Heart failure is a clinical syndrome characterized by structural and functional changes due to a variety of causes, culminating in myocardial contractile dysfunction and decreased cardiac output. Ace Therapeutics provides integrated basic heart failure research and drug development services to help clients further explore the pathogenesis of heart failure and novel therapeutic approaches.
Heart failure, a circulatory system syndrome caused by impairment of the heart's systolic or diastolic function, resulting in blood stagnation in the venous system and blood inadequate perfusion in the arterial system. Heart failure can be caused by almost all types of heart and macrovascular disease. The triggers for heart failure are usually due to an increased load on the heart, such as lung infections and overexertion.
Fig. 1 Quality of life with acute heart failure. (Arrigo M, et al., 2020)
The principle of drug therapy for heart failure is to relieve symptoms and improve prognosis, and the current therapeutic drugs include renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, receptor blockers, aldosterone receptor antagonists, and SGLT-2 inhibitors. In addition, some new drug therapies, such as oligonucleotide therapy, have been widely used in the research of drugs for heart failure.
Drug Name | Drug Targets | Original Organization | Drug Phase |
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Tolvaptan Sodium Phosphate | AVPR2 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | Approved |
Vericiguat | sGC | Bayer AG | Approved |
Ertugliflozin | SGLT-2 | Pfizer Inc. | Approved |
Sotatercept | ACVR2A/Activin Receptor | Acceleron Pharma, Inc. | NDA |
Adrecizumab | Adrenomedullin | AdrenoMed AG | Phase 3 |
Ivabradine extended release | HCN channels | Abbott Laboratories | Phase 3 |
Recombinant human neuregulin-1 | NRG1 | Zensun (Shanghai) Sci & Tech Co., Ltd. | Phase 3 |
IONIS-AGT-LRx | AGT | Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Phase 2 |
JVS-100 | CXCR4 | Cleveland Clinic | Phase 2 |
NAN-101 | DUSP1 | Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. | Phase 2 |
Ace Therapeutics is committed to supporting basic research and development of novel therapeutic approaches for heart failure by providing outsourced research services for disease model development and related research technology platforms.
Research Models
Basic Research
Drug Development
There are many types of heart failure, and the pathogenesis of different types of heart failure is different and particularly complex. We deeply understand the importance of research models for heart failure research, and therefore we are committed to providing customized research model development services for our clients.
Custom Animal Model Development Services
Animal models of heart failure have been established by various methods, such as surgical induction, drug induction, or dietary induction. The changes and characteristics of heart function in various animal models of heart failure are also different. We are able to recommend and customize the construction of appropriate animal models of heart failure according to the needs of our clients' individual studies.
Transgenic Animal Model Development Services
With the intensive research on heart failure, more and more genes have been reported to be closely associated with the development of heart failure. We can provide our clients with the construction service of transgenic or knockout animal models of heart failure, including but not limited to the following genes.
Genetically Engineered Mouse Models
We can provide the following high quality genetically engineered mice for myocardial heart failure.
Cardiomyocytes
For in vitro research experiments on heart failure mechanisms, we can provide our customers with various types of cell lines for research to support the construction of in vitro cell injury models.
Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome and the common end result of many heart diseases. Based on our complete multi-omics research technology platform as well as our pathology and imaging technology platform, we can help our clients deeply investigate the pathogenesis of heart failure, identify novel biomarkers of heart failure, and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic agents.
Novel Biomarkers Discovery Services
In recent years, a variety of biomarkers reflecting heart failure have been identified and reported in studies, and these biomarkers provide strong support for the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of heart failure. Based on our multi-omics research platform, we can help our clients discover and characterize novel biomarkers for heart failure.
Pathology and Imaging Services
For animal research of heart failure, we can provide researchers with pathology and imaging services that enable intuitive model validation and efficacy assessment, including but not limited to:
In recent years, more and more therapies have been applied to the research and development of heart failure drugs, which provide a new direction for the therapy of heart failure. We can provide research and development services for heart failure drugs, including but not limited to the following drug types and targets:
R&D Services by Drug Type
R&D Services by Target
Ace Therapeutics provides our customers with basic research, biomarker development, and novel therapy discovery services based on decades of experience in the field of heart failure. If you are interested in our research services for heart failure, please don't hesitate to contact us.
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