Founded in 1983, CBRA serves as the primary voice for the biomedical research community on the connection between animal research and advances in human and animal health.
CBRA promotes positions consistent with the responsible use of animals in medical research and provides fact sheets and materials on a number of pertinent topics. CBRA is available to answer questions from the media, general public, and from research facilities on legislative, regulatory, and legal issues effecting biomedical research at the local, state, and federal levels, and on the critical role of animals in research.
The following documents and web links may be of interest or use to representatives from the media seeking additional information about biomedical research, drug development, animal rights activisms, and the important role animals play in medical advancement.
CBRA can also assist reporters seeking additional information or interviews with researchers on a variety of tropics.
California Biomedical Research Association P.O. Box 19340 Sacramento, CA 95819-0340 Telephone (916)558-1515 Fax (916)558-1523 info@ca-biomed.org
Fact Sheet: Alternative Methods in Biomedical Research Fact Sheet: Laws Governing the Use of Animals in Research Fact Sheet: Genetically Modified Organisms and Medical Research Fact Sheet: Myth vs. Fact-Animals in Research Fact Sheet: The Pet Theft Myth Fact Sheet: Research Animals and the Roles they Played Fact Sheet: Animals in Research Statistics Fact Sheet: Animal Welfare and Animal Rights Fact Sheet: What is Biomedical Research? Fact Sheet: Primates in Biomedical Research Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions About Animals in Research Fact Sheet: New Drug Development Process Fact Sheet: Stem Cells and Biomedical Research in California Fact Sheet: Why Are Animals Neccessay in Biomedical Research CBRA Analysis: Non-Economic Recovery CBRA Analysis: Pet Guardianship CBRA Analysis: GMOs in Biomedical Research CBRA Statement: The Importance of Animals in Research & Discovery
The Drug Development Process - The Beginnings: Laboratory and Animal Studies Questions People Ask . . from the American Physiological Society For the Greater Good - A Five-Part Series Published by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Linking Research to Healthy Living from the National Primate Research Centers Curiosity Creates Cures: The Value and Impact of Basic Research from the National Institutes of Health Medical Milestones Without Animal Research . . .
Americans for Medical Progress Foundation for Biomedical Research National Association for Biomedical Research Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International American Association for Laboratory Animal Science The Society for Neuroscience The Society of Toxicology The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) The American Physiological Society (APS)
The United States Department of Agriculture: The Animal Welfare Act Fact Sheet on The Animal Welfare Act from the USDA's APHIS Questions and Answers about the Animal Welfare Act and Its Regulations for Biomedical Research Institutions Fact Sheet: Regulations of Commercial Animal Dealers from the USDA's APHIS USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Animal Care Publications and Policy OLAW and NIH and The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook, and The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - Drug Approval Application Process
