Animal Justice Academy Lunchtime Live: Ushering in Non-Animal Testing Methods

Animals in labs endure excruciating pain, terror, and isolation. Meanwhile 95% of drugs tested to be safe and effective in animals end up failing in human clinical trials. Fortunately in 2023, Canada's Parliament passed Bill S-5 to phase out toxicity testing on animals. Dr. Charu Chandrasekera of the Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods and Animal Justice's Kaitlyn Mitchell worked behind the scenes to make sure the bill contained a roadmap for transitioning to animal-free testing methods that are cheaper, faster, and more predictive of results in humans. In this AJA Lunchtime Live, they'll fill us in on the exciting developments in non-animal testing methods and chart out next steps in making these the default. They also have an important action for us to take in the next couple of weeks to support the innovations that will make animals used for science a thing of the past.