I apologize to all my readers for such a long lapse between posts. After a very busy summer and fall, I am back to posting regularly to my blog about PK/PD topics. When analyzing PK/PD data, one of the most important plots used to visualize the data is to plot time-matched PK/PD data on a … Continued
The administration of acetaminophen via the oral and rectal routes may be contraindicated in specific clinical settings. Intravenous administration provides an alternative route for fever reduction and analgesia. This phase 1 study of intravenous acetaminophen (Ofirmev, Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA) in inpatient pediatric patients with pain or fever requiring intravenous therapy was designed … Continued
It is not possible to make a prospective clinical study that reveals the importance of the nortriptyline metabolising cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms (CYP1A2, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and CYP3A4) in relation to attaining potential toxic nortriptyline concentrations with a possibly fatal outcome. Therefore to study this we have applied the population based pharmacokinetic simulator Simcyp®. The objective … Continued
Partnership with Chemotargets to support systems drug discovery ST. LOUIS, MO – October 5th, 2011 – Certara™, a leading provider of software and services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through clinical development, announced that it will be the exclusive provider of Chemotargets software for predicting the off-target pharmacology of small molecules. Chemotargets … Continued
The purpose of this was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of bevacizumab following IP and IV administration, and to investigate combined bevacizumab therapy (IP or IV) with IP paclitaxel or carboplatin in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. Bevacizumab pharmacokinetics were investigated following IV or IP dosing, and mice bearing peritoneal A2780 xenografts were treated with … Continued
