the Great … Read more
The technocrats and scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seem apathetic about the suffering of beagles, primates, and other animals used in drug testing experiments. The FDA was created to protect the public from dangerous drugs getting onto pharmacy shelves, but its leadership today exhibits such ossified thinking that it’s undermining that mission … Read more
The defiant FDA is harming animals and delaying safer, more effective, more affordable new drugs from reaching patients. Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Foundation applauded Senators Cory Booker, D-N.J., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Angus King, I-Maine, John Kennedy, R-La., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., … Read more
Animal cruelty on such a massive scale needs to be punished, but groups say policy reform to move forward with 21st Century non-animal testing is the essential long-term fix. Washington D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy applauded the largest ever fine in an Animal Welfare Act case. The fine was … Read more