Fort Collins lab targets over 70 types of drugs to discover new threats and trends

From machines spinning urine samples at 4,200 RPM, to technology with pumps and filters that break drugs down in people’s ...
American Institute of Physics

Skin-on-chip — The future of drug and cosmetics testing?

Developing new topical drugs or cosmetics requires a long, expensive research and marketing process, with each launch ...
Inc

AI-Driven Drug Discovery Picks Up as FDA Pushes to Reduce Animal Testing

Drug developers are increasing adoption of AI technologies for discovery and safety testing to get faster and cheaper results, in line with an FDA push to reduce animal testing in the near future.
CNN

FDA says it will phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies and drugs

The US 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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Thousands of California prisoners falsely tested positive for opioids. Did it cost them their freedom?

Faulty drug tests given to thousands of California prisoners gave false results for opiates Prison advocates worry that the false positive results have tainted the parole decision for inmates.
The Hill

Cutting animal testing will jeopardize human health

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

'Saving lives': Ohio takes big steps toward addressing ongoing OD crisis in state

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ohio is taking steps to address the ongoing drug overdose crisis by expanding access to drug testing kits. Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order aimed at reducing hurdles that ...
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A St. Louis County program is testing street drugs anonymously submitted by users. The results reveal several frightening trends.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -A federal grant is aiding St. Louis County in its efforts to educate the community and physicians about the drugs circulating through the community. The program, called ...