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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC

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APPENDIX 12. <strong>Preclinical</strong> Studies Service Organizations (cont’d)<br />

Regulatory<br />

Qualifica-<br />

Types of<br />

Clients<br />

Company/ URL Contact Information Therapeutic Expertise <strong>and</strong> Types of Services Structure Number<br />

<strong>and</strong> Type of<br />

tions<br />

Staffing<br />

CDRD operates<br />

to:<br />

GLP<br />

Centre for Drug Research <strong>and</strong><br />

Development (CDRD)<br />

www.cdrd.ca<br />

308<br />

CDRD employs<br />

75 staff<br />

located in<br />

Vancouver<br />

CDRD is a<br />

grantfundedorganisation<br />

providing<br />

for-profit<br />

services<br />

<strong>and</strong> tools<br />

used in<br />

Pharma<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

Biomedical<br />

development.<br />

Located<br />

at U<strong>BC</strong> in<br />

Vancouver<br />

CDRD <strong>and</strong> DDI<br />

Suite 364 2259 Lower Mall,<br />

Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4<br />

Tel: 604-221-7750<br />

Fax: 604-221-7753<br />

info@cdrd.ca<br />

Director CDRD: Pieter Cullis<br />

pcullis@crdr.ca<br />

CEO: Natalie Dakers<br />

ndakers@crdr.ca<br />

Project Development: John<br />

Coleman<br />

jcoleman@cdrd.ca<br />

Tel : 604-221-7750 x 117<br />

Business Development:<br />

Kamran Alam<br />

kalam@crdr.ca<br />

Tel : 604-221-7750 x 125<br />

-<br />

Drug Development, Inc.<br />

Director Operations: Mike Parr<br />

Tel : 604-221-7750 x 176<br />

ddi@cdrd.ca<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA<br />

CDRD<br />

provides<br />

services to<br />

predominantly<br />

287<br />

members<br />

of the B.C.<br />

science<br />

community<br />

(research<br />

institutions<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

companies)<br />

with<br />

other<br />

clients in<br />

Canada<br />

<strong>and</strong> North<br />

America.<br />

CDRD is<br />

broadening<br />

activities<br />

beyond<br />

B.C. into<br />

other<br />

areas of<br />

Canada<br />

<strong>and</strong> North<br />

America.<br />

CDRD provides drug development expertise <strong>and</strong> infrastructure to enable<br />

researchers throughout B.C. to develop promising drug c<strong>and</strong>idates. It has a<br />

goal to simultaneously improve efficacy, ADME, <strong>and</strong> toxicology results.<br />

The CDRD commercial arm, Drug Development Inc (DDI), licenses technologies<br />

from affiliated institutions<br />

CDRD Capabilities include:<br />

• Target Validation<br />

Genomic <strong>and</strong> proteomic techniques, including microarray analyses of gene<br />

expression, comparative proteomic analyses, <strong>and</strong> bioinformatics. This<br />

technology applies to areas as diverse as identifying novel drug targets <strong>and</strong><br />

determining side effects.<br />

• Drug Screening<br />

Drug Screening Division offers in-vitro <strong>and</strong> cell-based assays suitable for medium-<br />

to high-throughput drug screening with liquid-h<strong>and</strong>ling robots <strong>and</strong> a<br />

suite of instruments for the detection of biological or biochemical activity.<br />

• Libraries of defined pure chemicals from discovery <strong>and</strong> combinatorial<br />

chemistry, together with peptides <strong>and</strong> natural product extracts, are available<br />

for screening for potential drug activity.<br />

• Medicinal Chemistry<br />

Medicinal Chemistry Division optimizes lead compounds derived from<br />

rational design <strong>and</strong> screening processes; with modern synthetic methods<br />

<strong>and</strong> principles to design <strong>and</strong> synthesize novel compounds for biological <strong>and</strong><br />

toxicological evaluation.<br />

• Drug Delivery<br />

Drug Delivery division focuses drug formulation, both NCEs <strong>and</strong> novel macromolecular<br />

therapeutics from proteomics <strong>and</strong> genomics research.<br />

CDRD has capabilities in all types of drug formulation, <strong>and</strong> specific expertise<br />

in nano-delivery. Nano-particulate carriers can target drugs specifically to<br />

disease sites<br />

• Pharmacology <strong>and</strong> Toxicology<br />

Pharmacology <strong>and</strong> Toxicology Division provides in-vitro <strong>and</strong> in-vivo assays to<br />

determine the safety <strong>and</strong> efficacy of novel therapies. Drug-like qualities can<br />

be evaluated in vitro using a broad range of assays that measure efficacy,<br />

drug-drug interactions, cardiovascular safety, absorption, distribution,<br />

metabolism, excretion, <strong>and</strong> toxicity (ADME/Tox).

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