# BIOLOGICAL TESTING FACILITY - "CONTRACEPTIVE TARGET WEB APPLICATIONS"

> **NIH NIH N01** · SRI INTERNATIONAL · 2021 · $199,786

## Abstract

One major obstacle in early phase non-steroidal contraceptive discovery and development is
limited by known targets and readily accessibility of this information. It is important to facilitate
the discovery, curation and availability of contraceptive targets with the aim of developing new
approaches to advance next generation of safe contraceptive drug/device. To alleviate this
obstacle, bioinformatics driven approach to identify and curate those targets from the existing
databases was established. To further allow easy accessibility and friendly user interface for this
database, a web application is needed. The Biological Testing Facility has bioinformatics and web
design and application capability to achieve this task, in addition to permit rapid evaluation (in
vitro and in vivo) of new compositions of matter to the target, efficacy evaluation, safety/
toxicology assessment, drug formulations, delivery systems, and devices for contraceptives
followed by clinical batch preparation/ release and continued stability testing of drugs to be
evaluated in clinical trials. The BTF provides overall project management and the capabilities to
support all phases of novel target product identification, drug discovery/ optimization, preclinical
activities and development of contraceptives and associated tasks leading to the filing of
investigational new drug (IND) applications.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10361637
- **Project number:** 75N94020D00003-0-759402100002-1
- **Recipient organization:** SRI INTERNATIONAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Toufan  Parman
- **Activity code:** N01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $199,786
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2021-01-07 → 2023-01-06

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10361637

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10361637, BIOLOGICAL TESTING FACILITY - "CONTRACEPTIVE TARGET WEB APPLICATIONS" (75N94020D00003-0-759402100002-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10361637. Licensed CC0.

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