S 355 · introduced · significant
FDA Modernization Act 3.0
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The FDA must create rules allowing alternatives to animal testing for new drug investigations.
- Drug developers and the FDA are affected by the new testing standards.
- The FDA has one year to publish the rule, which takes effect immediately.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would requiring the FDA to develop alternatives to animal testing within one year affect the timeline and costs for drug developers bringing new medications to market?
- 02
What evidence exists that non-animal testing methods can adequately predict drug safety and effectiveness compared to current animal testing standards?
- 03
Which stakeholders—patients, pharmaceutical companies, or animal welfare advocates—might face trade-offs if the FDA accelerates adoption of alternative testing methods?
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Sponsor · D-NJ
Cory A. Booker
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
9/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-12-17
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Legislative timeline
2025-12-17 · house · Floor
Held at the desk.
2025-12-17 · house · Floor
Received in the House.
2025-12-17 · senate · Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-12-16 · senate · Floor
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S8794)
2025-12-16 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2025-12-16 · senate · Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8793-8794)
2025-12-16 · senate · Discharge
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2025-12-16 · Committee
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2025-02-03 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-02-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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