NIEHS procures Provantis preclinical software solution for National Toxicology Program studies

Instem, a leading provider of early drug development software solutions, announced today that the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has purchased the Provantis® preclinical software solution to support the collection, management and maintenance of the reproductive, perinatal and developmental National Toxicology Program (NTP) studies. These studies are done predominantly at contractor laboratories at various sites throughout the United States.

The value of the award to Instem, funded completely by the federal government, is $656,100.

Managed by NIEHS, the NTP is an interagency program whose mission is to evaluate agents of public health concern by developing and applying tools of modern toxicology and molecular biology. The program maintains an objective, science-based approach in dealing with critical issues in toxicology and is committed to using the best science available to prioritize, design, conduct, and interpret its studies.

The NIEHS will be using Instem's SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) model offering simpler, more cost effective ways to provide software functionality, maintenance, and support over the Internet. Since 2005, Instem has utilized a state-of-the-art data center, which is being used by clients running GLP and non-GLP studies.

Part of the integrated Provantis solution suite, this module will support the NTP reproductive toxicologist or teratologist in conducting all study types, including ICH protocols, multigeneration, developmental toxicity, behavioral and development neurotoxicity studies. Particularly flexible in its design, Instem's solution supports a full range of data entry types, simplifies the management of event driven studies while enabling NTP program users to generate simple and complex custom reports.