Pharmaceutical industry

A proposed law to end animal testing in UK medical research by 2035 is being sold as an act of compassion. But the real human cost of getting this wrong has been almost entirely absent from the debate — and it will fall hardest on those who can least afford it. Herbie is a rabbit. He was bred for a laboratory, tattooed on his ear, and (as the story goes) rescued before his fate could be sealed. He has since become the face of one of the most emotionally compelling campaigns in recent British politics: a push to ban all…