Pathology Unit

Pathology Unit (PU) has both the instruments and the scientific expertise to readily meet the evolving needs of our clients. The involvement of PU in preclinical studies is intended to get morpho-functional correlates that, together with the “in vivo” observations and ADME assessments, accomplish a comprehensive interpretation on the toxicological and safety profiles of the investigated compounds.

 

The main applications of PU activities include:

 

• Identification of treatment-related lesions, distinguishing adverse versus adaptive changes
• Characterization of long-term outcome or regression after treatment discontinuation
• Determination of the causes of unscheduled deaths and their relation to the treatment
• Recognition of organs susceptible of toxicity

 

Proper planning of a platform of multidisciplinary studies can be suggested to the customer, on a case-by-case basis, with the purpose to rapidly achieve IND submission to Regulatory Authorities. Possible off-target effects are promptly communicated to the sponsor to allow refinement of doses, route and/or frequency of administration, in order to enhance safety margin. Our services are often designed to obtain efficacy and safety information, to help customers to shorten research time and reduce the number of animals involved in the experiments.