Preclinical trials for drug development and drug candidate validation
- Life science
Our experts lead preclinical testing and support pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the drug discovery and drug development phases: pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and toxicology studies.
Save time in the experimentation phase. We develop the preclinical studies for the validation of drug candidates and food compounds, evaluate the therapeutic or protective effects of molecules of interest and characterize the functional effects of a pharmaceutical product (action, target organ, active dose).
Associated with the facility core for function exploration Therassay (certified ISO9001: 2015), we operate as a CRO (contract research organization). WE offer a simplified service covering a wide range of functions: neuromuscular, metabolic, vascular, cardiac, pulmonary, digestive, oncology-haematology; as well as consulting services, study design and preclinical trials.
Summary
Prestations
Benchmarck and consulting
Study design
Preclinical assays
Assessments: Analyses, Recommendations
Support: development, certification…
Preclinical research and assays on muscle function
Physiopathological analyses, muscle fatigue studies and muscle tone measurements are conducted by our experts to study muscle pathologies such as sarcopenia and muscle atrophy.
Different methods and a high level of expertise are offered to answer specific questions related to the evaluation of muscular strength, the analysis of gain or loss of muscular strength and the improvement of cognitive functions or stress and anxiety states.
In a nutshell
evaluation of muscular strength
analysis of gain or loss of muscular strength
improvement of cognitive functions
stress and anxiety states
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Assessment of general behavior and analysis of global motor and muscle function
Effectiveness laboratory testing of pharmaceutical products and food supplements on neuromuscular function: strength, muscle fatigue, endurance
- Measurement of limb muscle strength
- Measurement locomotion and curiosity activities
- Measurement of endurance and resistance to effort
- Exploration of motor coordination
- Training, muscle fatigue and exercise resistance assessment
- Semi-automated system for gait exploration and qualitative/quantitative analysis of locomotion
- Exploration of neuromotor function and muscle function
Measurement of muscle contractions at the organ, muscle cells and calcium homeostasis levels
Evaluate the efficacy of food supplements or drug candidates: compare a reference product with products on the market (plant extracts, soluble milk proteins, muscle relaxants, etc.)
- Muscle atrophy and hypertrophy: muscle mass
- Isolated muscles
- Permeabilized or intact skeletal muscle fibers
Pharmacological approach: drug trials, plant extracts, etc.
Neuromuscular evaluation: anxiety, depression
Preclinical trials for the functional exploration of the muscular system associated with cognitive functions.
- Locomotion evaluation
- Anxiety test
- Spatial memory evaluation
- Measurement of curiosity
- Anxiety assessment
Preclinical evaluation and validation of drug candidates in onco-hematology
This unique expertise is offered to biotechs, pharmaceutical companies and research institutions to evaluate the clinical potential of drug candidates for hematological malignancies : lymphomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, hematological malignancies, etc.
In a nutshell
In vitro study
cell lines
clinical potential of drug candidates
hematological malignancies
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- Evaluation of the therapeutic potential of compounds on MM (Multiple Myeloma) and MCL (Mantle Cell Lymphoma) cell lines
- Dissection of cellular mechanisms induced by compounds
- Identification of the best combination with approved drugs
- Cell lines characterization
- In vitro assays available as standard – others upon request
- Drug efficacy evaluation using a panel of MM (Multiple Myeloma) xenograft models, recapitulating MM heterogeneity in immunodeficient subjects (tumor volume monitoring)
- Models development for hematological cancers
- Monitoring, endpoints and characterization of drug efficacy
- Measurement of tumor volume
- Monitoring of clinical parameters (health status, behavioral monitoring, treatment response, weight change…)
- Samples for further study: e.g. serum, blood, tumor tissue
- Tumor tissue analysis: e.g. Western blot, qPCR
- Exploration in hematological malignancies
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