Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP
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ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING PRECLINICAL SERVICES
There are at least six major organizations offering various preclinical services in B.C., as illustrated in
Table 15. Companies offer analytical services (N=2), medical device development (N=2) and preclinical
drug development (N=2). Details can be found in Appendices 11 and 12.
TABLE 15. Organizations Offering Services for Preclinical Studies
Organizations
Services
BCCA Investigational Drug Program
(www.bccrc.ca/at/focus_investigationaldrugprogram.html)
BRI Biopharmaceutical Research Inc.
(www.bripharm.com)
CanTest Ltd. (www.cantest.com)(Acquired
by Maxxam Analytics October 23rd, 2009)
Centre for Drug Research and Development
(www.cdrd.ca)
Product and Process Applied Research
Team (PART) Technology Centre (www.bcit.
ca/appliedresearch/part/)
Star Fish Medical (www.starfishmedical.
com)
Provides facilities for the pharmaceutical formulation, manufacturing and pre-clinical
testing of new parenteral drugs for Phase I and II clinical trials in a GLP Lab.
See Table 14.
See Table 14.
Provides drug development expertise and infrastructure to enable researchers
throughout B.C. to develop promising drug candidates. Provides expertise in five divisions
that mirror the drug-development process: Target Validation, Drug Screening,
Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Delivery, Drug Evaluation.
A specialist medical device consultancy that provides applied research services
to validate and commercialize medical, industrial, and consumer products and
processes; performs contract services to researchers; and develops proof of concept
prototypes.
Designs, develops and manufactures medical devices. Specializes in electro-mechanical
devices, diagnostic, and imaging equipment.