BIOLOGICAL TESTING FACILITY (BTF) - DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACEPTIVE PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR NON-SYSTEMIC DELIVERY

尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施莱弗国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所(NICHD)内的避孕研究分部(CRB)支持研究开发能够扰乱卵子发生、精子发生、正常排卵、精子成熟和/或提供安全有效避孕措施的化合物，这些化合物可以为男性和/或女性提供安全有效的避孕措施。生物检测设施(BTF)旨在允许快速评估新的物质成分、现有化学物质的用例、药物配方、给药系统和避孕和/或含避孕多用途预防(CMPT)活动的设备。BTF根据新避孕方法的开发，提供全面的项目管理和支持非临床活动所有阶段的能力。这些能力包括但不限于分析(体外、体外和体内)；血浆和微粒体稳定性研究；吸收、分布、代谢、排泄(ADME)；毒性；药代动力学(PK)和药效学(PD)谱；动物活动和研究；活性药物成分(API)的制造；工艺和产品开发；配方；临床批量生产；临床前使能研究；以及导致提交试验性新药(IND)或试验性设备豁免(IDE)申请的相关任务。BTF有能力根据当前良好的制造规范(CGMP)制备化合物，以便进行临床评估，并根据当前良好的实验室规范(CGLP)进行研究。BTF在CRB的产品开发任务中发挥着关键作用。

The Contraception Research Branch (CRB) within the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) supports research to develop compounds that can disrupt oogenesis, spermatogenesis, normal ovulation, sperm maturation and/or function affording safe and effective contraceptives that can be implemented for men and/or women. The Biological Testing Facility (BTF) is designed to permit rapid evaluation of new compositions of matter, use cases for existing chemical matter, drug formulations, delivery systems, and devices for contraceptive and/or contraceptive-containing multipurpose prevention (cMPT) activity. The BTF provides overall project management and the capabilities to support all phases of nonclinical activities pursuant to development of new contraceptives methods. These capabilities include but are not limited to assays (in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo); plasma and microsomal stability studies; absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME); toxicity; 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 filing of investigational new drug (IND) or investigational device exemption (IDE) applications. The BTF has the capability to prepare compounds under current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) to allow clinical evaluation and conduct studies under current good laboratory practices (cGLP). The BTF plays a critical role in the product development mission of the CRB.