Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Animal testing will be outsourced To China and India The following was taken from Fur World magazine1/8/2007Now animal testing will be outsourced To China andIndia.Saying animal activism is creating economic problemsfor laboratories in the U.S. that use animals inmedical and drug research, Glenn Rice, chiefexecutive of Bridge Pharmaceuticals of San Franciscohas begun outsourcing the work to China, where he hasfound scientists are plentiful and inexpensive. He also discovered that aggressive activists, viewedas law breakers there, are dealt with quicklyandconvincingly. There is an organization in Beijing called The ChineseAssociation for Protection of Small Animals, and itsdirector, Lu Di, 75, says she views animal testing asinevitable, and her group is focused on encouraginglaboratories and universities to use the most humanemethods in handling their primates and dogs. Rice has established a facility in Beijing'sZhongguancun Life Sciences Park, which is becoming aworld center for biotechnology, and says this kind ofwork goes along with the goals of the Chinesegovernment, which has heard the expression "The raceto the bottom," and wants to make new ventures aboutquality rather than quantity. So much so that it gavehim many incentives, including a five-year taxholiday. Rice now commutes weekly between San Francisco andBeijing, and says there are so many advantages thathe expects drug giants like Pfizer, Novartis, Eli Lilyand Roche to follow suit. "We can do the work for about half what it costs inthe U.S. or Europe,' Rice explained, "and there is anample supply of necessary animals.Lower costs means we can also work on treatments orcures for the so-called orphan diseases that affectsmall numbers of people and for which researchhitherto has not been cost effective." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Unfortunately, this probably means that the animals will be treated even more harshly. Jo , " zurumato " <zurumato wrote: > > > Animal testing will be outsourced To China and India > > > The following was taken from Fur World magazine > 1/8/2007 > > Now animal testing will be outsourced To China and > India. > > Saying animal activism is creating economic problems > for laboratories in the U.S. that use animals in > medical and drug research, Glenn Rice, chief > executive of Bridge Pharmaceuticals of San Francisco > has begun outsourcing the work to China, where he has > found scientists are plentiful and inexpensive. > He also discovered that aggressive activists, viewed > as law breakers there, are dealt with quickly > andconvincingly. > > There is an organization in Beijing called The Chinese > Association for Protection of Small Animals, and its > director, Lu Di, 75, says she views animal testing as > inevitable, and her group is focused on encouraging > laboratories and universities to use the most humane > methods in handling their primates and dogs. > Rice has established a facility in Beijing's > Zhongguancun Life Sciences Park, which is becoming a > world center for biotechnology, and says this kind of > work goes along with the goals of the Chinese > government, which has heard the expression " The race > to the bottom, " and wants to make new ventures about > quality rather than quantity. So much so that it gave > him many incentives, including a five-year tax > holiday. > > Rice now commutes weekly between San Francisco and > Beijing, and says there are so many advantages that > he expects drug giants like Pfizer, Novartis, Eli Lily > and Roche to follow suit. > > " We can do the work for about half what it costs in > the U.S. or Europe,' Rice explained, " and there is an > ample supply of necessary animals. > > Lower costs means we can also work on treatments or > cures for the so-called orphan diseases that affect > small numbers of people and for which research > hitherto has not been cost effective. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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