Fighting For Dogs: A Drug Company's Push To End Animal Testing
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
A major push is underway to end lab testing on dogs by pharmaceutical companies.
On this bonus episode of The Exam Room™, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by Elizabeth Baker, pharmaceutical policy program director for the Physicians Committee, who shares the incredible story of Vanda Pharmaceuticals. The biopharmaceutical company is working to end animal testing even at the expense of their bottom line.
As you'll hear, Vanda was ordered by the FDA to test a potential new drug for a stomach disorder on dogs. However, the company's researchers concluded that the study would not be useful and cause unnecessary animal suffering. Vanda then asked FDA not to require the dog study, which would have taken place after the drug was already being tested in humans.
But the FDA pushed back and barred Vanda from continuing with any further trials. Now, Vanda is fighting back!
Baker also discusses the modern non-animal testing methods that are faster and more cost-effective in bringing drugs to market.
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| 0:00.0 | We are talking hundreds of thousands, millions of animals every year. |
| 0:04.8 | When the drug goes from being tested in animals to human clinical trials, |
| 0:10.3 | about 95% of medicines are failing. |
| 0:14.1 | That statistic comes from the United States Food and Drug Administration |
| 0:17.6 | and the National Institute of Health. |
| 0:19.6 | And it's a huge problem. |
| 0:21.1 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:30.3 | And welcome to a very special bonus edition of the Exam Room podcast brought to you by the |
| 0:35.2 | Physicians Committee. |
| 0:36.2 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:38.5 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen or a view or a download wherever it |
| 0:44.4 | is in the world that you are. |
| 0:46.6 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:51.1 | My friend, it is time to celebrate. |
| 0:55.3 | Actually, we're here to celebrate our four-legged friends. |
| 0:59.8 | Today we are doing a special episode of the Exam Room to shine a spotlight on the animal |
| 1:06.5 | testing process and one pharmaceutical company in particular that is helping us push hard |
| 1:13.2 | for change. |
| 1:15.2 | Recently, there was a congressional briefing here in Washington, D.C. where legislative staff |
| 1:20.3 | members were updated on advancements in drug testing, advancements that would essentially |
| 1:25.9 | eliminate the need for animal tests. |
| 1:29.1 | And that is important to note because there are long held requirements mandating that companies |
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