by Denise Purdie Andrews | Oct 18, 2024 | Drug Classes, General
By Stuart Kurtz, D-ABFT-FT At this year’s annual meeting of NAME, we presented a handful of case reports on tianeptine. We had previously provided some information on tianeptine in a blog post from September 18, 2023. The aim of this poster was to present cases where...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Jun 3, 2024 | General
Axis Forensic Toxicology is pleased to confirm that Dr. Laureen J. Marinetti, Ph.D., F-ABFT, will officially assume the role of Laboratory Director and Chief Toxicologist on June 1, 2024. This follows the announcement of Dr. George S. Behonick’s upcoming...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | May 3, 2024 | Drug Classes, General
By Stuart Kurtz, D-ABFT-FT Last month, Axis was represented at the Midwest Association for Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring’s annual meeting. Toxicologist Stuart Kurtz gave a presentation on the lab’s detections of carfentanil since Axis started testing for...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Jan 11, 2024 | General
By Kevin G. Shanks, M.S., D-ABFT-FT Axis Forensic Toxicology prides itself in its ability and willingness to provide continuing education and training for our forensic toxicology clients. One of these educational avenues is the Axis forensic medicine fellow training...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Dec 7, 2023 | Drug Classes, General
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT In October, I traveled to the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) annual meeting in Denver, CO and was able to present information about the newly emerged substituted cathinone, alpha-PiHP, and its detection in postmortem toxicology...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Nov 17, 2023 | Drug Classes, General
By Stuart Kurtz, D-ABFT-FT, This past October, I travelled to the annual meeting for the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) with our CEO, Phil Roberts, in San José, CA. While there, we had the pleasure of meeting with several of you and discussing how to...
