The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will be phasing out a requirement that monoclonal antibodies and other drugs be tested on animals, saying in a news release that there are “more effective,

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 initiative, which will start with monoclonal antibodies, is the first big regulatory shift from the FDA since Martin Makary was sworn in.