Certara is the leading drug development consultancy with solutions spanning the discovery, preclinical and clinical stages of drug development.
Certara performed scientific and commercial due diligence of an investment opportunity (Rivipansel for Vaso-Occulisive Crisis in Sickle Cell Disease) for a private equity firm.
Read MoreCertara Strategic Consulting scientists used model-based meta-analysis (MBMA) to support developing a fixed-dose combination of ezetimibe and atorvastatin.
Read MoreMaking the right choices in drug development often means the difference between getting a new medication to patients and it ending up in the scrap heap of failed programs. There is a surfeit of publicly available information on approved drugs as well as those currently in development. How can sponsors turn clinical trial data into understanding that helps chart the course for investigational drugs?
Read MoreMBMA integrates internal and external drug development data to inform proprietary commercial and R&D decisions. The insights gained via MBMA support designing less costly and more precise trials with an eye toward achieving commercial success for both the drug and portfolio.
Read MoreStaff writer Ron Rosenberg interviewed Piet van der Graaf, PharmD, PhD, vice president of quantitative systems pharmacology at Certara and former director of XenologiQ, a QSP consultancy.
Read MoreToday’s powerful and actively evolving computational tools enable sponsors and regulators to understand potential drug characteristics and subject responses earlier in development, with greater certainty. Model-based approaches support timely, confident decisions across the development and regulatory life cycle by gathering disparate sources of information about a drug, its competitors, target disease and patients into a […]
Read MorePhysiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling can address various questions raised in drug development and regulatory review, and is used most extensively to predict and quantify the extent of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) from both in vitro and clinical data. This assists with dose selection and the design of clinical studies as well as informing decisions relating to […]
Read MoreWhile biosimulation has been an important element in drug development for some time, its impact over the past 18 months with regard to label optimization has been profound. Specifically, FDA’s acceptance of Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and simulation has impacted key label elements in more than a dozen cases, driving down R&D costs and timelines, […]
Read MoreRG7652 is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody targeting human PCSK9, a regulator of serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc) levels. RG7652 prevents degradation of the hepatic LDLc receptors by blocking PCSK9 binding and thereby resulting in efficient LDLc uptake by hepatocytes. The pharmacokinetics of RG7652 have been evaluated in healthy subjects after single and multiple […]
Read MoreDonor plasmapheresis involves the removal of a weight-adjusted volume of plasma and the return of cellular components to the donor. Although plasma volume generally returns to normal, some residual effect on vital signs may be possible. This analysis was performed to determine the possible effects of plasmapheresis on blood pressure. A 16-week study was conducted […]
Read MoreAngiopoietin-like-2 (angptl2) is produced by several cell types including endothelial cells, adipocytes and macrophages, and contributes to the inflammatory process in cardiovascular diseases. We hypothesized that angptl2 impairs endothelial function, and that lowering angptl2 levels protects the endothelium against high-fat diet (HFD)-induced fat accumulation and hypercholesterolemia. Acute recombinant angptl2 reduced (P<0.05) acetylcholine-mediated vasodilation of isolated […]
Read MoreTreprostinil diolamine (oral treprostinil) is a prostacyclin analogue under evaluation for the treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This study assessed the pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety of treprostinil following oral administration of a single sustained-release 1 mg dose in subjects with hepatic impairment. Four cohorts, including healthy volunteers, and subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic […]
Read MoreThe aim of this study was to assess the cardiovascular effects of a new inhaled long-acting β-adrenoceptor agonist PF-00610355 in COPD patients. Thirteen thousand and sixty-two heart rate measurements collected in 10 clinical studies from 579 healthy volunteers, asthma and COPD patients were analyzed. The relationship between heart rate profiles and predicted plasma concentration profiles, […]
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