Charles River Laboratories International, Inc and Fios Genomics Forms Strategic Alliance to Provide Bioinformatics-driven Drug Discovery and Safety Assessment
January 16, 2020 at 08:00 am EST
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Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. announced that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Fios Genomics, a leading provider of bioinformatics data analysis services. Access to high quality, transparent bioinformatics presents a challenge for many drug development teams. Compiling disparate, complex data file types into single datasets for interpretation requires a rigorous assessment of data quality, as well as an analytical approach that emphasizes biological relevance and the assessment of statistical significance. Through this partnership, Charles River clients will have access to Fios Genomics’ expertise in bioinformatics, statistics and biology to assist in the sourcing and analysis of the high-dimensional, multi-variant datasets associated with drug development including microarrays, next-generation sequencing (NGS), proteomics, metabolomics and epigenetics as well as the associated meta-data. The biologically-relevant insights revealed by the team at Fios Genomics, combined with Charles River’s streamlined integrated drug discovery and development platform and the scientific expertise of both organizations, will enable Charles River clients to make more data-driven decisions about their programs, improving both confidence and speed.
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. specializes in the development of products and services in the field of research and non-clinical drug development for pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and academic institutions. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- discovery and safety assessment services (63.4%): discovery services for the identification, screening and selection of main compounds for the development of new drug candidates, and in vivo and in vitro testing, including pharmacokinetic, bioanalytical, metabolic, toxicological and pathological studies, for the safety assessment of pharmaceutical products, medical devices, animal health products, chemical and agrochemical products and biocides;
- development and sale of research models and related services (19.2%): mice, rats, immunodeficient models, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, etc. The group also offers primary cells and specialized products (bioconservation products, freezing media for cell cultures, antigens, peptides, humanized mouse models, etc.) for the development and manufacture of new cell therapies ;
- development of solutions used in drug manufacturing processes (17.5%): products and services for microbiological testing, in vitro testing, endotoxin testing, microbial identification, development, manufacturing of avian vaccines, etc. The group also offers contract manufacturing services for cell and gene therapies.
Net sales break down by source of income between sales of services (83.3%) and sales of products (16.7%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (56.8%), Europe (26%), Canada (11.8%), Asia/Pacific (4.9%) and other (0.4%).
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc and Fios Genomics Forms Strategic Alliance to Provide Bioinformatics-driven Drug Discovery and Safety Assessment
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