“Drug maker Merck & Co. said it would stop using chimpanzees in its biomedical research, joining several other companies and government agencies that have phased out use of the primates in testing drugs and vaccines.”
The full story here:
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I believe the reason they no longer need chimps is that they are now using Propecia victims.
Human life, to Merck, is less valuable than simian life.