Now is the Time to Replace Cruel and Outdated Animal Tests

Now is the Time to Replace Cruel and Outdated Animal Tests

Started
4 February 2023
Signatures: 76,219Next Goal: 150,000
Support now

Why this petition matters

The Animal Interfaith Alliance invites you to sign this petition, in support of an Open letter addressed to the CEO of AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, calling on them to replace animal testing with modern, human relevant test methods. Below is a summary of the main points contained in the Open letter.  The full text is available here: 

 

https://animal-interfaith-alliance.com/open-letter-to-astrazeneca-and-glaxosmithkline-urging-the-use-of-non-animal-testing-methods-to-further-human-health/

 

Open Letter to AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline Urging the use of Non Animal Testing Methods to Further Human Health

 

We, the Animal Interfaith Alliance, a group of faith-based animal advocacy organisations, write to you in your capacity as CEO to ask you to engage in a genuine dialogue concerning some of the corporate practices of your company.

We appeal first and foremost to your corporate social responsibility, generally defined as the self-regulation of a business model that helps a company be socially and morally accountable to itself, its stakeholders and the public.  

 

In 2004, the FDA estimated that 92 percent of drugs that pass preclinical tests, including “pivotal” animal tests, fail to proceed to the market. The main causes of failure are lack of effectiveness and safety problems that were not predicted by animal tests.

 

Not only is the continued use of animals responsible for an enormous amount of avoidable animal suffering but it is also responsible for a significant incidence of human adverse drug reactions. The pharmaceutical industry is best placed to make the paradigm change needed to replace outdated and unreliable animal tests with cost effective human relevant test methods, including human 3D cell culture, organs on chips, pharmacogenomics, and similar 21st century technologies that were previously unavailable.

 

Only the pharmaceutical industry has the resources to scientifically validate human based test methods and steer them through the regulatory framework.

 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

Dr Andre Menache, Chairman

Dr Richard Ryder, President

Support now
Signatures: 76,219Next Goal: 150,000
Support now
Share this petition in person or use the QR code for your own material.Download QR Code