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Cruel and Outdated Animal Testing Should Not Be Required

Cruel and Outdated Animal Testing Should Not Be Required

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We recently asked our United States supporters to sign our recent alert to urge the Senate to support the FDA Modernization Act! Your voices were heard and the new FDA Modernization Act 2.0 passed the Senate by a unanimous vote! Now, we must keep the momentum going to pass this bill into law by urging the House of Representatives to support this groundbreaking bill to save animals from suffering in labs!

Millions of terrified animals, including mice, rats, rabbits, cats, dogs, and monkeys, are subjected to agonizing tests in laboratories to develop drugs every year. These tests involve exposing animals to new drug formulations including all of the ingredients used, to observe the results over both short and long-term studies. Animals may experience cancer, reproductive harm, birth defects, internal and external bleeding, muscle cramps, digestive problems, paralysis, and more.

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act dates all the way back to 1938 and requires that all drugs are tested on animals. However, there have been tremendous advancements in science and technology over the past 80 years. It has long been known that these studies yield unreliable results that do not indicate potential hazards to human health. The physiology of humans differs from that of other animals, and results can vary widely between various species, even between similar animals such as mice and rats. The way an animal responds to a chemical does not indicate what the human response will be or that it will be safe for humans.

Testing on animals to develop new drugs is cruel, wasteful, and unnecessary. While millions of animals suffer and die in labs, over 95% of drugs that are deemed safe and effective in animal studies fail in human clinical trials. The National Institutes of Health wastes $12 billion every year on research that does not lead to the development of new treatments for humans.

In Defense of Animals

The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 will eliminate animal-testing requirements for the development of drugs. Cell-based assays, organ-on-a-chip technology, computer models, and other human biology-based test methods would be allowed. In short, the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 would allow drug manufacturers to opt out of animal testing while utilizing modern testing methods to develop drugs. Unfortunately, animal tests would still be allowed under this bill, however, drug manufacturers would have the ability to choose modern, animal-free tests instead. While not perfect, this bill is a tremendous step toward ending animal testing in its entirety. If this bill passes, we will campaign for drug manufacturers to choose animal-free testing methods.

 

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