FDA Sets Sights on Animal Testing; AI Privacy Threat; Chewing Gum for Cancer?

FDA Sets Sights on Animal Testing; AI Privacy Threat; Chewing Gum for Cancer?

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued draft guidance aimed at reducing unnecessary use of animal testing for cancer drugs. Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, 60, acknowledged that she has thyroid cancer. (People) Work requirements for Medicaid...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Cut Unnecessary Animal Testing for Cancer Drugs

Silver Spring, Md., May 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a draft guidance to reduce unnecessary animal testing in nonclinical safety assessments for certain cancer drugs. "This draft guidance not only supports the FDA's commitment to expedite regulatory pathways for meaningful treatments but also fulfills the agency's promise to reduce the use of animal testing during drug development," said FDA's O…