Publications by authors named "Smaragda Dimitrakopoulou"

In-vivo toxicity assessment is an important step prior to clinical development and is still the main source of data for overall risk assessment of a new molecular entity (NCE). All in-vivo studies are performed according to regulatory requirements and many efforts have been exerted to minimize these studies in accordance with the (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) 3Rs principle. Many aspects of in-vivo toxicology packages can be optimized to reduce animal use, including the number of studies performed as well as study durations, which is the main focus of this analysis.

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Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disease that affects several tissues: cartilage, synovium, meniscus and subchondral bone. The pathophysiology of this complex disease is still not completely understood and existing pharmaceutical strategies are limited to pain relief treatments. Therefore, a computational method was developed considering the diverse mechanisms and the multi-tissue nature of OA in order to suggest pharmaceutical compounds.

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