The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) no longer requires drugs to be tested on animals before moving to human trials, according to a provision in the omnibus spending bill recently signed by President Joe Biden.

The FDA Modernization Act 2.0, introduced by Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, was signed into law Dec. 29 and waives the requirement that drugs must be tested on animals for FDA approval. The FDA told NPR on Thursday it is now moving forward with implementing the provisions of the bill, including waiving the animal testing requirement.

Companies can still opt to test drugs on animals before moving to human trials if they wish to do so. But the waiver of the requirement will allow them to explore alternatives that advocates say are more humane and potentially less expensive.

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