Cell and gene therapies require novel quality control methods due to their complex, variable nature and limited shelf life, challenging traditional pharmaceutical testing approaches. Manufacturers ...

Creating a drug that might help treat or cure a health condition in humans is a long, complex process. After developing a ...

With more than 230,000 positive drug tests since 2020, how the trucking industry detects drivers’ drug use is an important topic. Currently, Department of Transportation drug testing relies entirely ...

Petrochemicals are ubiquitous in modern-day society – from the fuels that we use in our cars and planes to the production of chemical feedstocks for use in plastics, paints, cosmetics and beyond. 1 ...

When we imagine the process of developing new drugs, we often picture scientists working with cutting-edge technology in gleaming laboratories. But there’s a side of pharmaceutical research that is ...

The idea that all subjects and courses must be rigorously tested at every level of the education system is stifling the creativity of our students. It is a known fact that standardised testing is not ...

For decades, traditional animal testing has been the gold standard for evaluating drug safety, but a growing body of evidence suggests that these methods may not always provide the most accurate ...

In 2023, Canada’s Liberal government passed landmark legislation to phase out chemical toxicity experiments on animals. Bill S5, as it was called, seemed like a big step in the right direction for ...

After years of watching smart teams mistake sampling for safety, I no longer ask how many AI tests we ran, only which failures we have made impossible by design.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that it will be phasing out the animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs, replacing it with more ethical ...