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Animal Testing and Drug Safety
Over the years, much discussion has been heard on the efficacy of drug trials on animals prior to switching to human drug trials.
The Vioxx debacle that has hurt thousands of patients was brought to human testing after years of study in animal testing. The argument goes, what does a mouse or a rabbit have in common with a human. A statement which is loaded with common sense.
The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine filed a lawsuit against Merck and Company, Inc. in 2005 arguing the company was negligent for relying on tests on animals to assess the safety of its painkiller Vioxx.
In April, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed suit in the Ohio Supreme Court, demanding the release of secret video footage from an Ohio State University class nicknamed “Cruelty 101.” During the class, students conduct gruesome experiments that aim to mimic human spinal cord injuries by exposing the spines of mice and then dropping weights on them. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed its lawsuit under the Ohio open records laws after the university ignored numerous requests of video footage and documents pertaining to the class. More than three hundred neurologists have joined Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in calling for an end to the class; the lawsuit remains undecided as of this writing.
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