Animal Free Research UK

Animal Free Research UK
Founded1970 (1970)
FounderSidney Hicks
FocusAlternatives to animal testing
Location
  • King's Cross, London
MethodEducation, research, funding
Key people
Carla Owen, CEO; Dr Karen Pilkington; Mike Philpott; Laura-Jane Sheridan, Chair of Trustees; neuro-oncologist Dr. Geoff Pilkington
Websitewww.animalfreeresearchuk.org

Animal Free Research UK (AFRUK), formerly the Dr Hadwen Trust, is a UK medical research charity that funds and promotes non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments. Established in 1970, the work undertaken by Animal Free Research UK develops reliable science whilst avoiding animal testing.