Amgen Stops Conducting the Forced Swim Test

After hearing from PETA, biopharmaceutical giant Amgen confirmed that it had stopped conducting the forced swim test, in which small animals are typically dosed with a test substance, dropped into inescapable beakers of water, and forced to swim for their lives. Twelve of Amgen’s competitors, including Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, and GlaxoSmithKline, enacted bans against the test after PETA contacted them.