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Stream It or Skip It: ‘Animals on Drugs’ on Discovery, Where A Wildlife Expert Studies Meth Gators, Drunk Bears, and Cocaine Hippos

Opening Shot: Forrest Galante (Shark Week) paddles a canoe through a bog in Citrus County, FL. While paddling, Galante explains a chilling development—increased alligator aggression. This particular ...

DHS initiatives try to reduce reliance on animal testing in drug development

Animal models work in lab conditions, because their lives are shorter so you can control the environment in studies.

US FDA pushes for new methods to replace animal testing in early drug studies

March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a draft guidance to help companies reduce ...
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Animal drug incentives aren’t working, change recommended, fed watchdog says

Many diseases in animals go untreated because of high development costs and limited markets, according to a federal report. Goats and sheep, for example, lack approved drugs to treat parasites. The ...
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FDA says it will phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies, drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will be phasing out a requirement that monoclonal antibodies and other drugs be tested on animals, saying in a news release that there ...
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FDA proposes more flexibility in alternatives to animal testing in drug development

Non-animal testing methods could save drugmakers time and money, officials say ...
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Stream It or Skip It: ‘Animals on Drugs’ on Discovery, Where A Wildlife Expert Studies Meth Gators, Drunk Bears, and Cocaine Hippos

Discovery’s newest three-part series, Animals on Drugs, follows wildlife biologist and adventurer Forrest Galante on his quest to uncover the effects of human drug use on wildlife—a little-known ...