"replacing" sounds worrying 

Maybe using AI to only test higher probability of success drugs on animals would be the more reassuring thing for me

kilianbuhn

There is a lot that AI can do in this space right now that isn’t critical to the possible usage for humans to take. It’s a solid step and could help speed up drug development instead of the US lagging the EU and the rest of the world time and time again.

Cje95

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it plans to replace animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs with "human-relevant methods," including the use of AI-based models.

The FDA's animal testing requirement will be "reduced, refined, or potentially replaced" with so-called New Approach Methodologies, or NAMs data, which include the use of AI-based models to predict a drug's behavior as well as side effects and testing on human organ-like structures made in a laboratory.

> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it plans to replace animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs with "human-relevant methods," including the use of AI-based models.

> The FDA's animal testing requirement will be "reduced, refined, or potentially replaced" with so-called New Approach Methodologies, or NAMs data, which include the use of AI-based models to predict a drug's behavior as well as side effects and testing on human organ-like structures made in a laboratory.