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 October, 2008                                                                                                                 Home

Introducing Asterand's Catalog of
Human Tissue and Cell Based Assays
Asterand plc is the leading global provider of standard and custom human tissue based research services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies engaged in drug discovery and development.

Asterand's PhaseZERO® drug discovery services platform utilizes a human tissue approach to provide early indications of compound potency, efficacy, disposition and safety. In addition our immunohistochemistry and gene expression services groups are adept at providing studies to meet your target and biomarker validation needs. Our 2008/2009 catalog features standard assay formats to deliver quality research results quickly. In addition, we also have more than 10 years of experience in providing the top multinational pharmaceutical companies with custom human tissue-based solutions.

A key advantage of working with Asterand is our extensive repository of biospecimens and our worldwide procurement network. These resources make it possible for us to readily provide a broad range of fresh, fixed or frozen human biomaterials for our research projects. In addition we offer cancer cell lines and human primary cells to meet your research needs.

We provide a wide range of standard assays in the following areas of research. Please click on the links below to learn more about our service offering:
  1. Metabolic
  2. Respiratory
  3. Inflammation
  4. Genitourinary
  5. Cardiovascular
  6. CNS
  7. Gastrointestinal
  8. Oncology
  9. Safety Pharmacology
  10. Secondary Pharmacology
  11. Toxicology
  12. Assays suitable for all therapeutic areas
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Benefits of working with Asterand:
  1. Standard assays plus custom design studies
  2. Extensive experience with human tissue research and drug discovery
  3. Access to human tissues for faster turnaround on experiments
  4. Ease of managing a single outsourced relationship for all human tissue solutions
  5. Fee for service- all resulting data and IP belong to our customers
ASTERAND SUPPORTS HUMAN DRUG DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY WELL CHARACTERIZED HUMAN BIOMATERIALS AND PRECLINICAL RESEARCH SERVICES
Visit us at www.Asterand.com