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