Earlier this week, Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. revealed its Alternative Methods Advancement Project (AMAP), which it said is a strong initiative aimed at changing drug discovery and development by exploring alternatives to animal testing.
BTS research has been recommended for AAALAC full accreditation at their new facility, which recently came under fire for reported violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is looking to send a researcher to learn about non-animal test methods – adoption of which it says is slowed by regulatory agency acceptance.
SNBL USA has invested in ‘social housing’ at its lab in Everett, Washington citing ‘recent reductions’ in US non-human primate lab capacity as the driver.
This week Covance has paid PETA Europe's court costs relating back
to a failed legal bid to prevent the broadcast of video footage
taken during a covert investigation of its US animal laboratory.
Meanwhile, GSK has had a positive...
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, has been asked to justify its
decision to outsource its animal testing to countries with no or
poor animal welfare standards, which go against Lilly's commitment
to reducing, refining, and replacing...