India’s pharmaceutical sector needs a stronger shift towards non-animal testing methods for drug development. The Hindu says organoids, organ-on-chip systems, advanced computation, and artificial intelligence can improve prediction of human outcomes, reduce development time, and support safer decision-making in drug discovery.

The Hindu highlights organoids, organ-on-chip systems, advanced computation, and artificial intelligence as the main tools in the next phase of research. These methods are grouped under new approach methodologies (NAMs).