Swissuniversities warns of a medicine and research ban

The adoption of the initiative for a ban on animal and human experimentation would prevent biomedical research and new medical treatments in particular. The high quality of healthcare and responsible research in Switzerland to the benefit of the population and the environment are at stake. The federal popular initiative entitled "Yes to a ban on animal and human experimentation - Yes to research methods with impetus for safety and progress" aims to ban any experiments on animals and humans, as well as the import and export of products such as drugs on which animal and/or human experiments have been carried out. The acceptance of this initiative would therefore lead to a de facto ban on medicine and research. Ban on medicine. The initiative would prevent people and animals in Switzerland from benefiting from any future medical advances. This would mean that new treatments developed thanks to scientific and medical progress would no longer be available.