Mechanistic Toxicology & Functional Screening

Transforming Early Safety Assessment with Human-Relevant, Mechanistic, In Vitro Tools, New Approach Methods (NAMs)

At INDIGO Biosciences, we provide specialized preclinical safety and toxicology services that emphasize mechanistic insight, human relevance, high throughput, and early decision-making. Our platform supports your traditional ADME/pharmacokinetics or in vivo safety pharmacology by delivering functional, cell-based assays, human hepatocyte-based liver safety testing, metabolic liability screens, and off-target receptor profiling all tailored to support discovery and lead-optimization workflows under modern New Approach Methods (NAMs).

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In Vitro Hepatotoxicity Safety Testing

Identify DILI risk, metabolic liabilities, efflux/transporter-mediated issues or DDI liability before in vivo or clinical stages, chemical clearance.

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Metabolism-Dependent Safety Screening

Evaluate metabolism-based safety or interaction risk, guide medicinal chemistry or formulation.

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in vitro Toxicity Testing

Explore Cytotoxicity, Drug Drug Interactions, and chemical metabolism

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Endocrine Disruptor Testing

Flag endocrine or receptor-mediated liabilities, off-target effects, metabolic-disruption risk, or receptor activation toxicity early in lead series

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Custom Assay Development

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We help Clients

  • Identify endocrine, metabolic, and receptor-mediated toxicity liabilities early
  • Evaluate hepatotoxicity and drug–drug interaction (DDI) risk using human-relevant liver models
  • Screen for off-target pharmacology and unintended pathway activation
  • Prioritize safer, more viable chemical series before committing to costly in vivo or clinical programs
  • Test for chemical clearance
  • SAR optimization

 

Why Choose INDIGO’s Mechanistic Toxicology & Functional Screening Services?

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Early Risk Assessment

By integrating mechanistic, metabolic, and toxicity screening at an early stage, you can identify red flags before committing to expensive in vivo or clinical studies.

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Human-relevant, mechanistic data

Our assays use human cells (or human-relevant models) to generate functional responses; this improves translatability and reduces reliance on animal models.

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Comprehensive deliverables

Full reports, raw data, GraphPad files, and expert interpretation support informed decision-making.

Get your Studies Started in Three Simple Steps

Design your next Mechanistic Toxicology & Functional Screening service rapidly and confidently with our expert team.

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Step 1: Contact our scientific team to schedule a consultation and define your study design

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Step 2: Design Your Service Study with Our Scientists

Receive your quote and a custom draft of your Service Work Order.

Review and adjust to fit your needs.

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Step 3: Send Your Samples and Get Your Results

Provide your samples or compounds, and we will do the rest.

Let’s talk about your safety screening needs.

See What Our Customers Have to Say

“I think if we had gone with anyone else, we would still be running assays rather than having confidence in the data that we've gained with INDIGO.”

Mark

Principal Scientist

“I really appreciate their detailed reports.”

Linda

Scientist

“The experiment turn-over time was fast, yet data package and report were of great quality.”

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Associate Director
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