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LATEST NEWS

The Biological Test Center has closed -

As of June 2012, The Biological Test Center has closed and we are no longer providing any services. Thanks to everyone for all their support through the years.

We are Please to Introduce our New Director and General Manager -

Dr. Joseph Cappello received his PhD in Biological Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH. He is a specialist in medical device development and brings with him many years of experience including clinical trial management, immunoassay development, and pre-clinical study design and testing.

BTC is now ISO 17025 Accredited -

We are pleased to announce that the BTC is now ISO 17025 accredited. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding our biocompatibility testing.

Past News

ABOUT US

The Biological Test Center (BTC) was established in 1980 to serve the needs of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.

Our Center specializes in five main areas of medical product development:

Biocompatibility Studies (Medical Devices): USP, NF, ISO 10993, FDA OD G95-1
Ophthalmic/Ocular Drugs and Devices: In-vivo studies and multi-species model development including:
- Surgical evaluations
- Slit-lamp and fundus examinations
- Fluorescein angiography
- Neurodiagnostics
- Electroretinograms (ERGs)
- Visual-evoked potentials (VEPs)
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
- Intraocular pressure (IOP)
- Specular microscopy
- PK (including radiolabeled)
Please inquire about our ability to provide you with unique, multi-species model development for ocular studies.
Pharmacokinetic Studies (PK): Ocular and systemic, including radio-labeled, sample preparation, combustion, counting, and HPLC
Toxicology: Ocular, oral, dermal, IV, and topical studies with acute, sub-acute, and chronic duration
Surgical Services: Wound healing, stem cells, interventional cardiology, specialized tissue harvest, orthopedic studies, ocular surgeries (including fine micro-dessection)

The BTC’s facilities include:

Access to a multi-disciplined network of industry experts to suit our clients’ product development needs
Large vivarium
State-of-the-art ophthalmic diagnostic equipment
HEPA-filtered surgical suites (large and small species), including a dedicated clean room for specialized rodent surgeries
Pharmacokinetics/metabolism wet laboratory
Liquid scintillation counting laboratory
Chemistry laboratory providing analytical chemistry support for toxicology and metabolism studies
Necropsy suites (large and small species)

TRADESHOWS (2011)

Medical Design and Manufacturing West (Biomedical Devices) (MD&M) – Feb 16-18, 2011 Anaheim, CA
Society of Toxicology (SOT) – Mar 6-10, 2011 Washington DC
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) – May 1-5, 2011 Fort Lauderdale, FL

MEMBERSHIPS

The BTC and its staff are members of:

American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
California Biomedical Research Association (CBRA)
National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
Society for Biomaterials
Society of Quality Assurance (SQA)
Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio)