Transition to non-animal research

The committee advises on the transition towards non-animal research. The publication that NCad issued in 2016 entitled ‘Transition to non-animal research: on opportunities for the phasing out of animal procedures and the stimulation of innovation without laboratory animals’ is our first Transition Policy Advice on this topic, Transition Policy Advice 1.0.

We have evaluated the progress of the transition to non-animal research since 2016, as well as the impact of Transition Policy Advice 1.0. The report of this evaluation was published in September 2024. In this evaluation report we also look ahead towards our next Transition Policy Advice (2.0), which is planned for publication in 2025.