Background
At the request of our client, ART Advanced Research and Technologies Inc., we developed an optical molecular imaging system to quantitatively evaluate the effect of new drugs on lab animals. ART, which specializes in products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, wanted a real-time, non-invasive way of visualizing biodistribution and pharmacokinetics in vivo.
Solution
The system, marketed by ART under the name of “Optix MX2,” stands out for its ability to recover fluorescence lifetime, which can be used to separate and quantify probe distributions depending on the biochemical environment. The sensitivity of this system surpasses competitors’ devices on the preclinical market because it can detect lower concentrations of signals deeper inside the body. This new system, which ART currently distributes directly in North America, is used by pharmaceutical industry leaders and scientists.