Toxicology > Pre-clinical Toxicology

Progenix Research offers a comprehensive range of pre-clinical toxicology studies on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology products:

Safety pharmacology
A comprehensive range of safety pharmacology studies are available including cardiovascular, central nervous system and respiratory assessments in dogs, non-human primates and rodents. These studies are in compliance with the requirements for "core battery" testing using both in-vivo and ex-vivo tests.

Single dose toxicity
Single dose toxicity studies conducted in rats, mice, rabbits, dogs, non-human primates, mini-pigs using oral, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal, intraperitoneal, inhalation, dermal and other specialised routes of exposure. Studies are designed to meet International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) requirements or client specific study plans.

Repeated dose toxicity
14-day, 28-day, 3-month and 6-month toxicity studies are carried out in a full range of species: rats, mice, rabbits, dogs, non-human primates and mini-pigs. All routes of exposure as described above can be accommodated as well as immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity testing.

Reproductive toxicology
The full regulatory spectrum of validated studies to investigate fertility and early embryonic development, pre and post natal development, embryo and foetal development is available as well as bespoke reproductive projects in primates.  The Progenix primate breeding unit affords a unique opportunity for protocol designs drawing on the profiled breeding population.

Irritancy & sensitisation studies
Skin and eye irritation, skin sensitisation, phototoxicity.

Carcinogenicity
Life-time bioassays in rats and mice including oral, dermal and inhalation studies.

Genotoxicity
Bacterial gene mutation assays (Ames test), in-vitro and in-vivo chromosome aberration studies, in-vitro mouse lymphoma assays, in-vivo micronucleus tests.

Toxicokinetics/pharmacokinetics
Full facilities for toxicokinetic determinations either stand alone or concurrent with toxicity studies.