BIOLOGICAL TESTING FACILITY - RESEARCH, OPTIMIZATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACEPTIVE

校内人口健康司的避孕发展方案 NICHD的研究支持开发可以破坏正常排卵的化合物的研究， 精子生产或精子功能的目的，开发安全，有效和负担得起的 男性或女性的避孕药。生物试验机构（BTF）旨在允许 新化学实体（NCE）、药物制剂、递送系统和装置的快速评价 用于避孕和内分泌活动。BTF提供全面的项目管理， 支持临床前活动的所有阶段的能力， 避孕方法：这些方法包括，但不限于体外试验和体内研究， 血浆和微粒体稳定性研究、吸收、分布、代谢、排泄和 毒性（ADMET）、药代动力学（PK）和药效学（PD）特征分析、动物活动 活性药物成分（API）的研究、生产、工艺和产品 开发、配方、临床批次生产、临床前启动研究和相关任务 导致提交研究性新药（IND）申请。配制的化合物 BTF是根据现行药品生产质量管理规范（cGMP）制备的， CDP避孕临床试验网络（CCTN）。CCTN调查人员 已制定协议，以评估该计划确定为高优先级的候选药物。 生物技术信托基金一直在与化学合成设施和化学技术转让网络的相关国家办事处合作， 与CCTN中的研究者一起开发和测试用于临床的适当制剂， 候选化合物的批次。每种候选药物的下一项临床研究取决于 在及时收到临床批次后，开始招募和入组过程。药物 目前正在进行的临床试验需要临床制剂的稳定性测试。的 生物试验机构在CDP的药物开发使命中发挥着关键作用。

The Contraceptive Development Program (CDP) within Division of Intramural Population Health Research at NICHD supports research to develop compounds that can disrupt normal ovulation, sperm production or sperm function for the purpose of developing safe, effective and affordable contraceptives for men or women. The Biological Testing Facility (BTF) is designed to allow rapid evaluation of new chemical entities (NCE), drug formulations, delivery systems, and devices for contraceptive and endocrine activity. The BTF provides overall project management and the capabilities to support all phases of preclinical activities pursuant to development of new contraceptive methods: these include, but are not limited to in vitro assays and in vivo studies, plasma and microsomal stability studies, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity (ADMET), pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profiling, animal activities and studies, manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), process and product development, formulation, clinical lot production, preclinical enabling studies and associated tasks leading to the filing of investigational new drug (IND) applications. Compounds formulated by the BTF are prepared under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) to allow clinical evaluation in the CDP Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network (CCTN). The CCTN investigators have develop protocols to evaluate the drug candidates identified as high priority by the Program. The BTF has been working with the CORs for the Chemical Synthesis Facility and the CCTN and with the investigators in the CCTN to develop and test the appropriate formulations for clinical batches of the candidate compounds. The next clinical study for each candidate drug is dependent on timely receipt of clinical batches to begin the process of recruitment and enrollment. Drugs that are currently in ongoing clinical trials require stability testing of the clinical formulations. The Biological Testing Facility plays a critical role in the drug development mission of the CDP.