FDA Moves To Replace Animal Testing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a plan to replace animal testing with “human-relevant methods.”

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking a groundbreaking step to advance public health by replacing animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs with more effective, human-relevant methods. The new approach is designed to improve drug safety and accelerate the evaluation process, while reducing animal experimentation, lowering research and development (R&D) costs, and ultimately, drug prices,” the FDA stated in a press release.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agency would switch over to artificial intelligence.

RFK Jr. said AI is “much more precise in identifying the impacts of toxins in various products.”

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