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histology services</a></h2><div class="entry-meta"><span class="byline" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"> by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.covance.com/author/covance/">Covance by Labcorp</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="text-on">updated on </span><a href="https://blog.covance.com/2020/04/covance-becomes-first-major-central-laboratory-in-japan-to-add-anatomic-pathology-and-histology-services/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2020-06-30T16:09:54-04:00" itemprop="dateModified">Tuesday, June 30, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-04-23T14:20:26-04:00" itemprop="datePublished">Thursday, April 23, 2020</time></a></span></div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header home--> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>In an effort to support development of today’s novel therapies and help clients get faster clinical trial results, Covance recently expanded its Asia-Pacific footprint by becoming the first major central laboratory in Japan to add anatomic pathology and histology (APH) services at its Kawagoe facility. Learn more about how this … </p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> </footer><!-- .entry-footer home--> </div><!-- .text-holder --> </article><!-- #post-6406 --> <article id="post-3288" class="post-3288 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-clinical-development category-drug-development tag-central-laboratory-services-2 tag-diabetes tag-diabetic-kidney-disease tag-pharmacokinetics tag-pk-studies tag-renal-impairment latest_post" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Blog"> <a href="https://blog.covance.com/2017/08/assessing-pharmacokinetics-in-diabetic-patients-with-impaired-renal-function/" class="post-thumbnail"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series.jpg" class="attachment-blossom-feminine-cat size-blossom-feminine-cat wp-post-image" alt="35806701 - kidneys covance labs blog" srcset="https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series.jpg 2048w, https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series-150x150.jpg 150w, https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series-300x300.jpg 300w, https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series-768x768.jpg 768w, https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series-1024x1024.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="3382" data-permalink="https://blog.covance.com/2017/09/applying-preclinical-biomarkers-identify-renal-injuries/35806701-kidneys-2/" data-orig-file="https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series.jpg" data-orig-size="2048,2048" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"35806701 - kidneys","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"7activestudio\/123RF","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"35806701 - kidneys","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="35806701 – kidneys covance labs blog" data-image-description="<p>35806701 – kidneys covance labs blog</p> " data-medium-file="https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://blog.covance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Renal-Blog-Series-1024x1024.jpg" /></a> <div class="text-holder"> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="top"> <div class="share"> <i class="fa fa-share-alt"></i>Share <div class="social-networks"> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.covance.com/2017/08/assessing-pharmacokinetics-in-diabetic-patients-with-impaired-renal-function/&title=Assessing%20Pharmacokinetics%20in%20Diabetic%20Patients%20with%20Impaired%20Renal%20Function" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=Assessing%20Pharmacokinetics%20in%20Diabetic%20Patients%20with%20Impaired%20Renal%20Function https://blog.covance.com/2017/08/assessing-pharmacokinetics-in-diabetic-patients-with-impaired-renal-function/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.covance.com/2017/08/assessing-pharmacokinetics-in-diabetic-patients-with-impaired-renal-function/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li><li><a href="mailto:?Subject=Assessing%20Pharmacokinetics%20in%20Diabetic%20Patients%20with%20Impaired%20Renal%20Function&Body=https://blog.covance.com/2017/08/assessing-pharmacokinetics-in-diabetic-patients-with-impaired-renal-function/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://blog.covance.com/2017/08/assessing-pharmacokinetics-in-diabetic-patients-with-impaired-renal-function/" rel="bookmark">Assessing Pharmacokinetics in Diabetic Patients with Impaired Renal Function</a></h2><div class="entry-meta"><span class="byline" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"> by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blog.covance.com/author/russdixonmd/">Russ Dixon, MD</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="text-on">updated on </span><a href="https://blog.covance.com/2017/08/assessing-pharmacokinetics-in-diabetic-patients-with-impaired-renal-function/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2020-03-19T16:15:26-04:00" itemprop="dateModified">Thursday, March 19, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2017-08-10T10:10:17-04:00" itemprop="datePublished">Thursday, August 10, 2017</time></a></span></div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header home--> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>Pharmacokinetic (PK) data guide the safe and effective management of a drug treatment; however, with diabetic patients, PK studies can be especially challenging. 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