Drugs research hampered by substandard animal testing procedures; Survey of thousands of animal studies for drugs to combat disease finds majority not rigorous enough, leading to trials that waste time, money and suffering The search for new drugs to combat major diseases is being set back by shoddy animal research, according to work by two teams of scientists. An Edinburgh University survey of [...] United Kingdom Drugs -- Statistics Drugs -- Surveys Medical research -- Surveys Medicine, Experimental -- Surveys Animal experimentation -- Surveys