Key lawmakers from both parties seek to build on FDA Modernization Act with 3.0 version to accelerate movement toward 21st-century human-biology-based testing methods. We will never forget the plight of the beagles mistreated by Envigo. It didn’t take an eagle eye or beagle nose to sniff out abuses at the Virginia-based dog breeding facility. After … Read more
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation thanked leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for hearing testimony on “Legislative Proposals to Support Patients with Rare Diseases”, which included H.R. 7248, the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 (H.R. 7248). Animal wellness groups submitted testimony for the hearing, further articulating the … Read more
Led by Reps. Buddy Carter, Nanette Barragán, Diana Harshbarger, and Rosa DeLauro, new legislation takes aim at FDA inaction denying safer, more effective drugs to patients and causing harm to millions of animals. Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Foundation applauded a set of lawmakers in … Read more
Press Release CARGO Act Would Halt Flow of Americans’ Tax Dollars to Fund Unaccountable, Often Illegal Animal Tests in Foreign Labs. Washington, D.C. — Animal welfare groups have called on Congress to pass the CARGO Act, a new bill that would redirect funds from unaccountable, often illegal animal tests in foreign labs to human-relevant nonanimal … Read more
U.S. Senators, in a letter, reminded the FDA Commissioner of his duty to apply new federal law in drug development and embrace 21st-century human-based biological tests “FDA’s regulations related to animal testing no longer fully conform to applicable law,” wrote five Republicans and four Democrats in the U.S. Senate in a letter to FDA Commissioner … Read more
Press Release Proper implementation of unanimously adopted law impossible without adjusting FDA regulations Washington, D.C. – Five Republicans and four Democrats in the U.S. Senate urged FDA Commissioner Robert Califf to revise its animal testing regulations so that the agency follows the dictates of an enormously popular new law to reduce animal testing. Congress enacted the … Read more
Legislation is critical, given too many fatal mistakes and lack of accountability Salem, Oregon — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation joined with Oregon state Rep. David Gomberg (D-Otis) in applauding the Oregon legislature for passing HB 2904 A today. The bill requires the Oregon National Primate … Read more
Legislation is critical, given too many fatal mistakes and lack of accountability Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation joined with Oregon state Rep. David Gomberg (D-Otis) condemning the latest primate death at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), owned and operated by Oregon … Read more
Proposals to expand domestic breeding of primates for research overlook several ethical, scientific and safety woes. Originally published on TRUTHOUT, May 27, 2023 Between 2000 and 2020, an estimated 482,000 primates were imported into the U.S. to be experimented on in testing laboratories. All the while, pharmaceutical drug development has been mired in serious challenges, … Read more
Government and Contract Labs Clamor for Mass Use of Primates Even After FDA Modernization Act Clears the Path for Alternative Test Methods In what seemed a coordinated two-step, the National Academies of Science recently issued an alarmist report about animal testing and the decline in the supply of nonhuman primates,followed by contract breeding labs and … Read more
With Congress’s Passing of the New Law, FDA Should Embrace Drug Developers Use of More Effective, Safer Drug Screening Methods Grounded on Human Biology WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action – which formulated the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 and worked with lawmakers in the House and Senate to … Read more
We secured the most important reforms ever against animal testing, while ending legal animal fighting and commercial cub-petting throughout U.S. The year 2022 turned out to be a remarkable one for the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, and the Animal Wellness Foundation. We secured many tangible gains. We put a punctuation mark … Read more
FDA Modernization Act Promises to Usher in Era of “Cruelty-Free Drugs”
FDA Modernization Act promises to spare animals, bring safer and better treatments to patients, and drive down drug prices WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House gave final approval today to the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, revamping the drug approval process and promising a dramatic reduction in the use of dogs, primates, and other animals in … Read more
The measure, if enacted, is likely to spare millions of animals torment, deliver safer, more effective treatments and cures to patients WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 is included as a provision in the omnibus spending package released this morning by House and Senate negotiators, setting up the prospect of enacting the measure … Read more
Only the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 Can Ultimately Prevent More Abuses of Primates, Beagles and Other Mammals Harmed by Inotiv and Its Subsidiaries Earlier this year, it was a horror show for beagles at Envigo, an animal breeding facility that supplies pharmaceutical companies and their contract facilities for their animal-testing work. Now Envigo’s parent company, … Read more
To understand why Animal Wellness Action is so invested in the passage of FDA Modernization 2.0, one need look no further than Sheldon and Bernie.
This will spar animals needlessly conscripted into an outdated and expensive testing scheme with its origins in the Depression era.
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Press Release Advocacy leaders appalled by ‘wrist-slap,’ call for full state criminal investigation Portland, Oregon — Animal Wellness Action, Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Foundation expressed shock and outrage that a fine against Oregon Health Sciences University was only $37,900, calling the small sum “too little, too late,” given the institution’s long and … Read more
Groundbreaking Legislation Has the Potential to Spare Animals, Bring Safer and Better Treatments to Patients, and Drive Down Drug Prices WASHINGTON, D.C. – Animal Wellness Action and other animal welfare groups lauded U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., the chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), for her crucial role in last … Read more
Press Release Groundbreaking Legislation has the Potential to Spare Animals, Bring Safer and Better Treatments to Patients, and Drive Down Drug Prices WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate passed the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, S.5002, without dissent, taking a major step toward enacting a policy that could dramatically reduce testing on dogs, primates, and other animals … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced a modified form of their popular FDA Modernization Act in the hopes of passing the bipartisan, non-controversial bill in the Senate this week. The new bill is identical in wording to the version of the FDA Modernization Act approved in June by the … Read more
It is just and right that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in response to a PETA investigation, ordered the release of more than 4,000 beagles from Envigo, a contract-breeding facility in Virginia supplying dogs to laboratories.
Congress must enact the FDA Modernization Act. Our nation cannot rescue our way out of drug-approval system that runs through a million animals a year. Washington, D.C. — The news about the rescue of thousands of beagles abused in a breeding facility in Virginia underscores that Congress must eliminate the federal animal-testing mandate for new … Read more
Press Release FDA Modernization Act rider will spare animals, drive down drug prices, and produce safer treatments and cures WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a legislative action that has the potential in the coming years to prevent the use of millions of animals and to deliver safer, more effective drugs to countless patients in need of treatments, the … Read more
FDA Modernization Act rider will spare animals, drive down drug prices, and produce safer treatments and cures WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a legislative action that has the potential in the coming years to prevent the use of millions of animals and to deliver safer, more effective drugs to countless patients in need of treatments, the U.S. House … Read more
Dogs dying even before they get into the laboratory In a pleading that reveals alleged violations of law and obvious violations of basic decency, the U.S. Department of Justice this month detailed acute animal welfare problems at a major supplier of animals to laboratories known as Envigo. Kudos to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals … Read more
FDA Modernization Act rider will spare animals, drive down drug prices, and produce safer treatments and cures WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the FDA Modernization Act as a rider to a larger package of FDA-related reforms, strengthening the chance of enactment this summer for a measure that would eliminate a … Read more
The rider will lift animal-testing mandate under federal law and drive use of alternatives WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, National Medical Association, Emulate Inc., PETA, and dozens of other organizations and corporations in a “Modernize Testing” coalition applauded the House Health … Read more
There is a desperate need to reduce animal testing and usher in 21st-century science In a game-changing legislative act, Democrat and Republican leaders of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce have included the FDA Modernization Act as a “rider” to a broader legislative package to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user-fee … Read more
The rider will lift animal-testing mandate under federal law and drive use of alternatives WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, PETA, and dozens of other organizations in a “Modernize Testing” coalition applauded the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce for including … Read more
Please tell your legislators to support the FDA Modernization Act here. Congress has three fundamental responsibilities: pass new legislation, fund the implementation and enforcement of the enacted laws, and establish taxes to pay for them. And that’s the sequence: authorize programs and then implement them. For instance, Animal Wellness Action (AWA) worked to ban animal … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Center for a Humane Economy, Animal Wellness Action, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, and other affiliated organizations applauded U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, for soliciting and hearing testimony on the FDA Modernization Act, H.R. … Read more
Congress Can Reduce Pointless Animal Testing by Allowing Innovative Safety and Efficacy Non-Animal Methods for Assessing Drug Safety It wasn’t your typical highway crash. Surely, there was a dazed and injured driver after his speeding truck flipped on a four-lane highway. But the truck had a very large group of passengers in the rear. Nearly … Read more
Last year, deeply disturbing images and descriptions of ghastly tests on beagles for drug development — intentionally infecting them with parasites to test a vaccine in one experiment and cutting their vocal cords to reduce decibel levels because beagles vocalize pain in a separate laboratory exercise – reminded Americans about the painful cost of animal … Read more
The FDA Modernization Act is a Key Part of the Solution Deeply disturbing images and descriptions of ghastly tests on beagles — intentionally infecting them with parasites to test a vaccine in one experiment, cutting their vocal cords to reduce decibel levels because beagles vocalize pain in a separate laboratory exercise, and euthanizing the animals … Read more
Proponents of civil society no longer accept the moral premise that’s it’s okay to conduct painful or harmful experiments on their human brethren without their consent or understanding, even if insights we’d glean from them could in theory benefit the larger community. The Tuskegee experiments that started in the 1930s and persisted through the early … Read more
Legislation Aims to Get Safer, Cheaper Drugs to Patients More Quickly, Kick-Starting Innovation, Reducing Animal Testing, and Putting Best Test Methods to Work Washington, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and other affiliated organizations applauded U.S. … Read more
FDA Modernization Act Can Deliver Game-Changing Results for Patients and for Animals Since 1938, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FFDCA) has required animal testing for new drugs. In every and all cases. Hard stop. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) religiously requires the use of animals in testing even when its own scientists … Read more
Legislation Aims to Get Safer Drugs to Patients More Quickly, Embracing Innovation and Shedding Costly, Cruel, Non-Predictive Animal Tests to Revamp FDA New Drug Testing Protocols That Will Reduce Animal Testing and Enable Use of Most Scientifically Advanced Methods. Washington, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the Michelson Center … Read more
Two years ago in November, voters in California approved a ballot measure to ban the sale of animal products that come from pigs, laying hens, and veal calves kept in cages or crates barely larger than their bodies. In Florida, the hub of the national greyhound racing industry, citizens voted to shut down the state’s … Read more
Press Release Hidden ingredient of stem cell measure is reliance on animal testing and sidestepping of more innovative, science-based alternatives Los Angeles, CA — The Los Angeles-based Animal Wellness Foundation, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and PawPAC are urging all California to vote “No” vote on Proposition 14 as a massive expense … Read more
The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, with the runners sent down the wrong path by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) archaic animal-testing regulatory requirements, is putting wild animals through a sort of meat grinder in our laboratories. Researchers may kill upwards of 500,000 sharks for a single moon-shot vaccine, while hundreds of other … Read more
With COVID-19 Surging Across the Country, No Time to Waste on Revamping Drug Development Regulations There are 536 counties in the U.S. with COVID-19 case densities that are equal to or exceeding New York City’s peak in April. Our national crisis has not only been severe, but enduring. What started as mainly a respiratory virus, … Read more
Guest Tamara Drake of the Center for Responsible Science Unpacks the Problem The world is racing to formulate a vaccine for COVID-19, but what hurdles stand in the way? In the best of circumstances, vaccine development is not an easy process. The SARS coronavirus (SARS-COV-1), which originated in a live-wildlife market in China in 2002, … Read more
COVID-19 has infected 1.5 million people, with that number to swell before the virus’s person-to-person global hopscotching pauses. In response, scientists in laboratories are racing to develop a vaccine and therapies to arrest its progress and to palliate its worst effects. But the race between the scientists and the virus is rigged. The virus had … Read more