Sen­ate pass­es bill to re­work an­i­mal test­ing re­quire­ments for drug de­vel­op­ers

The US Sen­ate passed via unan­i­mous con­sent on Thurs­day af­ter­noon a bi­par­ti­san bill that would al­ter a fed­er­al man­date for an­i­mal test­ing on new drugs, but stops short of re­mov­ing an­i­mal test­ing en­tire­ly.

Tout­ed as a much-need­ed mod­ern­iza­tion of FDA’s rules, co-spon­sor Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Book­er (D-NJ) have said the bill will stop lots of need­less suf­fer­ing of an­i­mals.

To­day the Sen­ate unan­i­mous­ly passed my bi­par­ti­san FDA Mod­ern­iza­tion Act 2.0 to end an­i­mal test­ing man­dates! This is an im­por­tant step to­ward in­no­va­tion and end­ing the need­less suf­fer­ing and death of an­i­mal test sub­jects. pic.twit­ter.com/vG­pC­Cd­puOf

— Rand Paul (@Rand­Paul) Sep­tem­ber 29, 2022

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