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Podcast: The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Episode: Fighting For Dogs: A Drug Company's Push To End Animal Testing
Description: A major push is underway to end lab testing on dogs by pharmaceutical companies. On this bonus episode of The Exam Room™, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by Elizabeth Baker, pharmaceutical policy program director for the Physicians Committee, who shares the incredible story of Vanda Pharmaceuticals. The biopharmaceutical company is working to end animal testing even at the expense of their bottom line. As you'll hear, Vanda was ordered by the FDA to test a potential new drug for a stomach disorder on dogs. However, the company's researchers concluded that the study wo...