Current Trends In Toxicology

As developers face pressure to accelerate a product's time-to-market, it is important to balance scientific integrity and the need for a comprehensive analytical process with the increasing speed of development. This panel of experts discuss the innovations in culture systems and characterization that are enabling a safe, efficient pathway to successful IND, as well as evolving trends in toxicology.

Cell manufacturing is a stage in the development process which can often limit speed to market. It is critical for developers to focus on the extent of their manufacturing and their ability to produce enough material in a repeatable, reliable fashion. Having a consistent, efficient turnaround on testing and characterization of cells also plays an important role in reducing manufacturing delays. Advances for in vitro toxicology – such as the increased use of microtissues and the ability to combine cell types into 3D constructs – are improving the predictability of assays by moving one step closer to a culture system that represents humans much better than 2D cultures.

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