Our Victories

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a plan to end the use of animals to test monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs—saving countless animals from painful and deadly experiments each year! The Physicians Committee has been working on this issue for more than a decade, pushing for changes to regulations and guidance that require and recommend animal tests and training scientists and reviewers on human-relevant nonanimal methods.

• A new Virginia law will create a task force to study requirements for animal research facilities. This is an important step toward establishing transparency and accountability.
• PCRM convinced the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to stop using live pigs to train surgeons.
• PCRM convinced Duke University to replace the use of live animals to train medical students with nonanimal, human-relevant methods.
• PCRM worked to ensure the establishment of new NIH programs to accelerate the development and use new nonanimal research methods.
• A new law supported by PCRM in New York will make nutrition education a priority for physicians so that patients can be empowered to take charge of their own health.

Utilizing all available channels, the Physicians Committee reaches new people and a bigger audience every day.

Since 1985, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s lifesaving work has resulted in major victories and accomplishments for animals, people, and the planet:

ALL medical schools in the U.S. and Canada stopped using live animals to train medical students.

After PCRM presented the Power Plate, a healthful, plant-based dietary guide, the USDA unveiled its strikingly similar guide, MyPlate.

The NIH stopped all its experiments on chimpanzees.

Thousands of medical students and health professionals learn about plant-based nutrition at our annual International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine.  

California banned the sale of cosmetics tested on animals.

The Environmental Protection Agency pledged to stop testing chemicals on ALL mammals by 2035.

Our Food for Life plant-based cooking classes are taught by 300+ instructors in over 45 U.S. states and 20 countries.

PCRM’s clinical research department has published dozens of peer-reviewed studies proving the health benefits of a plant-based diet.

ALL pediatrics residency programs in the U.S. and Canada stopped training on live animals.

We owe our incredible victories to our dedicated and compassionate PCRM members! Help us save even more lives by supporting our work today!