BioModels, a Boston-based preclinical Contract Research Organization, has consistently provided our biotech, pharmaceutical, and academic clients with expertly conducted and highly translational rodent models of disease since our inception in 1997. Our scientific expertise spans the fields of immunology/inflammation, with expertise in IBD, as well as cancer supportive care, pulmonary disease, fibrosis, oncology, and many other indications. We’ve conducted studies in collaboration with more than 300 unique companies over the past decade. Many of the world’s most respected biotech and pharmaceutical companies regularly rely on BioModels’ expertise and efficiency to conduct their outsourced preclinical research.
What Makes Us Unique?
Personalized Service: We view our clients as collaborators rather than customers. The result is an active engagement in personal service and scientific discussions to develop and execute your studies. At BioModels, you will work with a PhD level scientist who is an expert in your selected disease indication. Your scientific partner will be your primary resource to assist in study design, monitor quality control, and provide timely updates on study progress, allowing for real time decisions that often result in improved study outcomes.
Innovative Solutions: Customized animal models are often needed to keep pace with the ever-changing landscape of medicine and science. BioModels specializes in the development of custom disease models to accommodate novel therapeutics and disease indications for which the current animal models are insufficient or do not exist. For our clients, this results in successful preliminary testing of compounds in emerging (or understudied) therapeutic areas, mechanism of action studies, and the identification of novel molecular biomarkers of disease.
Translational Disease Models: Core to the BioModels mission is to provide clinically relevant and highly translational models of human diseases. Providing this distinctive service at a consistently high level of quality is made possible by the unique blend of professionals comprising the BioModels team. The combination of skill-sets produce an efficient team with a track record of enabling well over 100 novel therapeutics to move from test tube to patients.
Accredited
BioModels has earned accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) for upholding the highest standards in animal use and care.
BioModels is compliant with all U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards.
*BioModels is compliant with all Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) policies and guidelines.
BioModels was founded in 1997 by Dr. Edward Fey, Dr. Stephen T. Sonis, and Harry Barnett. Drs. Fey and Sonis, both employees of Brigham and Women’s Hospital at the time, recognized that there was a critical need for access to highly translational disease models to de-risk biotech/pharmaceutical companies’ transition from the laboratory to the clinic. They also realized that many of the models used by Brigham investigators could be adapted for drug development and modified to focus on clinical endpoints. In collaboration with the Brigham, and using models developed by Dr. Stephen Sonis for the study of oral mucositis as a prototype, the company was started.
As the company has grown over the past 25+ years, BioModels has expanded its personnel, space, and expertise. In 2012 Daniel Lichtman joined BioModels as Managing Partner and shortly thereafter, then Director of Research Dr. Gregory D. Lyng also became a partner. After more than a decade in Watertown, MA, BioModels moved to its current location in Waltham, MA in 2019. The new location’s 25,000+ square feet allowed for the development of a purpose-built facility to support multiple vivarium’s, procedure rooms, surgical suites as well as in vitro spaces to support cell culture, microbiology, and our ever-expanding selection of assays/technology. Our AALAC accredited state-of-the-art facility enhances our ability to continue to develop a wide range of models in immunology/inflammatory disease, cancer supportive care, oncology, pulmonary, fibrosis, metabolic diseases, among many other indications. Our location makes it easy for companies in the Boston area to work with us an extension of their labs, coming in to observe procedures, picking up fresh samples, or providing us with fresh materials/test articles that are necessary for their projects.
BioModels prides itself on being a reliable and high-quality CRO focused on a collaborative commitment to breakthrough science. We understand that every aspect of your experiment is important - choosing a partner to execute your vision is a big decision and we don’t take that lightly. Integrity is a core value that is critical to our success, it creates trust, both internally and externally. Internally this allows our teams to work together to create a high-quality product. Externally, it ensures our clients view us as collaborators who share their goals and eagerness to deliver on each experiment, which is central to our business strategy.
Mission Critical is a powerful phrase and that’s why we’re using it- we know these experiments can make or break a drug moving forward into the next phase of development. We’re here to provide you with good science, high standards and quality data.
Together let’s improve treatment options for patients and expand personalized medicine.
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Chief Scientific Officer