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FDA Plans To Phase Out Animal Testing Requirements (axios.com)

(Friday April 11, 2025 @04:41AM (msmash) from the end-of-an-era dept.)


The Food and Drug Administration says it would begin [1]phasing out animal testing requirements for antibody therapies and other drugs and move toward AI-based models and other tools it deems "human-relevant." Axios:

> The FDA said it would launch a pilot program over the next year allowing select developers of monoclonal antibodies to use a primarily non-animal-based testing strategy. Commissioner Marty Makary in a statement said the shift would improve drug safety, lower research and development costs and address ethical concerns about animal experimentation.



[1] https://www.axios.com/2025/04/10/fda-animal-testing-drug-trials


Really (Score:1)

by rot16 ( 4603585 )

Read in Morgan Freeman voice: "It did not improve the drug safety..."

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by SeaFox ( 739806 )

It will make PETA happy, though. So that's something... e_e

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by arglebargle_xiv ( 2212710 )

Oh it definitely will, letting a stochastic parrot hallucinate that a drug is safe will be great!

Plausibly fine (Score:2)

by locater16 ( 2326718 )

Testing on mice has produced tens of thousands of results that don't fully translate to humans, things like organoids (cloned partial human organs) might be able to produce more accurate results anyway. Weird that the only section of the US government still seemingly half functional is run by the brain worm anti vax guy, shit maybe the US really should've have made him president.

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by dfghjk ( 711126 )

"...maybe the US really should've have made him president."

Or maybe made the black woman president so that every section of the government would work.

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by dfghjk ( 711126 )

"Testing on mice has produced tens of thousands of results that don't fully translate to humans..."

Something no doubt scientists didn't know and are thankful for your insight. Fully translating to humans couldn't possibly be a consideration when they chose mice, right?

"...things like organoids (cloned partial human organs) might be able to produce more accurate results anyway."

All sorts of things "might be able", if only scientists would think of better ways. Again, they must be grateful for your insight.

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