Despite the EU's 2009 ban, cosmetics firms were allowed to continue testingonanimals for the most complex human health effects, such as toxicity which might lead to cancer.
But I think most people are slightly more accepting when it comes to testing chemotherapy onanimals, because the potential payoff for humans is so big.
The EU has recently imposed an universal testing scheme onanimals older than 30 months destined for the food chain as well as a six-month ban on meat-based livestock feed.
Based on a thorough review of data submitted by Lilly that was obtained from pre-clinical testing in animals and clinical trials in thousands of diabetics, FDA granted marketing approval for human insulin in October 1982.