While the use of animals to test the safety of cosmetic products in the U.S. is legal, a number of states have brought in laws to ban the practice. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that ...

Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part of medical training and chemical, food, drug and cosmetic testing, according to the non-profit animal rights organization People ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

In 2019, the EPA called for a 30% decrease in animal testing by 2025, and a total phase-out by 2035. The agency under the Biden administration walked that back in 2021, arguing that, while ending ...

Federal regulators in the United States are pushing harder than ever to reduce and eventually replace animal testing in drug and chemical safety assessments. The FDA has released draft guidance ...

Following Congress’s repeal of the FDA’s long-standing animal testing requirement, the Environmental Protection Agency is now taking major steps toward adopting faster, cheaper, and more ...