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FDA takes steps to reduce animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies
Animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies and other medications will be “reduced, refined or potentially replaced ...
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New Protocol for Human Cardiac Organ-on-a-Chip Models Opens Door for More Predictive Drug Testing
Researchers developed a protocol for using human stem cells to create cardiac organ-on-a-chip technology to improve ...
Medical experts slam drug testing site closures, warn of deadly opioid threat and overdose spike
A leading medical authority has warned that closing Queensland’s drug testing services could lead to more overdoses, as a ...
FDA phasing out some animal testing in 'win-win' for ethics and public health: commissioner
The FDA is phasing out an animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibody therapies in favor of testing drugs on ...
To promote drug safety, FDA to replace animal testing with AI-based experiments, other methods
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is replacing animal testing with human-relevant methods, including artificial ...
FDA suspends milk quality testing due to staffing reductions
The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy ...
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Trump Administration Terminates Drug Testing Advisory Board
“The Drug Testing Advisory Board was advisory in nature; it did not have regulatory authority over federal programs,” a SAMHSA spokesman told Transport Topics.
Delay in land allotment hits progress of TN's first medical devices testing lab
COIMBATORE: The state government is set to establish the first Medical Devices Testing Laboratory in Coimbatore district for ...
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Why Some Doctors Are Pushing to End Routine Drug Testing During Childbirth
Then she began a research process that, in 2022, led to an overhaul of the Yale New Haven Health network’s approach to drug testing newborns. Now, doctors are directed to test only if doing so w ...
Washington newborns testing positive for drugs at alarming rates
Washington's newborn drug exposure rates are nearly double the national average, with Spokane County facing rates three and a half times higher.
FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological ...
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FDA Announces Plan to Phase Out Some Animal Testing
The FDA will begin promoting computer-based and lab-grown drug testing models to reduce the cost, time, and ethical burden of drug testing.