Shanghai ChemPartner’s Animal Facility Awarded AAALAC Accreditation
ShangPharma, today announced that its animal facility has received
accreditation from the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of
Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International.
AAALAC International is a private, non-profit organization that promotes
the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and
assessment programs. As a result of an extensive on-site evaluation, AAALAC
determined that Shanghai ChemPartner’s animal facility is committed to the
highest level of animal care and research practices.
AAALAC noted the following in its official approval letter: “The Shanghai
ChemPartner management and staff are commended for providing sound facilities
and programs for the care and use of laboratory animals. Especially noteworthy
were the strong administrative commitment to the program, as evidenced by the
financial support for the three well maintained, state-of-the-art animal
facilities and equipment, as well as the highly capable and qualified animal
resources staff; the active, conscientious, capable and very knowledgeable
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC); the knowledgeable and
experienced animal care and use staff; the dedication of a team who worked
extremely well together to ensure responsible and appropriate animal care and
use; the excellent documentation (Standard Operating Procedures and guidelines)
and records, with attention to detail and completeness; and the good animal
health. Therefore, FULL ACCREDITATION is awarded.”
“The AAALAC accreditation comes as a result of our efforts in expanding
service capabilities from chemistry to preclinical drug development including
in vivo pharmacology, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) and
toxicology,” commented
pleased to receive such high praise from the leading independent world body on
the care and use of laboratory animals. We are confident of being an industry
leader with the endorsement of AAALAC.”
About Shanghai ChemPartner
Founded in 2003, Shanghai ChemPartner (ChemPartner) is one of the leading
contract research organizations providing medicinal chemistry, discovery
biology, pharmacology, DMPK, toxicology, process R&D, analytical development,
formulation and contract manufacturing services to over 120 pharmaceutical and
biotech companies in the world. ChemPartner currently has a team of over 1,000
scientists including more than 100 senior scientific leaders with extensive
industry experiences gained from leading global pharmaceutical and biotech
companies. Headquartered in
development operations in
About ShangPharma
ShangPharma is a leading
and biotechnology research and development, who provides customized services
to international pharmaceutical, biotech, agrochemical and chemical companies.
As the holding company of Shanghai ChemPartner Co., Ltd., Shanghai
ChemExplorer Company Ltd., China Gateway Pharmaceutical (
China Gateway Pharma Products (
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical companies comprehensive services
and materials for their research and development needs. ShangPharma currently
has a team of more than 1,800 professionals, and more than 60% of the
employees have post graduate educational experience of Master or Ph.D. degrees.
ShangPharma has established comprehensive R&D partnerships with world-class
academic institutes, universities as well as healthcare industry and
organizations, to contribute more added-value for its clients’ success.
Further information is available at http://www.shangpharma.com .
About AAALAC International
AAALAC International is a private, non-profit organization that promotes
the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and
assessment programs. AAALAC stands for the “Association for Assessment and
Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.”
More than 800 companies, universities, hospitals, government agencies and
other research institutions in 32 countries have earned AAALAC accreditation,
demonstrating their commitment to responsible animal care and use. These
institutions volunteer to participate in AAALAC’s program, in addition to
complying with the local, state and federal laws that regulate animal research.
Further information is available at http://www.aaalac.org
SOURCE Shanghai ChemPartner