Advanced Therapies

Accelerate Your Research with Pebble’s LIVING-ORGAN Systems.

Kidney

Liver

Spleen

Eye

Limb

Heart

Multi-Organ

Blood
About Us
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably met us at advanced therapies.
Our LIVING-ORGAN systems offer a unique platform to evaluate advanced therapies, including gene therapies, exosomes and nanoparticles.
Using FDA-approved systems, our platforms replicate in-vivo physiology, delivering rapid, clinically relevant insights into therapy distribution, metabolism and off-target effects – all without the delays and high costs of in vivo studies. Platforms can be tailored to different studies, with a team of experts who ensure your specific research needs are met.
This approach reduces timelines from months to weeks, offers significant cost savings compared to in vivo studies, and uses ethically sourced tissues meaning it’s not classed as animal research.
As well as generating rapid non-reportable data to accelerate preclinical development, we can produce data to support IND submissions and clinical trial designs.

What We Offer
Our MULTI-ORGAN systems replicate the dynamic interactions between organs providing a unique platform to evaluate safety and efficacy including:

Biodistribution

Tropism

Pharmacodynamics

Organ-specific & Systemic Toxicity

Pharmacokinetics
Case Studies
1. Evaluating safety and biodistribution of an exosome therapy targeting the spleen

Control Treated
Pebble assessed the safety and biodistribution of a novel fluorescently-tagged exosome using the LIVING-SPLEEN system.
We confirmed safety, and that exosomes target and accumulate in the white pulp (germinal centre) of the spleen.
2. Ameliorating IRI post-transplantation using ROS- scavenging nanoparticles

Paired donor kidneys were randomised to either a standard LIVING KIDNEY system, or a perfusion with nanoparticles for 6 hours. Thereafter, kidneys were placed onto new circuits with allogeneic blood (mimicking transplantation) to assess transplant outcomes. This confirmed that nanoparticles significantly improved renal function.
Furthermore treated kidneys also presented with improved tissue integrity and reduced urine albumin concentration during reperfusion, potentially in response to reduced oxidative stress, cell damage, complement activation, and MAC formation.
Immunohistochemistry was performed to evaluate biodistribution, confirming tropism is at the cellular level, and was associated with downregulated VCAM-1.
Testimonial
“We used Pebble to perform an early preclinical evaluation of novel polysulphide nanoparticle formulation with potent antioxidant properties. Pebble designed a series of experiments to replicate transplant reperfusion, and generated a clinically relevant datapack within a matter of weeks, demonstrating that our NPs were both safe and effective. We then requested additional studies to delineate optimal dosing and mechanism of action. Pebble further developed a bespoke kidney platform and confirmed our NPs were scavenging ROS and reducing reperfusion-associated inflammation
What impressed me the most was the efficiency of Pebble. They took care of experimental designs, performed all surgical procedures independently, collected and analysed data, and helped us prepare a manuscript under review in a high impact journal. This preclinical work is directly supporting our next phase of research, including an ambitious investment plan. It’s remarkable that the entire study was completed at a fraction of the cost of a large animal model, with a more streamlined regulatory process fully handled by Pebble. We will definitely use Pebble again in future endeavours.”
– Professor Richard D’Arcy
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
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