Tell Congress to end abusive and ineffective animal testing!

It is absurd that in the year 2022 we are still forcing our medical researchers to subject animals to cruel drug testing — especially when the tests slow down the process and send researchers in the wrong direction!

Animals and human bodies are obviously very different, which means animal testing data is notoriously unreliable for predicting the safety and efficacy of experimental drugs in humans. Drugs found to be safe in nonclinical animal tests fail during human clinical trials at a shocking rate — but FDA still requires these tests for product submission.

It's long past time for the FDA to update its decades-old regulations and requirements for animal tests, and allow for nonclinical test models that are predictive of what will happen in trials for people who actually need the drugs.

The FDA Modernization Act of 2021 would update the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FFDCA) of 1938 to allow the FDA to authorize the use of 21st-century science to determine the safety and efficacy of new drugs. If enacted, it will lower drug costs, speed delivery of drugs to patients, reduce the number of animals used in science, and increase the safety and effectiveness of drugs and vaccines.

The FDA must update its regulations regarding new drugs, shed animal testing wherever possible, and substitute state-of-the-art, human-relevant nonclinical test methods. 

Add your name to call on Congress to pass the FDA Modernization Act of 2021 and bring drug testing rules into the 21st century!