Certara has announced that it is partnering with Phase I Unit, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital’s Clinical Pharmacology Research Center (PUMCH-CPRC) in Beijing to help Chinese pharmaceutical companies enhance their drug development processes.
Phase I Unit at PUMCH-CPRC will employ Certara’s Simcyp Population-based Simulator to develop physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models in support of Chinese new and generic drug applications to the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA).
‘We are proud to support China’s efforts to foster healthcare innovation. By increasing its adoption of PBPK modelling and simulation, it will expedite its pharmaceutical companies’ drug development processes and regulatory submissions, whilst also helping to bring safer therapies to market,’ said Simcyp president and managing director Dr Stephen Toon.
‘An increasing number of Chinese pharmaceutical companies want to use PBPK modelling and simulation as part of their drug development plans. We felt that the best way to maintain Certara’s high scientific standards for these Chinese customers and help circumvent some of the language-related commercial impediments was to partner with Phase I Unit at PUMCH-CPRC, which is one of the most prestigious academic pharmaceutical research institutions in China,’ added Dr Toon.
‘We are delighted to expand our partnership with Certara and be able to provide Chinese pharmaceutical companies with modelling and simulation consulting support to strengthen their regulatory submissions,’ said Professor Pei Hu, MD, professor and director of Phase I Unit at PUMCH-CPRC.
Phase I Unit at PUMCH-CPRC uses Certara’s modelling and simulation technology for first-in-human, point-of-care, and late-phase clinical trials. It has many years’ experience using both Certara’s Simcyp Simulator and Phoenix software and has published numerous peer-reviewed papers based on research conducted using those platforms. Phase I Unit at PUMCH-CPRC is a Phoenix Center of Excellence.
CFDA also employs Certara’s Phoenix software and is a regulatory affiliate member of the Simcyp Consortium.
PUMC Hospital, which was founded by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1921, conducts clinical research into severe, rare and complicated diseases. It has 4,000 employees and is affiliated with both PUMC and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
