Do present United Kingdom regulations covering experiments using laboratory animals strike the right balance between the interests of human health and laboratory animal welfare?

摘要

The importance of and ground breaking evidence from the utilisation of animal models in life science research and development of new pharmaceuticals cannot be over emphasised. Animal research can only be carried when there are compelling benefits to health and acceptable ethical and welfare standards are met. Over the last decades the use of animals in pre-clinical studies has witnessed considerable changes which have further enhanced the standard of animal welfare and the way scientific research iscarried out.