Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC
Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC
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).