The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such computer simulations and "organoids."

The agency said in a release that its animal testing requirements would be "reduced, refined, or potentially replaced using a range of approaches," including "AI-based computational models of toxicity" and cell lines.

Animal tests are conducted and regulated by the FDA in instances where human efficacy studies are not "ethical or feasible."........

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