An article published in the peer-reviewed Medicolegal and Bioethics presents a rare challenge not just on the ethics but also on the science of using non-human primates in research. Public surveys have consistently shown the general public to be uneasy about the use of non human primates in scientific research. For example, 80 per cent of respondents… Read more
In a letter addressed to EU Commissioner John Dalli, Antidote Europe points to the growing number of scientists who consider animal tests to be about as predictive as, or less than, tossing a coin. Antidote Europe has written to EU Commissioner John Dalli about the growing number of scientists who consider animal tests to be… Read more
Antidote Europe welcomes recent French media reports warning the public about dangerous medicines. Antidote Europe welcomes recent media reports warning the public about dangerous medicines (the latest are the drugs mediator and buflomedil). The French-based NGOfully endorses this latest expose that reveals the enormous gulf between reliable scientific methods and some of the currently used tests, which are hopelessly… Read more
The campaign’s report presents an immediate science strategy to end poisoning tests on non-human primates. BBC wildlife presenter Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek has joined leading scientists and medical doctors to present an immediate science strategy to end poisoning tests on non-human primates. Authored by Dr Andre Menache, director of science group Antidote Europe, the report is endorsed… Read more
