PETA India scientists were accepted as members of a critical committee and successfully persuaded the Indian government to update its list of approved tests for drugs manufactured and sold in India. Companies can now use an animal-free test for drug contaminants rather than subjecting rabbits to painful injections, and certain vaccine tests on guinea pigs and mice were eliminated.
Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, and Mice Spared Painful Drug and Vaccine Tests
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind