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Scientists are free to choose animals for research over alternative methods
Legislation demands that before any research study using animals can be approved, it must be evaluated from a moral and scientific standpoint, by an independent ethical committee. Scientists must...
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What’s driving the increase in animal research?
To better understand animal research and why researchers make a clear distinction between research and animal testing, I spoke with Dr Karin Blumer of Novartis. This is a summary of our conversation....
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What’s in a name? Animal research vs testing vs experimentation
What’s in a name? Well quite a lot it seems. Whether you came to this site looking for information about animal testing, animal research, vivisection or experimentation, the language you use defines...
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Neil Parish MP talks through the tough policy choices during the revision of...
We recently interviewed Neil Parish MP, the first reading rapporteur for the revision of law protecting lab animals. In our first video, Neil expressed the challenges he faced during this review to...
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Brussels conference puts spotlight on alternatives to animal testing
It won’t be long now until the annual European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) conference which takes place on 9 November here in Brussels. The EPAA is an independent...
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Unnecessary animal tests are replaced by alternative testing methods at...
Novo Nordisk recently announced the end of using living animals to test the quality of batches of medicines produced by the company. It has taken ten years for a dedicated company task force to get...
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Does Europe want to be a research hub?
Listen to just about any European politician these days and you are guaranteed to hear some or all of the following keywords: ‘jobs’, ‘growth’, ‘innovation’, and ‘research’. Read the Europe 2020...
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The EU, animal research and the Nobel Prize
So, unless you’ve been living in a cave without wi-fi you’ll probably have heard that the European Union has be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The EU also celebrated last week when Professor Serge...
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The role of animal testing in orphan drug development
Much of the debate over the use of animal testing in drug development is a cocktail of facts, emotions and ethics. Regulators have tried to strike a balance between these factors in the forthcoming EU...
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Animal research: a global issue
Medical research is a global endeavour regulated locally. Researchers move, patients move – even animals move (sometimes) – and ideas, of course care little for borders. But could more be done to...
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