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Services
Holburn
operates at the interface between academic research and
commercial scientific development. To protect our clients' proprietary information, we have a strict confidentiality policy in place.
Our emphasis is on customer satisfaction.
Laboratory
Holburn
staff have expertise in the following techniques and fields:
- Novel
models to examine specific aspects of visceral perception
and pain
- Investigation
of disordered sensory functions in both visceral and somatic
pain
- Routine
and specialized histopathology services
- Immunohistochemistry
and in situ hybridization for novel or known substances
- Intracellular
and extracellular electrophysiology
- Afferent
nerve recordings
- Patch
clamp recordings
- Doppler
blood flow studies
- Generation
or review of R&D protocols
Consulting
Holburn's
team of opinion leaders, experienced scientists and researchers
provide consulting services in the following research areas:
- Gastrointestinal
physiology
- Histology
- Histopathology
- Immunohistochemistry
- In
situ hybridization
- Mast
cell biology
- Mucosal
Immunology
- Neuroimmunology
- Neurophysiology
- Data
presentation and analysis
- Microphotography
- Digital
imaging and analysis
Management
Holburn's
experienced management team has successfully acted as a catalyst to
start-up biotechnology and biomedical science companies
by assisting
them with financial, legal, accounting and human resource
issues. This support allows a new company to focus on its
particular research or technology and thus become established
and competitive at an early stage.
Education
The
staff at Holburn have years of experience in teaching at
all levels of post-secondary education and in implementing
"in house" or "off site" training programmes.
This expertise is offered to Holburn's clients as part of
training and development initiatives. Instruction in the
establishment of new techniques and technology transfer
programmes are also available.
Clinical
Trials
Holburn
collaborates with pharmaceutical industry partners in the
design, implementation and management of clinical trials.
In addition, Holburn scientists are developing innovative
approaches to minimize placebo responses, with
the objective of increasing the reliability of clinical
trial data, thus shortening the time to market for new pharmaceuticals.
The clinical trial services offered include:
- Investigative
and new drug submissions
- Clinical
trial design and management
- Pharmaceutical
and non-pharmaceutical approaches to the treatment of
pain
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