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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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Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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
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 5, 20211 min read
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
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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 22, 20211 min read
Animals & Covid-19
As concerns grow over whether animals could continue to infect humans or other animals, Covid-19 researchers are seeking to identify...

Bob Tolliday
Feb 22, 20211 min read
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
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 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...

Ana Barros
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Covid-19 myths
UK animal research advocacy group Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published an article dispelling the falsehoods being spread...

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
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...

Bob Tolliday
Jan 11, 20211 min read
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
Dec 22, 20205 min read
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
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 9, 20202 min read
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 2, 20201 min read
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...

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...

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
Aug 29, 20203 min read
3Rs in Covid-19 debate
Two live webinars on the 3Rs in coronavirus research have highlighted the disagreements over the contribution of animal research in the...

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...
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