top of page
News from EARA
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.
โ
Other pages in this section explain more about EARA on social media and practical information for journalists.
โ
Search
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
ย
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
ย
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 8, 20202 min read
ย
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...
Ana Barros
Sep 9, 20203 min read
ย
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...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 7, 20205 min read
ย
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 29, 20203 min read
ย
Animal antibodies for Covid-19
A wide variety of animals are now being used to produce and understand the antibodies that can fight against Covid-19. Human bodies fight...
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
ย
EARA rebuts MEPs on Covid-19
EARA has written a rebuttal in response to a letter sent by a number of MEPs to two European Commissioners, and the European Medicines...
Ana Barros
Jun 1, 20201 min read
ย
Podcast on EARA & EU regulations
EARA board member Javier Guillรฉn is the latest guest on the popular Lab Rat Chat podcast, sponsored by Americans for Medical Progress....
Ana Barros
Jun 1, 20201 min read
ย
Call to end animal-derived antibodies
The EUโs agency to advance the 3Rs in animal procedures has called for an end to the use of animals in the development and production of...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20201 min read
ย
Llama antibodies could help combat Covid-19
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, have found that antibodies taken from a llama are some of the first to...
Ana Barros
May 11, 20201 min read
ย
Mixed picture on unannounced inspections in EU countries
A report in Research Professional News (RPN) has highlighted that some EU Member States (Czechia, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Portugal)...
Ana Barros
Mar 6, 20201 min read
ย
Interview looks at science behind EU statistics
Greater insight into the science behind the recently published EU-wide statistics on the use of animals in research has been given in an...
Ana Barros
Feb 25, 20201 min read
ย
Research sector welcomes the publication of EU-wide figures on the number of animals used in science
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) has welcomed the publication of the first comprehensive statistics, from across the...
Ana Barros
Feb 5, 20204 min read
ย
Belgian researchers commit to Transparency Agreement on animal research
Belgian universities, research centres and companies have signed a Transparency Agreement on animal research with a commitment to...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 3, 20193 min read
ย
Declaraรงรฃo de apoio ร Diretiva Europeia 2010/63/UE
Declaraรงรฃo de apoio ร Diretiva Europeia 2010/63/UE (โDiretivaโ) relativa ร proteรงรฃo dos animais utilizados para fins cientรญfico A...
The European Animal Research Association
Nov 12, 20152 min read
ย
bottom of page