Pelthos Therapeutics Inc.

Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing use of animals list because they conduct pre-clinical studies of their drugs on animals to assess a product’s safety profile.

Supporting Evidence:

The company confirms in corporate disclosures that it utilizes animal subjects for product testing.

“In the first trial, rabbits were treated with capsaicin (i.e., Pepper spray) to mimic an acute ocular insult in a common, validated model for acute eye pain studies. Following the capsaicin treatment, the rabbits were treated with CT2000, which was dosed four times over a 24-hour period. Pain was measured by the number of paw wipes over 60 seconds (paw wipes are a recognized surrogate of eye pain in animal models).” Read the article for more details