Position statement on the use of animals in research

The useful part

September 2020 Medical research charities are dedicated to improving patient lives and outcomes through high quality research to better understand and treat disease. To achieve this, many types of research methods are harnessed in AMRC charity strategies. These include clinical trials, use of tissues samples, computer models and, when appropriate, animals.

How it works

• All approaches, including research using animals, play a vital role in the medical research process.
• All AMRC members are committed to undertaking high quality animal research that is well-designed, uses rigorous expert review, is well-reported, and ethically justified.
• Whilst not all AMRC members fund research using animals as part of their strategy, they all support the principle of using animals in research when necessary, to advance understanding and treatment of...
• No AMRC charity takes the decision to fund animal research lightly.