Critter News
AUGUST 10, 2009
In the United States, we are in the midst of a health care debate in which the pharmaceutical industry disguises itself as a champion of the people. Big pharma is also involved in promoting animal research for its own benefit. But animal research is necessary, they also claim, because there are simply no other alternatives.
Critter News
JUNE 4, 2009
Drug industry group EFPIA said the parliament had managed to balance the protection of animals, the reality of biomedical research, and the needs of patients. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers. Tags: europe animal research medical research.
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Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
But how many animal research supporters (non-scientists) actually step into a room and observe an experiment? How many of them actually see these animals in the labs? Tags: animal experimentation UK europe research alternatives medical research.
Critter News
JUNE 4, 2009
researchers for allegedly filing fraudulent documents and performing nearly identical experimentation in violation of federal regulations, the organization said in a news release. The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. Tags: europe animal research cosmetics medical research.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research.
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