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  • Feature: How animal studies contributed to biomedical breakthroughs in 2022

    As the world emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022, scientists in Europe began once again to focus In September, the first booster vaccines targeting the Omicron variant, were authorised by regulators NETHERLANDS Dog cancer vaccine A cancer vaccine has been found to be effective in treating multiple types Centre Korte Akkeren, EARA member the University of Maastricht, and Amsterdam UMC, have developed a vaccine The team hope that this research will contribute to a cancer vaccine that also works for humans.

  • Action needed to ensure the supply of macaque monkeys for research

    used in biomedical research and as Vice observed the demand for these animals has increased due to the Covid pandemic, where they were used in preclinical studies and vaccine testing, adding to existing research

  • Vegan society statement

    The UK Vegan Society has issued a statement acknowledging the essential use of animals in Covid-19 vaccine - approved for use in the UK last week - had led some vegans to denounce the vaccine. While not asking members to take the vaccine the Vegan Society statement encouraged them to look after their own health, and stressed that animals play a fundamental role in the development of vaccines and “At this stage it is impossible to have a vaccine that has been created without animal use,” the society

  • Feature: Biomedical breakthroughs in 2020 - how research with animals contributed

    virus itself, the mechanics of its transmission, and eventually the safety and efficiency of all the vaccines Vaccine development was also reliant on animal testing, with all the approved vaccines tested for safety Vincent Munster, who led the primate research testing for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Meanwhile, work continued on vaccines for other deadly diseases that threaten large human populations Research into development of a Zika vaccine is also improving, with two candidates undergoing trials

  • US poll on animal research

    would say they support the use of animals in biomedical research, even when the research was regarding Covid following comments by leading US scientist, Dr Anthony Fauci, who advocated for the use of animals in Covid -19 vaccine research, with 64% of respondents saying they would agree with animal research in light of

  • Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research

    EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, said: “All Covid-19 vaccines were developed and tested using animals significant role in research in AIDS and developing treatments for Parkinson’s disease, as well as the Covid -19 vaccine during the 2020-21 pandemic.Dogs are currently being used to develop treatments for Duchenne

  • Biomedical sector in France welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research

    EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, said: “All Covid-19 vaccines were developed and tested using animals significant role in research in AIDS and developing treatments for Parkinson’s disease, as well as the Covid -19 vaccine during the 2020-21 pandemic.

  • EARA statement on the undercover video footage from Vivotecnia, Spain

    safety testing of new medicines and chemicals that may affect human health, for instance, during the Covid -19 pandemic, research involving animals has played a crucial role in the development of successful vaccines

  • Biomedical sector in Belgium welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research

    significant role in research in AIDS and developing treatments for Parkinson’s disease, as well as the Covid -19 vaccine during the 2020-21 pandemic. EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, said: “All Covid-19 vaccines were developed and tested using animals

  • Biomedical sector in Germany welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research

    significant role in research in AIDS and developing treatments for Parkinson’s disease, as well as the Covid -19 vaccine during the 2020-21 pandemic. EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, said: “All Covid-19 vaccines were developed and tested using animals

  • Spanish biomedical institutions improve their openness on animal research – new report

    their activity through the use of animals, which are fundamental for the development of treatments and vaccines for any infection and have been decisive in the rapid development of the vaccines against in the Covid

  • EARA study of EU-based websites 2024 - results in Belgium

    Animals are essential in research on Covid-19 for understanding the virus, and for assessing potential drugs and vaccines. To advance scientific understanding To develop solutions to medical problems To test medicines and vaccines

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