When your physician writes you a prescription, they do so knowing that the dose prescribed will (on average) be safe and beneficial to you, but that it is likely certainly not optimal for you as an individual (as has been the topic of a previous blog post). The balance between absorption, distribution and elimination of … Continued
In our increasingly noise-filled world, sometimes, the most powerful insights come from listening. As the head of support at Certara, I get excited about listening to our clients’ pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling dilemmas and helping them solve them. And through listening to our users who call our support hotline, attend our training courses, or participate in … Continued
On September 14, Dr. Nathan Teuscher presented an informative webinar focused on new features and enhancements in Phoenix® 7.0, which was released on August 10. This blog post summarizes the topics discussed during the presentation. Nathan began his presentation with an overview of new features in Phoenix 7.0 including: A new graphics engine for high … Continued
by Thomas Peyret 350 million patients worldwide suffer from 7,000 rare diseases, yet only 300 of these diseases have approved treatments. This gap, impacting 95% of rare disease patients, represents a huge unmet medical need. Developing drugs for rare diseases poses a range of clinical, regulatory and commercial challenges. The small number of patients are … Continued
Last year during our inaugural Phoenix Roadshow workshop program across the US, Europe and Asia, we gained valuable feedback and ideas from our customers on “All Things Phoenix.” Based on the success of that program, and with new updates and case studies to share with our users, we commenced our 2nd Annual Phoenix Roadshow in … Continued
Towards the end of 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), will require electronic submissions of certain nonclinical data using the CDISC SEND standard format. Other regulatory agencies, including the European Medical Agency (EMA), Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and China Food and … Continued
The standard approach for approval of generic drugs is to run a bioequivalence study to demonstrate that a generic product is comparable to an approved (ie, reference) drug in their rate and extent of absorption. The rate and extent of drug absorption are determined from the pharmacokinetic parameters: peak concentration (Cmax) and the area under … Continued
If ever there was a cautionary tale illustrating the importance of getting allometric scaling of drugs right, it’s the story of Tusko the elephant. In 1962, Tusko was living at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City where he received a dose of the psychomimetic drug, lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD. The dose … Continued
According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade group for the $32 billion nutritional supplement industry, 68% of adults take dietary supplements. Further analysis shows that supplement use is more prevalent among women, the children of women that take supplements, and the elderly. Like drugs, supplements do not work the same in all patients … Continued
“Fundamentally, Certara is a collection of academic discoveries and scientific minds who are charged with transforming patient care and improving the most crucial research and development and regulatory decisions. Our training organization and methodology must be equally accountable for this mission.” – Edmundo Muniz I heard these inspiring words from our CEO during my first … Continued
