What diseases has animal testing cured?
Every drug or device ever approved since the US Food and Drug Administration was founded was required to undergo animal testing (in-vivo) tests in order to determine whether or not it causes birth defects (teratogenicity) or has metabolic consequences not compatible with life once eaten. As an example: Toxicology testing became important in the 20th century. In the 19th century, laws regulating drugs were more relaxed. For example, in the U.S., the government could only ban a drug after a company had been prosecuted for selling products that harmed customers. However, in response to a tragedy in 1937 where a drug labeled “Elixir of Sulfanilamide” killed more than 100 people, the U.S. congress passed laws that required safety testing of drugs on animals before they could be marketed. Other countries enacted similar legislation There are specific disease models that required the use of animals, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease (mostly dogs), cancer (mice and rats) and epilepsy
