Organ-on-a-Chip Resources

ADME Studies: Determining Promising Drug Compounds

Dr Abbas discusses factors that can affect the outcome of an ADME study, signs that a drug compound shows promise, red flags, and key parameters to determine safety and efficacy.

This article is taken from PharmTech, November 2022.

How to Keep Breathing – The Future of Inhaled Medication Testing

Dr Emily Richardson discusses the current challenges faced to bring inhaled therapeutics to the market and the potential of Organ-on-a-Chip to increase positive outcome by improving ADME drug testing.

This article is taken from International Biopharmaceutical Industry, Summer 2022.

PhysioMimix Multi-organ System Animation

An introduction to the CN Bio PhysioMimix Multi-organ System. This animation demonstrates how our microphysiological system works, how to create a Gut/Liver-on-a-chip model and an example of its use.

Application of a gut–liver-on-a-chip device and mechanistic modeling to the quantitative in vitro pharmacokinetic study of mycophenolate mofetil

Milani et al., 2022

This study shows how an in vitro gut-liver multi-organ model can quantitatively recapitulate the in vivo metabolism of a drug. By combining Organ-on-a-chip with in silico modeling, the study also demonstrates the potential of multi-organ models for quantitative estimation of PK parameters of a drug and its metabolites.

Every Breath You Take

Webinar Series 5 Episode 2

In this webinar, Lead Scientist, Dr Emily Richardson describes novel alveolar and bronchial lung-on-a-chip, or lung MPS, models. She demonstrates how to predict drug pharmacokinetics, allowing for more rapid, precise, and cost-effective compound analysis.

Harnessing the power of multimodal imaging to explore ASO distribution in cells, complex in vitro models and tissue

Alex et al

This recent poster from GSK and collaborators features data from our PhysioMimix® OOC and Liver (MPS-LC12) plates. The results demonstrate that the distribution of ASOs into Kupffer cells and circular or cuboidal hepatocytes cultured in 3D can be detected using imaging.

Multiorgan microphysiological systems as tools to interrogate interorgan crosstalk and complex diseases

Trapecar, 2022

A review of the state of multi-organ microphysiological systems in 2021. Overviews of currently available multi-organ MPS and the different technologies, cells and physiological cues used. Discusses approaches for systems biology integration and how MPS can be more readily adopted in the wider research community.

Improved prediction of oral bioavailability using a gut-liver microphysiological system

Abbas, Kostrzewski & Hughes

Central to the development of new drugs is an understanding of their pharmacokinetic properties, in particular their bioavailability. Here, we demonstrate the potential of a true 2-organ gut-liver MPS to better predict human bioavailability and improve in vitro to in vivo correlation.

Drug metabolism in a gut-liver microphysiological system

Abbas, Kostrzewski & Hughes

Studies investigating the efficacy and safety of candidate drugs use a variety of animal models to translate research from the bench to clinical trials and then to the clinic. Here, we demonstrate the potential of multi-organ MPS models for improved predictions of in vivo drug absorption and hepatic clearance rates.

Predicting human drug permeability with a gut microphysiological system

Bray et al

Preclinical drug absorption studies are a key step when developing when therapeutics as they determine how much of orally-administered drug reaches the systemic circulation. Here, we show how we developed and characterized a gut MPS closely aligned to the human small intestine, using the PhysioMimix® Single-Organ system, and demonstrated its utility to predict drug permeability.

Microphysiological systems of the human liver, gut and linked liver-gut, to assess human drug absorption, metabolism and bioavailbility

Kostrzewski et al

This poster demonstrates the potential of human MPS models for liver, gut, and multi-organ (connecting gut with liver) for the investigation of human PK parameters, drug absorption and metabolism, and bioavailability.

Multi-Organ in vitro organ-on-chip models for intestinal drug absorption and metabolism

Bray et al

The development of more translationally relevant in vitro intestinal models is key to better predicting drug absorption earlier in the drug development process. Here, we demonstrate the potential of a gut MPS, and a simple gut-liver MPS, for preclinical ADME investigation.