Research and Innovation

We put at your disposal a highly experienced team to develop a specific model for your product development. Given that, we are able to develop, thanks to the team of expert and surgeons, a great variety of surgical models in many different systems and organs. In addition, can run the most sophisticated surgical techniques and procedures.

We also develop induced models customized to the sponsor’s needs.

Some of the models developed at Specipig include:

I&D
  • Research and Development of new disease pig models
  • Customization of new disease or surgical pig models
Eyes – Ophthalmology
Skin - Dermatology
  • Wound healing model
  • Wound challenge model
  • Impaired healing wound model
  • Skin burn model
  • Full and partial wound healing model
  • SC administration
Renal
  • Renal transplant model
  • Partial or total nephrectomy model
Sepsis
  • LPS sepsis model
  • Acute clinical sepsis model
  • Acute subclinical sepsis model
Neonate - Preterm
  • Preterm UCI necrotic enterocolitis (NEC) model
Dental
  • Implant model
  • Dental bone regeneration
Cardiovascular
  • Thrombus model
  • Myocardial infarct / ischemia model (MI)
Cases
Specipig miniature pig in metabolic disease insulin independent SC administration PK study
A pharmacokinetic (PK) assessment was performed in a porcine model (Specipig miniature pig), which was expected...
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Establishment of a reproducible and minimally invasive ischemic stroke model in swine
Researchers of the Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (CMN) Research Group at the Germans Trias i Pujol...
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Dental implant research
Specipig has signed an agreement with Zircon Medical, Swiss-based ceramic implant manufacturer made up of a...
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A Swine Model of Selective Geographic Atrophy of Outer Retinal Layers Mimicking Atrophic AMD: A Phase I Escalating Dose of Subretinal Sodium Iodate
Despite recent advances in treatment of the wet form of AMD,1–6 the clinical outcome of AMD often...
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