“…The most common test categories where animals are used consistently were potency (29.3%) followed by ATT/GST (20.5%), adventitious agents (11.2%), specific toxicity (11%) and pyrogen testing (9.3%). It is particularly interesting that the ATT/GST test is still widely used given that the WHO [ 4 ] and several National pharmacopeia [ 3 , [16] , [17] , [18] ] have deleted the requirement for this test from their guidelines. We specifically asked whether respondents were aware that the WHO had deleted the ATT/GST and nearly 80% indicated that they were aware of the decision of ECBS in 2018.…”