As a leading contract research organization, Southern Research provides drug discovery and pre-clinical drug development to pharmaceutical and biotechnology on an outsourced basis.

Southern Research has capabilities in all phases of the early-stage drug discovery and development process and provides clients with comprehensive services and support to assist them in streamlining their custom drug discovery and development programs.

Some of Southern Research's significant pre-clinical research accomplishments include:

• demonstrated the efficacy of combination chemotherapy in mice, leading the way for the development of therapeutic approaches with improved clinical outcomes in certain cancers
• performed pre-clinical drug development evaluations and analyses on approximately half of the FDA-approved cancer therapeutics currently on the market
• contributed to the development of the first drug delivery technology for the extended release of synthetic agents that promote the treatment of prostate cancer