Simulations Plus, Inc, a leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, has signed a distributor agreement with the Research Institute for Liver Diseases (RILD) in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.

John DiBella, vice president for marketing and sales for Simulations Plus, said, “We’re very pleased to be working with the RILD to offer in silico consulting services using our various software programs in support of RILD’s in vitro experimental systems to its customers in China. Dr. Zhuohan Hu, president and chief executive officer, RILD is highly respected within the pharmaceutical industry in China, and we look forward to leveraging his connections with researchers at regulatory agencies and local companies to continue penetrating this growing market. We expect this new dealership to help promote our consulting services in the areas of drug absorption, toxicity, metabolism, and drug-drug interactions.”

The Research Institute for Liver Diseases (Shanghai) Co. (RILD) is the first contract research organisation in China dedicating itself to providing in vitro ADMET services and products to support drug development. Founded in 2002, RILD’s in vitro ADMET services, including metabolism and transporter substrate, inhibitor, and induction studies, are sponsored and certified by all major Chinese government agencies, and they count many international and local pharmaceutical companies and universities as clients.