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  2. Apr 11, 2025
Physicians Committee Applauds FDA Commissioner Makary’s Leadership on Phasing Out Animal Testing in Favor of Human-Relevant Methods

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advocates for nonanimal science, is applauding the new commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, on the agency’s plan to phase out animal use in favor of human-relevant methods, such as computational methods, organ chips, and organoids, to test monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs.