ARCADIA PRECLINICAL PARTNERS LLC
Preclinical Drug Development Consulting

About Us
Bringing 23 years of industry leading experience, Arcadia Preclinical Partners LLC was founded in 2021 with the mission of providing our clients with expert and timely guidance for preclinical drug development programs. Beyond providing overall direction with respect to successful program development and implementation, we offer specialized services in key areas of safety evaluation. As a unique addition to traditional preclinical consulting services, Arcadia Preclinical Partners also offers educational guidance for technical staff and institutional trainers to help our Clients assure consistency in performance excellence as well as to incorporate new capabilities.
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Meet the Partners

Principal Consultant, Managing Director
Ted Baird PhD, DSP
Dr. Baird is Principal Consultant and Managing Director of Arcadia Preclinical Partners, a pharmacology and toxicology consultancy with specialization in cardiovascular and neurobehavioral sciences. Ted has wide-ranging and deep industry experience, including 23 years in hands-on preclinical study/program design, management, and execution, as well as scientific interpretation and regulatory report writing. Qualitative and quantitative electrocardiography interpretation, scientific (primary investigator/internal scientist) writing and scientific peer review have been routinely performed for over 18 years, with hundreds of main study reports and specialty sub-reports successfully submitted. He has held scientific and overall leadership positions within the Contract Research arena for over 20 years, with a proven track record of partnering with clients to effectively navigate technical, logistic, regulatory and scientific aspects of program development.

Operations Manager, Consulting Partner
Gianna Service MD
Dr. Service holds a BS in Physiology and a Doctor of Medicine (MD), both from Michigan State University. She has been a practicing physician for over 17 years, with board certification in Family Medicine and serving in various professional management roles. As a medical doctor, she brings diverse understandings and experiences with human anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and applied therapeutics. With Dr. Baird, she serves as a main point of contact, directing organizational logistics and communications for Arcadia Preclinical Partners.
Services

Safety Evaluation Program Development and Oversight
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Program Guidance
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Gap Analysis
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Protocol Development
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Study Monitoring
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Scientific Writing, Editing, and Review

Neurobehavioral Safety Assessment
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Tier I and higher order CNS safety assessment
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Drug Abuse and Dependence Liability
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Sensory evaluations

Electrocardiography Assessment and Interpretation
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Multi-species, preclinical
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Qualitative Rhythm Assessment
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Quantitative Interval Analysis
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Toxicology and safety pharmacology study support

Business Unit Consulting
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Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology
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Assessment, strategic planning, implementation
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Staff training and development
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Professional referrals

Educational Services
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Technical Staff training
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Specialized education for trainers
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Study Director and Study Monitor development
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Key areas of expertise:
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Cardiovascular and neurobehavioral assessments
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Electrocardiography
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Integrated study designs
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Scientific data collection systems and processes
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CONTACT US
222 N Kalamazoo Mall Suite 350, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA
269-303-1760



