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Switzerland is set to vote on a potential ban on Sunday.
Opinions suggest that the proposal by animal rights defenders is highly unlikely to pass at the poll on Sunday.
The majority were used to test the safety, quality and potency of medicines.
A new report in the British Medical Journal has pointed to a “systemic failure” in the use of animal studies.
It bucks a national trend that saw a reduction in animal testing in 2016.
Experiments included “inducing cancer in animals… and acute poisoning tests that stop just short of death.”
A total of 3,000 rats and 21,000 mice were used in Trinity College Dublin in 2016 alone.
China requires animal testing on certain products, meaning Nars will no longer be cruelty-free.
Animals used in scientific procedures included rabbits, dogs, pigs and ferrets.
The cosmetics directive, introduced in 2004, takes full effect today – banning animal testing on cosmetics within the EU.