by Denise Purdie Andrews | May 28, 2025 | Announcements
Axis is pleased to recognize the four Forensic Medicine Fellows that recently completed Axis’ toxicology rotation. The rotation is a week-long virtual program where participants reviewed many aspects of a modern forensic toxicology operation, including the...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | May 12, 2025 | Announcements, Drug Classes
At this year’s MATT meeting, Dr. Laureen Marinetti spoke to attendees about how to differentiate between ketamine used illicitly versus ketamine used medically. She also discussed the origin of medical and illicit ketamine. Ketamine was developed in 1962 for use as...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Apr 24, 2025 | Announcements
At this year’s MATT meeting, Stuart Kurtz spoke to attendees about the prevalence of nitazene analogs and the concentrations at which Axis detects them. We have previously discussed what nitazenes are in blog posts (see links below). As a reminder, they are potent mu...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Mar 26, 2025 | Announcements
Axis toxicologists Laureen Marinetti, PhD, F-ABFT, and Stuart Kurtz, M.S, D-ABFT-FT, will be presenting at the Midwest Association of Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (MATT) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee Wisconsin, April 2-4, 2025. Their presentation topics...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Mar 11, 2025 | Drug Classes
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT 1,1-Difluoroethane (DFE) is a chemical compound that belongs to the family of hydrofluorocarbons, also known as HFCs. DFE has a chemical formula C2H4F2 and is a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature and is commonly used as a...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Mar 3, 2025 | Announcements
We are excited to share some great news with you! Based on your valuable feedback and our ongoing efforts to improve our products, we are pleased to announce the addition of 1,1-Difluoroethane to our Comprehensive Panel with Analyte Assurance™, effective 3/10/2025....
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Feb 28, 2025 | Announcements
In mid-February 2025, two Forensic Toxicologists from Axis, Stuart Kurtz and Laureen Marinetti, attended the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting. While there, Stuart presented Axis’s data on nitazenes and Laureen presented Axis’s data on drug...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Jan 17, 2025 | General
By Laureen Marinetti, PhD, F-ABFT A therapeutic reference range like those listed on the Axis Forensic Toxicology report (Schulz, M., et al.) is provided as a starting point. These ranges are derived from the clinical literature regarding an effective range of...
by Denise Purdie Andrews | Jan 9, 2025 | 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...
