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Clinical pharmacology gap analysis is a tool for outlining your drug program’s needs, prioritizing these needs, and providing a framework for how to satisfy them. This tool can create value for drug development programs. While gap analysis can be performed at any point in the drug development continuum, early engagement is best for maximizing its benefits. […]
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Over the last 15 years, the importance of drug transporters has become paramount for understanding drug absorption, distribution into tissues, and in particular, drug-drug interactions (DDIs). In vitro-in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) is an approach to link in vitro systems to the human in vivo situation using algorithms and physiologically-based scaling factors. In this blog, I […]
Read MoreIn this webinar, Sebastian Polak, Nikunj Patel, and Mark Holbrook introduced the Cardiac Safety Simulator (CSS) platform and explained how they developed a QSTS model for citalopram to serve as a “virtual twin” and help predict the likely occurrence of cardiotoxic events in real patients under different clinical conditions.
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2018 – This webinar will focus on the impact of RI on substrates of organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2), one of the major renal transporters which has been shown to be affected—both in activity and expression—in RI in pre-clinical species and in vitro systems.
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There are numerous challenges in developing oncology drugs: (1) they are often very toxic which precludes conducting clinical trials in healthy volunteers, (2) the PK of a drug may be altered in cancer patients due to demographic and physiological differences as compared to healthy volunteers, and (3) cancer patients face elevated drug-drug interaction (DDI) risk […]
Read MoreA selection of short essays from our blog, written to empower our customers with modeling and simulation (M&S) and regulatory writing solutions in order to help them solve the toughest drug development problems. Certara staff contributions range in topic from pharmacometrics to systems biology to the growing importance of regulatory writing and sharing clinical trial results.
Read MoreAt Certara, we are innovators, dedicated to helping our clients develop new therapies and target unmet medical needs, expand existing therapies to other subpopulations, communicate scientific information in the language of regulatory success and market access, balance risk-benefit profiles, differentiate therapies from the competitive landscape, and unlock millions of dollars in R&D savings.
Read MorePRINCETON, NJ – Mar. 12, 2018 – Certara today announced that it is partnering with faculty at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to launch the Model-informed Drug Development (MIDD) Gran Prix at the 2018 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (ASCPT) Annual Meeting.
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Many companies have tried and true clinical pharmacology practices. But when the rubber hits the road for your drug program, will these practices support regulatory success? Has your historic approach to drug development been updated to include the latest modeling and simulation innovations? It’s hard to change how you’ve historically done things. But, do you […]
Read MoreIn this webinar, Dr. Tom Polasek, a clinical pharmacologist at Certara Strategic Consulting, explained how he used the Simcyp Simulator to predict olanzapine exposure in individual patients. By watching this webinar you will learn how PBPK modeling and simulation technology can be re-purposed to support model-informed precision dosing.
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The ability to estimate systemic exposure from dermal absorption is essential in developing new dermatological medications or assessing the toxicological liability of commercially-used chemicals. Historically, animal models were used to evaluate dermal drug absorption prior to clinical testing. However, both differences in human and animal physiology as well as ethical concerns over animal testing have […]
Read MorePRINCETON, NJ – Feb. 27, 2018 – Certara today announced that it has published two papers demonstrating proof of concept for its Virtual Twin™ technology.
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Analogous to how a geologist surveys the “lay of the land” to determine if oil lies underneath, or an investment advisor strives to understand the “lay of the land” to decide how to invest in a turbulent market, sponsors and regulators also need to determine how to best utilize and report modeling and simulation results […]
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Oncology drug developers face a distinct set of challenges. Oncology drugs are often very toxic which precludes conducting clinical trials in healthy volunteers. In addition, cancer patients differ from healthy people in terms of their demographics and physiology. These changes mean that the pharmacokinetics of drugs may be altered in this population compared to healthy […]
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The tragedy of thalidomide provides a cautionary tale about the potential for birth defects resulting from fetal exposure to drugs. Thalidomide was used to treat morning sickness in pregnant women. By the time it was banned in 1962, more than 10,000 children had been born with thalidomide-induced birth defects. “Phocomelia,” wherein babies were born with […]
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Orphan drugs are used to treat rare diseases and disorders. This year marks the 35th anniversary of both the landmark Orphan Drug Act, a law passed by the US FDA that created legal and financial incentives for pharma and biotech to pursue rare disease R&D, and the formation of the National Organization for Rare Disorders […]
Read MoreOrphan drugs affect 350,000 people worldwide, including 10% of the US population and 1 in 25 Europeans. Model-informed drug development (MIDD) approaches, such as PBPK and PopPK have been embraced by sponsors and regulators, and play a key role in modernizing and accelerating orphan drug development.
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