ChemPartner has conducted 120-150 PK studies per week and served many pharmacokinetics (PK) clients.
- AAALAC and OLAW accredited animal facilities with access to broad ranges of animal species
- State-of-the-art instruments
- Extensive experience in PK model development with comprehensive in vivo techniques such as surgical operation and animal care
- Formulation support for in vivo studies including formulation screening, development, and formulation recommendation for various species and strains
- PK/PD data analysis, modeling, and simulation
- Regulatory filing support
Animal Species
- Mouse, rat, guinea pig, rabbit, dog, monkey, and mini pig
Dose Route
- Conventional administration routes: IV, PO (capsule & tablet, etc.), SC, IP, IM, topical administration
- Special Clinical or Research Application: IV infusion, SC infusion, intranasal (IN), rectal, retro-orbital injection, intravitreal injection, intrathecal injection
- Advanced methods: AZ pump, intracerebroventricular (ICV), intratracheal (IT)
Sampling
- Venous: Tail vein, jugular vein, facial vein and submandibular
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): Cisternae magna puncture, spinal cord puncture
- Bodily fluids/samples: Tear collection, lymph collection, urine collection, feces collection
- In-life tissue biopsy: Adipose, muscle, liver, kidneys, etc.
- Brain region-specific sampling
- Intraocular region sampling
Comprehensive Surgical Techniques
- Portal vein cannulation
- Mesenteric lymph duct cannulation
- Bile duct cannulation (mouse, rat, dog, and monkey)
- Enteral administration (duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon, rectum)
- Terminal CSF collection (mice) and survival CSF collection (rat, mini pigs, dog, and monkey)
Biological Matrix
- Blood, plasma, urine, tissue, CSF, brain, sciatic nerve, DRG, lymph node, bone marrow and all other tissues.
Pre-formulation Development
- Physicochemical characterization
- Polarized light microscopy
- DSC &TGA
- XRPD
- DVS
- PSD
- logD, logP, pKa
- Thermodynamic solubility
- Solution/suspension stability
- Solid state property
- Dissolution test
- Salt screening
- Polymorph screening
- Ball milling
- Solid dispersion screening and spray drying
Formulation Development
- Clear solution strategy for IV dosing
- Suspension formulation strategy for chronic toxicity study
- Simulated intestinal fluid (SIF) and simulated gastric fluid (SGF) dilution study for in vivo precipitation and super-saturation prediction
- Advanced formulation approach (microsuspension, nanosuspension or solid dispersion)


