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This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.
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Antibody drug & Covid-19
The EU has purchased 55,000 doses of a monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19, which significantly reduces the hospitalisation of...
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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EARA letter in the Times
EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, has responded (today 28 May 2021) to an opinion piece in The Times from UK actress Joanna Lumley...
Ana Barros
May 28, 20211 min read
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First effective jab for malaria
Researchers at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University, UK, have developed the first malaria vaccine that meets international standards...
Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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2020 medical breakthroughs
To mark World Laboratory Animals Day, EARA has published a feature looking back at some of the medical breakthroughs made possible with...
Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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Event on infectious diseases
An online conference that looks at the key aspects of Covid-19 and other infectious diseases will take place tomorrow (Tuesday). Hosted...
Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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Ricky Gervais
While international celebrity, and animal activist, Ricky Gervais has been happy to encourage people to take a Covid-19 jab, he has been...
Ana Barros
Apr 5, 20211 min read
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Spray treatment for Covid-19
Researchers in Estonia, using cows, have created a spray treatment that can help to prevent Covid-19 infection and make those who have...
Ana Barros
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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Animals & Covid-19
As concerns grow over whether animals could continue to infect humans or other animals, Covid-19 researchers are seeking to identify...
Ana Barros
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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New podcast - lab staff
A new podcast series from Imperial College London, UK, explores the experiences of lab staff at in its animal units, and the...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 22, 20211 min read
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Covid-19 nasal spray
An antiviral nasal spray treatment for Covid-19, developed by Dutch and US scientists, has been shown to protect ferrets. The spray,...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 22, 20211 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 18, 20216 min read
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Covid-19 myths
UK animal research advocacy group Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published an article dispelling the falsehoods being spread...
Ana Barros
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 8, 20211 min read
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Covid-19 vaccine and MS
BioNTech, the German company involved in production of the first approved Covid-19 vaccine, is now applying its vaccine technology in...
Ana Barros
Jan 18, 20211 min read
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Monkeys for Covid-19 research
US researchers have confirmed the importance of using rhesus macaque monkeys as models in Covid-19 research, in a recent study. The...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 11, 20211 min read
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Feature: Making vaccines safe - animal testing plays a vital part
While basic research using animals gave scientists a greater understanding of the Covid-19 virus, such as its structure and genetic...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 22, 20205 min read
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EARA/EFPIA response to antibody recommendation
A joint report by the European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 18, 20204 min read
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Monkey shortage for Covid-19 research
EARA has taken action to support the biomedical sector over the growing shortage of purpose-bred macaque monkeys, used in Covid-19 and...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20202 min read
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Covid-19 mouse model
EARA member Taconic Biosciences have launched a mouse model which could play an important role in the fight against Covid-19. The mouse...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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