CPCS Services
Complete Study Management
The Center for Preclinical Studies is a premier Testing Facility serving the biomedical research community in the advancement of novel and translational medical technologies from exploratory R&D through to translational and late-stage testing. Established in 1994 at the University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute, the Center maintains a team of experienced personnel providing academic researchers and Industry Partners complete study management support from careful planning, compliance, study development, application investigational materials/devices, in-life data collection and management through to post-study evaluation and archiving…
Quality Management System
The MIRM-CPCS is a Pitt service center operating under the guidance of an internal Quality Management Systems (QMS) program implementing elements based on the Food and Drug Administration’s Good Laboratory Practices Regulations (21CFR58) as the general reference standard for quality and data integrity. The CPCS QAU Program emphasizes an approach of continual process improvement by the implementation of a “tiered system” of standard operating procedures (SOPs) supporting ongoing personnel training, stringent documentation standards, data collection practices, and equipment maintenance and calibration schedules. These documents are controlled in our electronic Quality Management…