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Animal Experiments

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 20 June 2025UIN 59430

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the document by the Food and Drug Administration entitled Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies, published on 10 April 2025, and the announcement by the National Institutes of Health on 29 April 2025 on animal testing.

Answered by Feryal Clark

The Government has reviewed the FDA roadmap and is engaging with the MHRA on how to accelerate the science-led adoption of alternatives to the use of animals for drug development and testing. The Government will publish a strategy later this year that will support this ambition and accelerate the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods across the biosciences.

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