Drugs standards group nixes plan to kick pharma's crab blood habit

Horseshoe crabs' icy-blue blood is set to remain the drug industry's standard for safety tests after a powerful U.S. group ditched a plan to put on an equal footing a synthetic substitute pushed by Swiss biotech Lonza and animal welfare groups.



from Reuters: Health News https://reut.rs/3eCe0uK
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