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Industry Urged To Respond To EU Expectations On Using Animal Testing Alternatives

 
• By Eliza Slawther

The chair of a European Medicines Agency working group on reducing animal testing said that companies can provide “thoughts and suggestions” in relation to a review of its scientific guidelines on regulatory testing requirements and new approach methodologies.

EU regulators are updating scientific guidelines around alternatives to animal testing (Shutterstock)
Key Takeaways
  • A European Medicines Agency reflection paper lists the current expectations for using alternatives to animal testing in drug development and includes newly identified opportunities for reducing animal tests.
  • The chair of an EMA working group on reducing animal testing has asked companies to provide their input on the reflection paper before 30 June.
  • The EMA is also implementing changes to another document on the regulatory acceptance of reduced animal testing based on stakeholder feedback.
  • These initiatives are part of a wider push from the agency to reduce, refine and replace the use of animals in drug development, known as the 3Rs principles.

Companies are being reminded to share any views they might have about the European Medicines Agency’s updated scientific guidelines on testing requirements for medicines to include...

A call for industry feedback was made at an EMA webinar this month by Sonja Beken, chair of the EMA’s 3Rs working party (3RsWP), who talked about the agency’s latest...

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