Critter News
JUNE 4, 2009
The EU's executive Commission last year proposed a range of measures to improve the welfare of the 12 million vertebrate animals used in experiments each year, mostly mice and rats. 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.
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. It's so much cheaper to buy, use and dispose of a bunch of voiceless chimpanzees and thousands of rats than to invest in alternative R&D.
Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." He concludes this segment with: Meanwhile, rats and mice are subject to some of the most extreme and invasive experiments in biomedicine. But the entire industry is questionable. The entire idea isn't justifiable.
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