Big Pharma companies like Bristol Meyers Squibb and Pfizer have been restructuring and laying off workers, moves that could be worrisome for analytical scientists.
Here are the top five articles that the editors of LCGC International published this week.
At issue in this study was the certified value of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in a polystyrene matrix CRM relative to its regulated value in the EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive.
Swedish and German scientists recently made a new system for detecting of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) in human samples.
Ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS) had been previously proposed for untargeted lipidomics analysis, but this updated approach was reported by the authors to reduce run time to 4 min.
A recent study used ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) to identify traces of drugs on smartphones.
Scientists from the University of Córdoba in Córdoba, Spain recently used liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) to comprehensively profile human ceramides to determine their reactions to diseases.