The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that vit achieved its key first-year goals in the implementation of its April 2025 Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies, marking one year of transformative action to modernize drug development through innovative, human-relevant science.
"One year ago, we issued an ambitious road map to eliminate unnecessary animal testing and replace animal testing with more precise ways of predicting drug safety in humans," said FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. "In addition to ushering in more scientifically accurate way to test drugs before they are used in humans, the agency has made great strides to reduce research and development costs, which will lower drug prices for everyday Americans"
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