Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can be effectively treated by weight loss, but identifying the underlying responsible mechanisms has been difficult because of the multifactorial pathophysiology.
Quantitative Systems Toxicology Analysis of In Vitro Mechanistic Assays Reveals Importance of Bile Acid Accumulation in TAK-875-induced Liver Injury
TAK-875 (fasiglifam), a GPR40 agonist in development for treatment of type 2 diabetes, was voluntarily terminated in phase 3 due to adverse liver effects.
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GastroPlus 9 Installation
This video shows how to install GastroPlus and the Flexera licensing system. The installation is the same for various versions.
Biopharmaceutics data management system for anonymised data sharing and curation: First application with orbito IMI project
The OrBiTo IMI project was designed to improve the understanding and modelling of how drugs are absorbed.
In silico-in vitro-in vivo studies of experimentally designed carvedilol loaded silk fibroin-casein nanoparticles using physiological based pharmacokinetic model
The study aimed to design and develop carvedilol loaded silk fibroin-casein nanoparticles using 32 full factorial design.
Design and evaluation of an extended-release matrix tablet formulation; the combination of hypromellose acetate succinate and hydroxypropylcellulose
The purpose of this study was to develop an extended-release (ER) matrix tablet that shows robust dissolution properties able to account for the variability of pH and mechanical stress in the GI tract using...
Synthesis, spectral characterization, crystal structure, cytotoxicity and apoptosis—Inducing activity of two derivatives of 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthaquinone
A phenaxazone compound [5H-Benzo[a]phenoxazin-5-one (BP)] along with an aminoquinone[2-[(o-hydroxyphenyl)amino]-1,4-naphthaquinone (HAN)] derivatives were synthesized from...
Characterising Drug Release from Immediate-Release Formulations of a Poorly Soluble Compound, Basmisanil, Through Absorption Modelling and Dissolution Testing
The study aimed to characterise the mechanism of release and absorption of Basmisanil, a biopharmaceutics classification system (BCS) class 2 compound, from immediate-release formulations via mechanistic absorption modelling, dissolution testing, and Raman imaging.
Discovery of N-(pyridin-4-yl)-1,5-naphthyridin-2-amines as potential tau pathology PET tracers for Alzheimer’s Disease.
A mini-HTS on 4000 compounds selected using 2D fragment-based similarity and 3D pharmacophoric and shape similarity to known selective tau aggregate binders identified N-(6-methylpyridin-2-yl)...
Intracellular drug bioavailability: a new predictor of system dependent drug disposition
Intracellular drug exposure is influenced by cell- and tissue-dependent expression of drug-transporting proteins and metabolizing enzymes.
Mechanistic understanding of the effect of renal impairment on metformin oral absorption using computer simulations
The physiological parameters that describe the reasons behind metformin accumulation in renal failure patients are not fully understood.
Vitamin K epoxide reductase regulation of androgen receptor activity
Long-term use of warfarin has been shown to be associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer. Warfarin belongs to the vitamin K antagonist class of anticoagulants, which...
Identification, characterization and in silico ADMET prediction of Roflumilast degradation products
The present study reports the degradation behavior of roflumilast (RFL), a new drug developed for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.