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...
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Bob Tolliday
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
LERU guidance on openness
The League of European Research Universities (LERU), the network of top research universities in Europe, has published a paper advising...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
#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, 2020
- 3 min
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...
Bob Tolliday
- Sep 7, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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...
Ana Barros
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Antibodies against neurological diseases
Researchers from EARA members the University of Zurich and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland, have found human...
Ana Barros
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
Visit us at FENS
EARA will be among the exhibitors at the online FENS Forum 2020, starting this Saturday. Visit us at the Consortium for Public Outreach...
Ana Barros
- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
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 1, 2020
- 1 min
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
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Call to end animal-derived antibodies
The EU’s agency to advance the 3Rs in animal procedures has called for an end to the use of animals in the development and production of...