If the FDA and a bipartisan group in Congress follow through on their promises, the animal testing requirement in medical research could be history, write Dr. Gary Michelson and Aysha Akhtar.

New legislation will allow more innovative and human-relevant testing platforms to expedite the development of promising drugs, write Dr. Gary Michelson and Dr. Aysha Akhtar.

New legislation aims to get safer, cheaper drugs to patients more quickly, kick-starting innovation, reducing animal testing, and putting best test methods to work.