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FDA closes largest primate lab to save hundreds of monkeys and millions of dollars

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published August 31, 2023 8:14pm ET
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FDA closes largest primate lab to save hundreds of monkeys and millions of dollars
The Food and Drug Administration quietly closed its Arkansas lab that tested drugs on monkeys. Its National Center for Toxicological Research lab was testing addiction in monkeys on nicotine, amphetamine, ketamine, and Ritalin. In 2018, it retired some of the surviving monkeys to a sanctuary for the first time in the agency’s history, yet it […]


The Food and Drug Administration quietly closed its Arkansas lab that tested drugs on monkeys.

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