Geneva, Switzerland: Concateno staff publish research at TIAFT conference 23rd-27th August 2009
(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) -- 450 scientists from around the world gather this week at the 47th Meeting of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT); Concateno scientists contributed to the following poster presentations:
“Simultaneous quantitative determination of opioid dependency treatment drugs in human urine using UPLC®-MS/MS” by R. Watts, A. Traynor (Concateno), and M. Wood
In collaboration with Waters Coporation, a senior Concateno scientist has co-authored a poster about developing and validating a single simple and rapid UPLC/MS/MS method for the simultaneous quantitative determination of the opioid dependency treatment drugs methadone, buprenorphine and dihydrocodeine in urine samples. This research could cut sample preparation time by 50%.
Waters Corp. designs, manufactures, sells and services ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), chromatography columns and chemistry products, mass spectrometry (MS) systems, thermal analysis and rheometry instruments.
and “Monitoring Naltrexone to Support Opiate Detoxification Programs” by A.M. Lockley, C. George (Concateno, research at City Hospital NHS Trust), S. George
TIAFT groups over 1400 members from all regions of the world who are actively engaged in analytical toxicology or allied areas with the aims of this association are to promote cooperation and coordination of efforts among members and to encourage research in forensic toxicology.
TIAFT members come from the police force, medical examiners and coroners' laboratories, horseracing and sports doping laboratories, hospitals, departments of legal medicine, pharmacology, pharmacy and toxicology.
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