Organotypic and microphysiological human tissue models for drug discovery and development—current state-of-the-art and future perspectives

S Youhanna, AM Kemas, L Preiss, Y Zhou… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - ASPET
The number of successful drug development projects has been stagnant for decades
despite major breakthroughs in chemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. Unreliable target …

Current approaches for predicting human PK for small molecule development candidates: findings from the IQ human PK prediction working group survey

C Petersson, X Zhou, J Berghausen, D Cebrian… - The AAPS journal, 2022 - Springer
Accurate prediction of human clearance (CL) and volume of distribution at steady state (Vd,
ss) for small molecule drug candidates is an essential component of assessing likely …

Exploration and application of a liver-on-a-chip device in combination with modelling and simulation for quantitative drug metabolism studies

L Docci, N Milani, T Ramp, AA Romeo, P Godoy… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Microphysiological systems (MPS) are complex and more physiologically realistic cellular in
vitro tools that aim to provide more relevant human in vitro data for quantitative prediction of …

Evaluation of the success of high-throughput physiologically based pharmacokinetic (HT-PBPK) modeling predictions to inform early drug discovery

D Naga, N Parrott, GF Ecker… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Minimizing in vitro and in vivo testing in early drug discovery with the use of physiologically
based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and machine learning (ML) approaches has the …

Computational predictions of nonclinical pharmacokinetics at the drug design stage

R Stoyanova, PM Katzberger… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although computational predictions of pharmacokinetics (PK) are desirable at the drug
design stage, existing approaches are often limited by prediction accuracy and human …

Application of empirical scalars to enable early prediction of human hepatic clearance using in vitro-in vivo extrapolation in drug discovery: an evaluation of 173 drugs

RS Jones, C Leung, JH Chang, S Brown, N Liu… - Drug Metabolism and …, 2022 - ASPET
The utilization of in vitro data to predict drug pharmacokinetics (PK) in vivo has been a
consistent practice in early drug discovery for decades. However, its success is hampered …

Primary human hepatocyte spheroids as an in vitro tool for investigating drug compounds with low hepatic clearance

J Riede, BM Wollmann, E Molden… - Drug Metabolism and …, 2021 - ASPET
Characterizing the pharmacokinetic properties of drug candidates represents an essential
task during drug development. In the past, liver microsomes and primary suspended …

Can we predict clinical pharmacokinetics of highly lipophilic compounds by integration of machine learning or in vitro data into physiologically based models? A …

N Parrott, N Manevski… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While high lipophilicity tends to improve potency, its effects on pharmacokinetics (PK) are
complex and often unfavorable. To predict clinical PK in early drug discovery, we built …

Recent developments in in vitro and in vivo models for improved translation of preclinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics data

J Yadav, M El Hassani, J Sodhi… - Drug metabolism …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Improved pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) prediction in the early stages of
drug development is essential to inform lead optimization strategies and reduce attrition …

A Machine Learning Framework to Improve Rat Clearance Predictions and Inform Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling

A Andrews-Morger, M Reutlinger, N Parrott… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
During drug discovery and development, achieving appropriate pharmacokinetics is key to
establishment of the efficacy and safety of new drugs. Physiologically based …