Discovery of the new active ingredient tigolaner, an allosteric modulator of the GABA-gated chloride channel for use as a spot-on ectoparasiticide in animal health.

Parasiticides play a crucial role in animal health. The need for innovative ectoparasiticides for companion animals has been growing, driven by the risks posed by parasites to both animals and humans. We detail here the discovery pathway of tigolaner, an ectoparasiticide, offering up to 13 weeks protection against fleas and ticks to cats.

Derisking Future Agrochemicals before They Are Made: Large-Scale In Vitro Screening for In Silico Modeling of Thyroid Peroxidase Inhibition.

Inhibition of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) is a known molecular initiating event for thyroid hormone dysregulation and thyroid toxicity. Consequently, TPO is a critical off-target for the design of safer agrochemicals. To date, fewer than 500 structurally characterized TPO inhibitors are known, and the most comprehensive result set generated under identical conditions encompasses approximately 1000 compounds from a subset of the ToxCast compound collection.

An in vitro assay approach to investigate the potential impact of different doping agents on the steroid profile.

The steroid profile, that is, the urinary concentrations and concentration ratios of selected steroids, is used in sports drug testing to detect the misuse of endogenous steroids such as testosterone. Since several years, not only population-based thresholds are applied but also the steroid profile is monitored via the Athlete Biological Passport whereby the individual reference ranges derived from multiple test results of the same athlete are compared to population-based thresholds. In order to maintain a high probative force of the passport, samples collected or analyzed under suboptimal conditions should not be included in the longitudinal review.