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FDA Changes Animal Drug Testing Requirements

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are no longer required to test drugs on animals before conducting human trials.

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According to a recent NPR article, the FDA has dropped the requirement for drugs to be tested on animals before humans in trials. It amends the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act originally passed in 1938.  This has long been the goal of animal rights activists who maintain that animal testing is ineffective and expensive. 

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