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Biomedical research seeks to understand human physiology and disease risk, as well as myriad biological processes in humans—from the genetic level on up. Biomedical research also informs drug ...

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...

After one year in Vietnam, Niklas Birkner, Head of Animal Health at Boehringer Ingelheim Vietnam, discusses the company's ...

New drugs are generally tested on animals such as mice and rats before being tested on people. The results of these animal studies are often reported in the media, perhaps raising hope these “miracle” ...

More than 90% of drugs that appear safe and effective in animal studies ultimately fail once they reach human trials, and the consequences are staggering: billions of dollars wasted, delays in new ...

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A new study has shed light on just how few treatments tested on animals are approved for use in humans. Among all of the 122 systematic reviews the team analyzed, 50% of the included therapies that ...

As part of our ongoing event series with The Philosopher, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer sat down with Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of ...

Zoetis Announces Retirement of Rob Polzer at the End of 2025 and the Appointment of Kevin Esch as President of Research & Development for World Leader in Animal Health Beginning in 2026 Dr. Rob Polzer ...