f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 152 [Entry Date] 04/19/2011 at 01:59:14 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: NIH should NOT adopt the new Guide. Several provisions will dramatically impede biomedical research. In particular, the provision that all drugs given to animals (even rats and mice) must be pharmaceutical grade is wrongheaded. This and other provisions will hurt drug discovery. They will also increase the cost of doing research, i.e., they will dramatically reduce research productivity, while having zero positive effect on animal welfare. At a time of catastrophic deficits, severe threats to NIH funding, and a true crisis in drug discovery, the adoption of these guidelines is the LAST thing the country needs. Please, let common sense prevail and reject this new Guide.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals