In a letter to the FDA, U.S. lawmaker Earl Blumenauer said he was concerned the agency ignored ‘troubling evidence’ of animal testing violations that had been raised dating back to at least 2019
A U.S. lawmaker involved in health policy has asked the Food and Drug Administration why it did not inspect Elon Musk’s Neuralink before allowing the brain implant company to test its device in humans.
Neuralink, which first tested its device in monkeys and other animals, is now testing the device in humans. The company makes a brain-chip which enables paralyzed patients to control a computer using only their thoughts. Blumenauer also cited reports by Reuters since late 2022 that described employees’ complaints of “hack jobs” of animal experiments due to a rushed schedule, causing needless suffering and deaths. Employees also worried that data quality would be compromised, the media organization reported at the time. He asked the FDA to explain how it reconciled reports of such lapses with its decision to authorize Neuralink’s human trial.
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