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FDA Reshapes Drug Testing Approach

The agency outlined early regulatory actions supporting nonanimal methods, including draft guidance, artificial intelligence tools, and expanded use of human-relevant data models.

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  • Kathryn Wighton

  • April 20, 2026

  • 2 min

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Top Institutions in Internal Medicine

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

  • #1

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    Silver Spring, MD

    Key Differentiators

    • Regulatory Science
    • Pharmacology
    • Toxicology
    • Computational Modeling

  • #2

    National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Bethesda, MD

    Key Differentiators

    • Biomedical Research
    • Pharmacology
    • Toxicology
    • Alternative Methods Development

  • #3

    Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, MD

    Key Differentiators

    • Pharmacology
    • Toxicology
    • Computational Biology

  • #4

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Cambridge, MA

    Key Differentiators

    • Computational Biology
    • Pharmacology
    • Biomedical Engineering

  • #5

    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

    San Francisco, CA

    Key Differentiators

    • Pharmacology
    • Toxicology
    • Regulatory Science

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FDA Reshapes Drug Testing Approach

  • by Kathryn Wighton

  • April 20, 2026

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