Safety of medicine and the use of animals in research

Animal research is far more expensive and labour-intensive than in-vitro research. Since pharmaceutical safety testing is regulated by the UK Government, the market forces that would otherwise cause costly and inferior technologies to be naturally supplanted by superior technologies are impaired.

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2011-10, Vol.378 (9802), p.e2-e2
Main Authors: Archibald, Kathy, Baxter, Anthony D, BéruBé, Kelly, Bunton, David, Clotworthy, Margaret, Coleman, Bob, Foster, Christopher S, Hillier, Chris, McFarlane, Morag, Patel, Anup, Pierscionek, Barbara, Root, James, Thomas, Gerry, Tsaioun, Katya, Wilkinson, J Malcolm, Wilmut, Ian, Wright, Karen L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Experimentation
Animals
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - epidemiology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Laboratory animals
Medical research
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Summary:Animal research is far more expensive and labour-intensive than in-vitro research. Since pharmaceutical safety testing is regulated by the UK Government, the market forces that would otherwise cause costly and inferior technologies to be naturally supplanted by superior technologies are impaired.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61669-3