Developability Assessment Short Course Overview

Introduction and Overview

•	Purpose and Goals
•	Drug Discovery and Development Logic Plan
•	Where Developability Assessment Fits Into the Logic Plan
•	Overview of Developability Assessment Scientific Disciplines
•	Review of Drug Discovery

In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacology

            •	In Vitro Pharmacology
      > Expansion of Drug Discovery Results
      > Determination of IC50 and IC90 Values
      > Example In Vitro Dose Response Curves 
            •    In Vivo Pharmacology
      > Definition and Characterization of Animal Models
      > Determination of ED50 and ED10 Values and Therapeutic Ratio
      > Example In Vivo Dose Response Curves

Early Formulation Evaluations

•	Analytical Chemistry Method Development and Characterization
•	Early Formulation Definition and Assessments
•	Stability and Solubility Requirements
•	Example Stability and Solubility Profiles

In Vitro Drug Metabolism and Delivery

            •	In Vitro Metabolism
       > GYP450 Isozymes, Microsomes, and/or Hepatocytes
       > Phase II Metabolism
       > Species Comparisons
       > Example Metabolism Profiles
            •    In Vitro Delivery
       > GI Tract and Example Absorption Profiles
       > Blood Brain Barrier
       > Skin and Other Member Types

Preliminary Animal Pharmacokinetics

•	Bioanalytical Chemistry Method Development and Characterization
•	Preliminary Protein Binding
•	Pharmacokinetic Experiments and Example Profiles
•	Search for Metabolites in Plasma, Urine, Bile

Early Toxicology Assessments

•	In Vitro Toxicology
•	Acute or Single-Dose Toxicology
•	Safety Pharmacology
•	Genotoxicity

Developability Assessment Logic Plan Generation Examples

Workshop to Design and Discuss Participant Prepared Developability Assessment Logic Plans