In Vivo Studies
Vivotecnia will create customized early non-GLP in vivo toxicology studies for you to support comparison and selection of your potential lead candidates and to guide the design of further studies. Although these preliminary in vivo studies are not subject to regulatory reporting prior to first-in-human studies, we comprehend that toxicology needs to be fully integrated into the discovery process to select candidates with optimal toxicological profiles, to make informed decisions quickly and to reduce costs.
Vivotecnia offers exploratory in vivo studies of compounds administered by a wide choice of routes to numerous animal species including rodents, rabbits, dogs, minipigs, and NHPs.
- Acute toxicity studies
- Maximum-tolerated-dose studies
- 7- or 14-day dose-range-finding studies
- Repeated-dose toxicity studies (up to 52 weeks)
- Multispecies pharmacokinetics (PK) and toxicokinetics (TK)
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Our team and experience
Our team of experts acts as an extension of your R&D team by providing expertise and active management of toxicology services to provide seamless integration between discovery and development programs. We work effectively, flexibly, reliably, and expeditiously to identify an appropriate exploratory toxicology program for your unique situation. Our highly specialized staff of study directors are trained scientists with an in-depth knowledge of the drug development industry. They are eager to understand and get involved in the science and methods behind innovations, whether medical products, devices, drugs or biologics across a wide range of therapeutic areas.
Vivotecnia’s research exploratory toxicology program’s advantages include:
- Protocol development and regulatory guidance
- Animal models available for preclinical trials (rodent and nonrodent)
- Multispecies pharmacokinetics (PK) and toxicokinetics (TK) with a wide selection of administration routes
- Toxicology, feed, nutrition, and range-finding studies
- Surgical research facilities (ideal for surgical devices and implants)
- Competitive pricing
- Prompt turnaround time
Methodology
- Guidance on nonclinical safety studies for the conduct of human clinical trials and marketing authorization for pharmaceuticals, ICH M3(R2), June 2009
- Challenging the regulatory requirement for acute toxicity studies in the development of new medicines: A workshop report, National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, May 2007
- Robinson S, et al. A European pharmaceutical company initiative challenging the regulatory requirement for acute toxicity studies in pharmaceutical drug development. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol, (2008) Apr;50(3):345-52
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