Monthly contract screening service simplifies long-term, repeat-dose testing of drugs in 3D human liver microtissues for global pharmaceutical market.
InSphero AG, the leading supplier of easy-to-use solutions for production, culture, and assessment of organotypic 3D cell culture models, has launched a 14 Day Hepatotoxicity Testing Service designed to meet increased demand for contract screening in their patent-pending 3D InSight™ Human Liver Microtissues. The service streamlines toxicity testing of compounds in InSphero’s 3D liver microtissues by initiating regular screening runs on the first Tuesday of each month at a cost of $990 per compound.
The newest addition to the company’s growing portfolio of 3D InSight™ Services takes advantage of the more liver-like functionality and greater than 4 week in vitro lifespan of primary liver cells (hepatocytes and Kupffer cells) when co-cultured as 3D spheroids, allowing repeated dosing of compounds over the two week testing protocol. Such testing is unique to 3D ...
