Michael Festing, 2000
Writers · January 1, 2000
Michael Festing
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Michael Festing is 26 years old, born January 1, 2000 in United Kingdom · Capricorn.
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Michael Festing navigates the messy middle of animal research policy—a rare voice promoting reduction in lab animals while holding stakes in the industry he critiques. Born in 2000, the British research scientist and writer sits on the UK's Animal Procedures Committee and previously served as a trustee of FRAME, which funds alternatives to animal testing. His career has centered on reducing animal use in research, though his investments in pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca and GSK that conduct animal testing have drawn criticism from animal rights groups.
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Biography
Michael Festing occupies an unusual position in animal research ethics—an advisor to the UK government on animal testing policy while maintaining financial interests in the pharmaceutical companies that practice it. Born in 2000 in Britain, Festing is a research scientist and writer who has spent most of his career advocating for reduction in laboratory animal use. He serves as one of 19 members of the Animal Procedures Committee, which advises the Home Secretary on testing regulations, and previously held trustee status at FRAME (the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments), an organization that funds research into alternatives. Beyond these roles, he sits on the council of the Institute of Laboratory Animals Research USA and consults as a geneticist to Harlan UK, a major supplier of research animals to laboratories. This portfolio creates tension: while Festing's public record emphasizes reducing animal numbers in research, his disclosed investments include stakes in AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Alizyme, Akambis, Cambridge Antibody, Shire Pharmaceuticals, and Celltech—all companies engaged in animal testing. The contradiction has made him a target of animal rights criticism, marking a case study in how regulatory insiders navigate competing interests in a contested field.
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- Festing holds dual roles as both a policy advisor (Animal Procedures Committee) and a financial stakeholder in animal testing industries, a conflict documented in the Committee's public register of members' interests.
- FRAME, where Festing served as trustee, explicitly funds and promotes research alternatives to animal testing—the inverse of his consulting work with Harlan UK, which supplies animals to laboratories.
- Despite a career focused on reducing animal use in research, Festing's investment portfolio includes seven named pharmaceutical and biotech companies that conduct animal testing.
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- How old is Michael Festing?
- Michael Festing is 26 years old (born January 1, 2000).
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- Michael Festing was born on January 1, 2000.
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- Michael Festing is a Capricorn, born January 1, 2000.
- What is Michael Festing's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Michael Festing was born in 2000, the year of the Metal Dragon.
- Where is Michael Festing from?
- Michael Festing is from United Kingdom.
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- Michael Festing is a writer.
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