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Evaluation of Systemic and Brain Pharmacokinetic Parameters for Repurposing Metformin Using Intravenous Bolus Administration [Drug Discovery and Translational Medicine]

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Yet, the absence of established systemic and brain pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters at relevant pre-clinical doses presents a significant knowledge gap. Intravenous (IV) bolus administration of metformin to C57BL6 mice covered low to high dose range maintaining pharmacological relevance.

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What recent paediatric guidelines mean for drug developers 

Drug Discovery World

Furthermore, the guideline discusses the data requirements to support paediatric clinical investigations for both drugs and devices as well as the procedures needed for sedation in paediatric clinical investigations. This approach, together with very sparse, confirmatory PK data, for example, is discussed by Small et al.

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Preparing the next generation of drug discovery scientists

Drug Discovery World

After just one cohort of students, the Clinical Pharmacology degree at St George’s University has been named the UK’s best pharmacology course. Due to this approach, the Clinical Pharmacology degree has various features that make it different to other courses that are currently available. Starting with the drug.

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Drug repurposing: The benefits, risks and what we learned from Covid-19

Drug Discovery World

Diana Spencer summarises the key messages from the ‘Drug Repurposing: Challenges and Opportunities’ Symposium held at the 19th World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (WCP) 2023. Pitceathly argued that interdisciplinary collaboration and good preclinical data is key to successful clinical trials.

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Top 10 Life Science Resources

Alta Sciences

36: Nonclinical Studies in Cell and Gene Therapy – Key Considerations and Regulatory Guidance With an estimated 6,000 monogenic diseases affecting over 350 million people worldwide, the advantages of cell and gene therapy can be a ray of hope—but development of complex, leading-edge therapies requires careful planning. Read it now.

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Article FDA Thank You In new contract notices, FDA seeks help on user fee commitments and moving opioid, oncology priorities forward

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that the first wave began with increased prescription of opioids in the 1990s. This proposal is an exciting example of how new approaches at the forefront of clinical pharmacology can be leveraged to address the problems being discussed in other forums (e.g.,

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA’s nonprescription advisors find no efficacy for phenylephrine

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The committee also made recommendations regarding pharmacokinetic and safety assessments. FDA’s clinical pharmacology analysis challenged previous in vitro estimates of bioavailability for orally administered phenylephrine. Once metabolized, which occurs quickly with a half-life of approximately 1.5

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