Toxicology Testing

https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i48/US-seeks-slash-use-animals.html

U.S. seeks to slash use of animals in chemical safety testing | December 4, 2017 Issue - Vol. 95 Issue 48 | Chemical & Engineering News U.S. regulators are working to reduce the use of animal-based toxicity tests by validating alternative high-throughput methods. Two areas where the Environmental Protection Agency has made progress are the following:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/mali-tb092717.php

The benefits & dangers when genetic testing companies partner with orphan drug developers Pharmaceutical companies developing Orphan Drugs are increasingly partnering with direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing firms to identify individuals with rare diseases, in a trend that is raising concerns related to privacy, drug costs, and rising healthcare-related financial burden for consumer...