President Biden,
in your search for a visionary leader for the National Institutes of Health, please consider this:
95%
90%
89%
of new drugs that succeed in animal experiments fail in human trials.
of basic research (mostly involving animals) fails to lead to treatments for humans.
of basic research cannot be replicated.
Yet nearly half of NIH’s taxpayer-funded budget of $41 billion is squandered on animal experiments.
NIH needs a leader who does not fear moving beyond yesterday’s failed research paradigm.
A true visionary will stop funding areas of research that don’t work and will advocate for human-relevant, modern methods, secure our nation’s role as a leader in innovation, address disparities within the scientific community, and end our reliance on animal experiments.
Read more about PETA’s Research Modernization Deal at PETA.org/Strategy.
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