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As the FDA and NIH eschew animal testing, startup raises $40 million for lab-grown organs
A startup seeking to replace animal testing with a sophisticated high-tech platform has raised $40 million to develop ...
Penn spinout that replicates human tissue for drug testing raises $40 million investment
The investment comes as the FDA is pushing drug developers to phase out animal testing in some of the biologic treatments ...
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FDA plans to phase out animal testing for antibodies
The FDA has said it intends to reduce or replace animal testing of some medicines, including monoclonal antibodies, with other methods that it hopes will be more relevant to human physiology.
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NU researchers navigate the NIH’s plan to phase out animal testing, prioritize human-based research
Feinberg Professor emerita Eva Redei’s research had two key components: vats of water and “depressed” rats. Redei found that ...
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The end to animal testing marks the beginning of better biomedicine
Carlin is a vice president at Pathway Policy Group and a veterinarian. Paragas is the CEO and founder of DVLP Medicines and a virologist. The Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to ...
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‘Organs-on-a-chip’ is one of many alternatives to animal testing
There’s one area of surprising agreement in the often adversarial relationship between conservatives and the scientific community: the need to phase out animal testing in biomedical research. The new ...
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Vivodyne to Replace Animal Testing With $40 Million Funding to Reverse 95% Clinical Trial Failure Rate
“Vivodyne is fundamentally changing how drugs move from the lab bench to human trials,” said Andrei Georgescu, Ph.D., CEO and ...
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Navy to End Animal Testing on Dogs, Cats
Navy Secretary John C. Phelan recently announced that the United States Navy would no longer engage in animal testing on dogs ...