Forensic toxicology

Comprehensive drugs of abuse testing solutions

The scope of forensic toxicology testing has evolved drastically over the past few decades. The prevalence of illicit drug consumption combined with the emergence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) on the recreational drug market has increased the complexity of drug testing and created constantly evolving challenges for forensic toxicologists. Whether your laboratory focuses on controlled substances testing, screening and confirmation or advanced forensic research such as unknown substance characterization and identification, you need comprehensive solutions to keep up with your casework and report your results with the highest level of confidence.

SCIEX provides innovative LC-MS/MS solutions tailored to your toxicology laboratory operations. From accurate quantitation of known drugs and metabolites to confident screening, characterization and identification of unknown substances, our robust instrumentation portfolio provides the sensitivity, specificity and selectivity required for your most challenging workflows. Learn more about SCIEX solutions that can help you meet your current and future lab needs with end-to-end mass spectrometry-based workflows for each of the following forensic toxicology applications.

Targeted and non-targeted drug screening using accurate mass

Whether you are performing broad screening to identify substances present in a biological sample or targeting a specific panel of drugs and metabolites for quantitative analysis, SCIEX provides fast, sensitive solutions to address your screen-to-confirmation workflows and streamline your laboratory caseloads.

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Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) analysis

SCIEX developed workflows for NPS analysis leverage the power of LC-MS/MS to reliably characterize, identify and quantify these substances. Our extended portfolio of products and solutions provides the speed, sensitivity and confidence forensic laboratories require when detecting NPS in a variety of complex biological matrices.

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Targeted quantitative drug testing

The ability to accurately quantify large panels of drugs and metabolites in complex biological matrices is critical for many drug confirmation workflows. SCIEX offers a wide portfolio of triple quadrupole systems capable of delivering the required levels of selectivity and sensitivity to meet your specific lab requirements and budget.

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Forensic toxicology solutions from SCIEX

ZenoTOF 7600 system

Get qualitative flexibility combined with quantitative power. The ZenoTOF 7600 system represents a crucial step change in MS/MS technology with electron activated dissociation (EAD) and provides a new level of power for characterizing your forensic samples.

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X500R QTOF system

Benefit from an easy-to-use mass spectrometry system that analyzes data faster through the power of data-independent acquisition with SWATH DIA.

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SCIEX OS software

Discover an all-in-one software that lets you acquire, process and analyze data and even generate reports.

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More forensic-related content

Homeland security

Detecting trace levels of seized drugs, chemical warfare agents, explosives or illicit materials requires high throughput and sensitive instrumentation. SCIEX has an extensive portfolio of LC-MS/MS instrumentation that provides the evidence required by the forensic and security communities.

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Cannabinoid analysis and potency testing

The diversity of cannabinoids makes it hard to perform analysis and potency testing accurately. SCIEX provides sensitive, precise instrumentation capable of differentiating synthetic and natural cannabinoids. Forensic labs, where such use is permitted under local state or country law, can now test with the highest confidence.

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Doping control

Unveil the truth hidden in doping samples by leveraging SCIEX solutions to confidently detect, identify and quantify trace levels of prohibited substances in biological specimens. Our robust suite of instruments provides the sensitivity, specificity and selectivity required to deliver confident results and keep competition fair.

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