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Bob Tolliday

May 31, 20211 min read

EARA invitation to MEP sceptic

Colleagues of an MEP, who expressed doubts about the need for animal research in Covid-19 vaccine testing, have urged her to take up an...

Non-animal models in neurodegenerative disease

Bob Tolliday

May 10, 20211 min read

Non-animal models in neurodegenerative disease

The EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a knowledge base of more than 550 non-animal models used for research into...

China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing

Bob Tolliday

Feb 18, 20216 min read

China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing

An article has appeared in the Spanish publication Quo setting out the concerns of the European biomedical community about the current...

Fears rise on China research monkey export ban - UnHerd magazine

Bob Tolliday

Feb 8, 20211 min read

Fears rise on China research monkey export ban - UnHerd magazine

An article highlighting the implications of the increasing shortages of monkeys for European and US biomedical research, has been...

Ana Barros

Jan 18, 20211 min read

EU animal alternatives event

The European Commission will provide an update on its work to replace animals in science at a free conference next month. The virtual...

Bob Tolliday

Dec 21, 20203 min read

Openness in Spain - annual report

The third annual report analysing the openness of Spanish biomedical institutions, and how they discuss the use of animals in research,...

Bob Tolliday

Dec 21, 20201 min read

Beauty companies letter on ECHA ruling

More than 400 beauty companies and brands, including Unilever and Avon, have told the EU Commission that its ban on cosmetic testing on...

Bob Tolliday

Dec 21, 20201 min read

LERU guidance on openness

The League of European Research Universities (LERU), the network of top research universities in Europe, has published a paper advising...

EARA/EFPIA response to antibody recommendation

Bob Tolliday

Nov 18, 20204 min read

EARA/EFPIA response to antibody recommendation

A joint report by the European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and...

Ana Barros

Nov 16, 20201 min read

3Rs prize awarded

Research on miniature hearts to study cardiac diseases and to reduce the use of animal experiments has been recognised at an European...

Ana Barros

Oct 12, 20201 min read

Animal antibody concerns

Spanish and Dutch scientists, have highlighted the concerns of the biomedical research community over the EU Commission recommendations...

Bob Tolliday

Oct 8, 20202 min read

Animal antibody debate - Netherlands

A government agency, working to reduce the use of animal research in the Netherlands, has described EU Commission calls for a ban on the...

Bob Tolliday

Oct 5, 20202 min read

Animal-derived antibody debate

An article, just published in a leading scientific journal, by a group of Spanish biomedical institutions and EARA, claims the EU...

Ana Barros

Sep 28, 20201 min read

EU on non-animal methods

The EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a knowledge base of 300 non-animal models used for research on respiratory diseases...

Ana Barros

Sep 14, 20201 min read

#TransparencyThursday on Instagram

A leading scientist will answer questions on EARA’s Instagram account this Thursday about their research using animals, in a new video...

Ana Barros

Sep 8, 20203 min read

EU and animal research

With activists calling for a new roadmap to end animal research, a senior Commission official has emphasised that a phase out of testing...

Feature: The vital role of antibodies in biomedical research

Bob Tolliday

Sep 7, 20205 min read

Feature: The vital role of antibodies in biomedical research

Antibodies, the small proteins which form a critical part of our immune response to disease, are the unsung heroes of much biomedical...

Ana Barros

Sep 7, 20201 min read

Organoid research secures funding

A research project aiming to confirm ‘mini-organs’ as good models to study human biology has won EU funding. The HCA|Organoid initiative,...

Ana Barros

Aug 24, 20201 min read

3Rs in Covid-19 webinars

With the postponement of the 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11), two free webinars are...

Antibodies against neurological diseases

Ana Barros

Aug 24, 20201 min read

Antibodies against neurological diseases

Researchers from EARA members the University of Zurich and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland, have found human...

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