Animal testing in cosmetics hasn’t vanished—but it has changed. Here’s how ingredient testing, suppliers, and laws still affect animals.

In April 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies—a landmark initiative that lays out a plan to make animal ...

Testing products on animals became an industry standard in the cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries nearly a ...

The agency said it planned to craft a more comprehensive rule, but the move alarmed public health advocates, who have long worked to eliminate asbestos in consumer products. By Roni Caryn Rabin The ...

The Food and Drug Administration said today it is abruptly withdrawing its proposed rule that would have created approved, standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying cancer-causing ...

The FDA has withdrawn a proposal issued in 2024 that would have required manufacturers of talc-containing cosmetics to test their products for the presence of asbestos and related substances, saying ...

More than 90% of drugs that appear safe and effective in animal studies ultimately fail once they reach human trials, and the consequences are staggering: billions of dollars wasted, delays in new ...

The FDA has released a plan to stop or reduce the use of primates for testing the safety of certain monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), the latest expansion of the regulator’s efforts to eliminate animal ...

The decision surprised health advocates, who have pushed for stronger oversight. HealthDay News — Talc-based makeup and powders will not go through new asbestos testing requirements after the US Food ...