ICPD Announces Partnership with JMI Laboratories

Albany, NY, 30 July 2005 – Institute for Clinical Pharmacodynamics (ICPD) announced today an alliance with JMI Laboratories to offer comprehensive preclinical development services for biocides, antibacterial, and antifungal agents. ICPD will provide statistical and modeling support for a variety of initiatives, including decision support for susceptibility breakpoints, dose regimen justification, epidemiological and surveillance studies. JMI Laboratories specializes in global antimicrobial resistance surveillance, such as the SENTRY and MYSTIC Programs.

“We are ecstatic to collaborate with scientists from JMI Laboratories; they are world-recognized leaders in molecular microbiology and antimicrobial surveillance,” said Paul G. Ambrose, Pharm.D, the Director of ICPD. “JMI Laboratories resistance surveillance programs are among the few long-standing, longitudinal, global efforts that address the broad aspects of resistance in animals and humans.”

“ICPD expertise in pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling is simply unrivaled in anti-infective drug development,” said Ronald N. Jones, MD, the President and CEO of JMI Laboratories. “ICPD expertise ranges from in vitro and in vivo infection models through pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic studies in man, to epidemiology studies of antimicrobial resistance.”

“The synergistic relationship between JMI Laboratories, a world-class microbiology laboratory, and ICPD working toward common goals will provide a powerful mechanism for better drug development decision making for the benefit of drug companies and patients alike,” said George L. Drusano, MD, Co-Director of the Ordway Research Institute.

About ICPD, Ordway Research Institute
The ICPD serves as a center for translational science collaboration to the world. We help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies get more effective and safer drugs to patients through advanced methods of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic system analysis. Our general contact information is as follows:

Telephone: (518) 429-2600
Info-ICPD@OrdwayResearch.org

About JMI Laboratories
JMI Laboratories serve as specialists in anti-infective (antibacterials, antifungals and antiseptics) research. Our mission is to assist our clients with their antimicrobial development needs by providing and delivering those required services to the highest possible standards, and by accomplishing this in a cost competitive manner. JMI Laboratories is conveniently located in the heartland in North Liberty, Iowa, USA, which is a very short distance from the Eastern Iowa Regional Airport (Cedar Rapids; code: CID). Our general contact information is as follows:

Telephone: (319) 665-3370
Fax: (319) 665-3371
info@jmilabs.com
www.JMILabs.com