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Physiologically based pharmacokinetic models of small molecules and therapeutic antibodies: a mini‐review on fundamental concepts and applications

Ferl, Gregory Z., Theil, Frank‐Peter, Wong, Harvey·2016·Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition

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The mechanisms of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of small and large molecule therapeutics differ significantly from one another and can be explored within the framework of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model. This paper briefly reviews fundamental approaches to PBPK modeling, in which drug kinetics within tissues and organs are explicitly represented using physiologically meaningful parameters. The differences in PBPK models applied to small/large molecule drugs are highlighted, thus elucidating differences in absorption, distribution and elimination properties between these two classes of drugs in a systematic manner. The absorption of small and large molecules differs with respect to their common extravascular routes of delivery (oral versus subcutaneous). The role of the lymphatic system in drug distribution, and the involvement of tissues as sites of elimination (through catabolism and target mediated drug disposition) are unique features of antibody distribution and elimination that differ from small molecules, which are commonly distributed into the tissues but are eliminated primarily by liver metabolism. Fundamental differences exist in the ability to predict human pharmacokinetics based upon preclinical data due to differing mechanisms governing small and large molecule disposition. These differences have influence on the evolving utilization of PBPK modeling in the discovery and development of small and large molecule therapeutics. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors
Ferl, G. Z., Theil, F., & Wong, H.
Affiliations
  • Genentech (US)
  • UCB Pharma (Belgium) (BE)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Ferl, Gregory Z.
Venue
Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-03
Volume
37
Issue
2
Pages
75-92
ISSN
  • 0142-2782 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-081X
OpenAlex
W1930401516
Cited by
54
References
80
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pharmaceutical studies and practices
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
Keywords
physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling, therapeutic antibodies, small molecule drugs, drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism, drug elimination, lymphatic system, target-mediated drug disposition, tissue catabolism, oral versus subcutaneous administration
MeSH terms
Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humans, Models, Biological

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