Industry: Health Care – Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
Stock Symbol: PRTG – NASDAQ
Animal Usage: Animal Testing
Portage Biotech Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing list for exploiting animals because the company does animal testing for some of their medical analysis and clinical research.
Supporting Evidence:
The company mentioned on its website that they use animals for product testing.
“Preclinical data shows that PORT-2 as a monotherapy leads to a heightened immune response seen in PD-1-resistant and PD-1-sensitive animal models.” Read the following article
Portage Biotech Inc., together with its subsidiaries, researches and develops pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. In addition, the company develops antibodies implicated in the inflammatory tumor and tumor-infiltrating immune cell microenvironments; and FOXO4-P53 modulator and C-RAF inhibitor. Portage Biotech Inc. is based in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Company Website: https://www.portagebiotech.com