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Why Is Animal Testing Not Accurate?

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Why Is Animal Testing Not Accurate? Humans are harmed because of misleading animal testing results. Imprecise results from animal experiments may result in clinical trials of biologically faulty or even harmful substances, thereby exposing patients to unnecessary risk and wasting scarce research resources. Why are animal tests inaccurate? Because animal tests are so unreliable, they

What Percentage Of Animal Tests Fail?

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What Percentage Of Animal Tests Fail? In 2004, the FDA estimated that 92 percent of drugs that pass preclinical tests, including “pivotal” animal tests, fail to proceed to the market. More recent analysis suggests that, despite efforts to improve the predictability of animal testing, the failure rate has actually increased and is now closer to