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Plato BioPharma, Inc. provides collaborative preclinical study design to support project goals through the systematic development, validation and application of preclinical disease model and assay systems within core therapeutic areas.
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Inotiv, Inc. Announces Expansion of In Vivo Pharmacology Offering with Acquisition of Plato BioPharma, Inc. October 04, 2021 16:05 ET | Source: Inotiv, Inc. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inotiv, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOTV) (the “Company”, “We”, “Our” or “Inotiv”), a leading contract research organization specializing in nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development services, today announced the acquisition of Plato BioPharma, Inc. (“PBI”), a Colorado-based, in vivo pharmacology research and drug discovery…
Plato BioPharma Inc. (PBI) Founder and CEO, Dr. Craig F. Plato, announced the co-authorship of a research paper appearing in the 12 March, 2014 issue of Science Translational Medicine. The paper, titled “Intestinal Inhibition of the Na+/H+Exchanger 3 Prevents Cardiorenal Damage in Rats and Inhibits Na+ Uptake in Humans” describes the effects of tenapanor, a compound that reduces the absorption of dietary sodium in the GI tract. Ardelyx, a Fremont-based biotechnology company, and their pharmaceutical…
Contractile reserve decreases with advancing age and chronic isoproterenol (ISO) administration is a well-characterized model of cardiac hypertrophy known to impair cardiovascular function. This study evaluated whether nonsenescent, mature adult rats are more susceptible to detrimental effects of chronic ISO administration than younger adult rats. Rats received daily injections of ISO (0.1 mg/kg sc) or vehicle for 3 wk. ISO induced a greater impairment in contractile reserve in mature adult ISO-treated (MA-ISO) than in young…