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
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