Requires FDA to update drug testing rules

Tells the Food and Drug Administration to publish a rule within one year swapping mentions of animal testing for nonclinical testing in its rules for new drug applications.

• Rule must be published within one year of the bill becoming law
• Replaces references to animal tests, studies and models with nonclinical ones
• Applies to FDA rules governing applications to test new drugs in people
• Carries out a 2023 law that allowed alternatives to animal testing

Passed the Senate · House's turn

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