Cargando…

The evolving role of investigative toxicology in the pharmaceutical industry

For decades, preclinical toxicology was essentially a descriptive discipline in which treatment-related effects were carefully reported and used as a basis to calculate safety margins for drug candidates. In recent years, however, technological advances have increasingly enabled researchers to gain...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pognan, Francois, Beilmann, Mario, Boonen, Harrie C. M., Czich, Andreas, Dear, Gordon, Hewitt, Philip, Mow, Tomas, Oinonen, Teija, Roth, Adrian, Steger-Hartmann, Thomas, Valentin, Jean-Pierre, Van Goethem, Freddy, Weaver, Richard J., Newham, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36781957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41573-022-00633-x
Descripción
Sumario:For decades, preclinical toxicology was essentially a descriptive discipline in which treatment-related effects were carefully reported and used as a basis to calculate safety margins for drug candidates. In recent years, however, technological advances have increasingly enabled researchers to gain insights into toxicity mechanisms, supporting greater understanding of species relevance and translatability to humans, prediction of safety events, mitigation of side effects and development of safety biomarkers. Consequently, investigative (or mechanistic) toxicology has been gaining momentum and is now a key capability in the pharmaceutical industry. Here, we provide an overview of the current status of the field using case studies and discuss the potential impact of ongoing technological developments, based on a survey of investigative toxicologists from 14 European-based medium-sized to large pharmaceutical companies.