Cardiac Ion Channel Testing Service

Dr. Timm Danker
Group Leader Electrophysiology

Detect safety issues at the early stages of drug development

In line with the currently discussed expansion of cardiac safety assessment from hERG screening to a comprehensive assessment of ion channel effects, we offer a premium panel of CiPA-compliant cardiac ion channel assays. Our safety panel includes the key cardiac channels, providing a robust, cost-effective approach to cardiac safety testing.

 

Our services

Our Cardiac Ion Channel Panel services as well as our “Multiwell Cardiac Screen” Assay use human cardiomyocytes to allow a greater insight into potential cardiac risks, and allow for more effective decision making in early preclinical development.

  • hERG                delayed rectifier potassium current (IKr)
  • Cav1.2               L-type calcium current (ICa)
  • Nav1.5               sodium current (INa)
  • Kir2.1                 inward rectifier potassium current (IK1)
  • KvLQT1/minK    delayed rectifier potassium current (IKs)
  • Kv4.3                 transient outward potassium current (Ito)
  • Kv1.5                 delayed rectifier potassium current (IKur)

 

Methods

  • Manual Patch Clamp
  • Automated Patch Clamp (Qpatch)

 

Instruments

  • Sophion Qpatch 16X