A new review published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology highlights the urgent need for international regulatory bodies to update guidelines on nonclinical efficacy testing for antidepressants. The study, authored by PETA scientists and advocates across the world, including AFSA CEO Rachel Smith, emphasises the shortcomings of traditional animal tests, specifically
NSW Animal Research Act amended to prohibit forced swim test and forced smoke inhalation experiments. The Animal Research Amendment (Prohibition of Forced Swim Tests and Forced Smoke Inhalation Experiments) Bill 2023 introduced as a Private Members Bill by Animal Justice Party MP Emma Hurst has today passed is reading in
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released a policy statement on the Forced Swim Test (FST), a behavioural despair test in rodents used to screen anti-depressant drugs, which involves placing a mouse or rat in a beaker of water and forcing them to swim, offering no escape
The University of South Australia has prohibited the use of the forced swim test (FST), with the University confirming in a statement that the test will not be approved for any future research projects at UniSA and that researchers will be supported to investigate alternative and valid research methodologies. With
This is no longer a current AFSA campaign as we have been successful in lobbying for restrictions to the use of this method in Australia. AFSA will remain active in lobbying for broader legislative change to ensure this success is sustained. What is the Forced Swim Test? The Forced Swim
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