The National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) welcome the amendment of the EU Directive and the aim of harmonising legislation governing the use of animals used for scientific purposes across all EU member states. The two academies issued a joint position paper defining the scientific basis for responsible animal testing and explaining its importance for research. In addition, the position paper provides recommendations to policymakers on how the goals of the EU Directive can be implemented into national law.

Institutions

• National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• Union of German Academies of Sciences

Spokespersons of the Working Group

• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ronacher ML
  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Martin Lohse ML
  Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Members of the Working Group

• Prof. Dr. Dieter Birnbacher ML
  Universität Düsseldorf
• Prof. Dr. Horst Dreier ML
  Universität Würzburg
• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleckenstein ML
  Universität Erlangen
• Prof. Dr. Carl Friedrich Gethmann ML
  Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Heldmaier
  Universität Marburg
• Prof. Dr. Heribert Hofer
  Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Nieder
  Universität Tübingen
• Prof. Dr. Bettina Schöne-Seifert ML
  Universität Münster
• Prof. Dr. Horst Seller
  Universität Heidelberg
• Prof. Dr. Wolf Singer ML
  Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung
• Prof. Dr. Jochen Taupitz ML
  Universität Mannheim
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue
  Deutsches Primatenzentrum
• Prof. Dr. Hermann Wagner ML
  Universität Aachen

ML = Member of the Leopoldina