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The October 1998 issue of Vegetarian Times contained a mostly hack piece against animal testing by freelance writer Kelly James-Enger. James-Enger's article does quote Adrian Morrison as saying, "a careful reading of the historical record [of animal research] reveals that it's been absolutely indispensable for discovering and understanding basic biological processes."
Unfortunately, James-Enger never bothers to even try to reconcile or explain this in the context of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine activist Steven Ragland who in the very next sentence is quoted as saying, "Humans and animals differ too much to make animal research useful."
Using insulin derived from Pigs to treat Diabetes must then qualify as yet another ineffective and useless innovation foisted upon the world by the evil drug companies. But if Ragland and the PCRM say humans and non-humans are too different to make animal research useful, God forbid if anyone at Vegetarian Times should critically examine the claim.