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Rabbit reprieve: European pharmacopoeia shares positive news for animal welfare

European Pharmacopoeia 5 August 2024 Strasbourg

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) has announced the suppression of a widely-used test in rabbits from the quality standards of the European Pharmacopoeia. Since 1971, manufacturers of injectable medicines in Europe have used the test on rabbits to check if...

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