Update on the government’s response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review
The Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health updates Parliament on the government’s response to the recommendations of the IMMDS Review.
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IMMDS Review) was published on 8 July last year. I would like first to sincerely thank Baroness Cumberlege and her team for their work on the review. I also pay tribute to the women and their families who bravely shared their experiences and brought these issues to light. Without their tireless efforts to have their voices heard, this review would not have been possible.
https://www.hangthecensors.com/400896.html (Natural News) Animals such as mice, rabbits, dogs and monkeys are widely used as surrogates for humans in fundamental medical and pharmaceutical research and are often subjected to controversial procedures designed to give them the symptoms of human diseases.
This practice, according to its proponents, is important since it allows scientists, journalists and the public to draw parallels between animals and humans in the context of illnesses and potential treatments.
In addition, many defend the practice as it is allegedly not as rife with ethical issues compared to human experimentation.
Despite the continued support it gets from the medical and pharmaceutical community, however, the practice of using animals in biomedical research is fast gaining an army of critics, most of whom are quick to point out that the results achieved by using animals do not necessarily mirror the results that can be seen in humans.