Biotech firm to pay $3.5M fine to settle animal-abuse case


One of the world's largest suppliers of antibodies used in research has agreed to pay a $3.5 million fine and cancel its research registration in order to settle government allegations that it mistreated goats and rabbits at its Santa Cruz, California, facility. The settlement between Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture also revokes the company's license to sell, buy, trade or import animals.



from Biotech News