Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made an announcement that has animal rights activists cheering. According to a release from the FDA, animal testing is being phased out. In the release, the FDA said:
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’s animal testing requirement will be reduced or possibly replaced with AI-based computational models of toxicity and cell lines and organoid toxicity testing in a laboratory setting. FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H. said:
“By leveraging AI-based computational modeling, human organ model-based lab testing, and real-world human data, we can get safer treatments to patients faster and more reliably, while also reducing R&D costs and drug prices. It is a win-win for public health and ethics.”
Kathy Guillermo, PETA senior vice president, said:
PETA applauds the FDA’s decision to stop harming animals and adopt human-relevant testing strategies for evaluating antibody therapies.
Unnecessary, painful animal testing has caused emotional distress to animal lovers for decades. While some testing may have been deemed necessary, other animal experiments seem to be nothing more than outright cruelty – the FDA’s recent announcement is an excellent step in the right direction.
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Not only this, but Trump’s EPA is also phasing out and de-funding animal (toxicity) testing in favor of real science, something they did in Trump’s last term, but which Biden quickly UNDID and happily funneled millions of taxpayer dollars back into animal torture. The “progressive” animal lovers had zilch to say about that as far as I know.
Trump did not do this. Peta, Beagle freedom project and white coats waste and many others did this. Rump could have passed it during his first term but was too busy crying about a rigged election. So it was put off. Biden picked it up again but had to start at the beginning of getting it through the house and senate. But it was promised the FDA would slowly end testing and retool for other new methods. But during Bidens last months he was waiting for it to hit his desk. But trump told his morons to not vote on anything that might make Biden look good. So thanks to trump animals have had to wait 5 extra years. And he hasn’t signed it yet. Rump did the a similar thing with a law Obama passed. Rump took credit for all of it even tho he just closed a loophole. Not the best president not even close. But I will be happy if it gets done as I have been trying to get it done with the others since 2000. I have even been arrested for protesting a lab. Which is way more than rump has ever done for anything.
TDS rages on. Biden had reinstated massive funding for the EPA’s toxicity “testing” in animals after Trump’s admin had de-funded it, leading to howling and fear mongering from your media. But don’t let truth get in the way of hating Bad Orange Man. Jimmy Kimmel et al are surely proud of you though.
THANK YOU Rose, for being an intelligent person who knows the truth.
I cannot believe how pitifully ignorant people are about Trump.
Frankly, NO president has ever really been good about animal issues – all the real social changes comes from a committed public, people like you and me, who activate for animals.
But Trump is a nightmare in every possible way and I am just gobsmacked at how stupendously stupid most people are about him – sadly, especially animal people who really ought to know better.
He will go down in history as the worst president EVER.
You just used God’s name in vain. What does that say about you?
People change through the years. I sincerely hope you and your language change.
Wow yay it’s about time! Thank you Trump!!!
Trump, and even less, Kennedy, didn’t do a God-damned THING to push this forward. Any REAL animal rights activist who has been working hard on this issue KNOWS this has been worked on for YEARS and YEARS, even before the Biden administration. PETA has actually done the most to move this forward.
Let me tell you how little Trump gives a damn about the suffering of animals – when he first took office in 2016, one of the first bills on his desk to sign as new president was a bill to ban the cruelty of soring. This is absolutely BRUTAL torture done to Tennessee Walking Horses to make them step higher (a natural characteristic of the breed). There is a normal way to train them to step high, but the torturous method – called the Big Lick – uses acid, chains, and super-heavy shoes to TORMENT the horses into stepping high out of PAIN. (I swear, people must lay awake nights thinking up ways to be miserable to animals)
It took MANY YEARS of activists working hard to get this bill to the point of FINALLY being signed into law, and it was on the new president’s desk for signature – it was ready to be published in the Federal Register. The bill was on top of the stack, to be the first one Trump signed. HE THREW IT IN THE TRASH. Never even bothered to read it. Never asked about it. Nada.
This man cares nothing about people. He cares even less about animals. He never had pets, his kids are trophy hunters who break the wildlife laws.
Many unsung heroes persevering for years are the ones who are making this possible.
Beth, you are absolutely right, thank you!
Woops, this should’ve gone under Beth’s comment.
Yes! President Trump and Pam Bondi adore animals! Pam is fighting hard to lengthen dog fighters sentences. THANK YOU JESUS FOR BLESSING US WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS STAFF!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ WE APPLAUD THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 🐕🐶🐒🐩🐹🐀🐰🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Beth, you are absolutely right, thank you!
THANK GOD FOR OUR GREATEST PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION ! ROBERT F. KENNEDY I’M SURE HELPED THIS ALONG.
MAY THE BEAUTIFUL LOVING CREATURES OF GOD LIVE IN 🙏 PEACE AND NOT BE TORTURED BY THE LIKES OF FAUCI WHO TORTURED AND KILLED BEAGLE PUPPIES FOR HIS SATANIST APPETITE MAY FAUCI AND THOSE OF HIS ILK SUCH AS JOHN HOPKINS SATANTIST “SHREESH MYSORE” WHO TORTURED AND KILLED OWLS BURN 🔥 IN THE FIERY PITS OF HELL !
I’m with you Ken dog. Biden Pelosi Fauci etc were/are all criminals on what they did and allowed to do on poor innocent animals for their pathetic paychecks ! Hurray to trump and to hell with those disgusting lowlifes who did nothing to help these animals from their suffering and murders! They should be jailed and now we can take care of these poor innocent creatures that need us!
Please, DON’T give the TRUMP Regime credit for ANYTHING GOOD!! This probably all started under the BIDEN Administration!
Are you serious? What did Biden ever do for the animals?
Laugh out loud. Most of the time Biden doesn’t know where he’s at.President Trump is doing a great job,and will continue to do so. It’s a shame that he doesn’t get the credit he deserves.
LOL, the TDS is strong. See my other replies for some unwanted truth. I’m so sick of this.