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Research from Organon, Department of Pharmacology in the area of life sciences published

Published in Gastroenterology Week, January 21st, 2008

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Cytochrome P450 enzyme levels in HepG2 cells and cryopreserved primary human hepatocytes and their induction in HepG2 cells.' "Early in vitro toxicity screening might improve the success rate of new chemical entities in pharmaceutical development. In previous studies, the advantage of cytotoxicity screening with the HepG2 cell line was shown," investigators in Netherlands report.

"Cytotoxicity could be identified for 70% of the compounds in these assays as compared with known toxicity in either in vitro assays in primary hepatocytes, in in vivo assays in rats, or in (pre-)clinical development in humans. The low Phase I and...

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