Anti-Doping Enforcement for International Winter Sports Competition Aided by AB SCIEX Testing Solution

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While millions of viewers around the world are watching breathtaking ski jumps, razor-sharp skating moves and other awe-inspiring athletic feats in Vancouver over the next few weeks, the official doping control laboratory of the 2010 Winter Games will be casting an equally intent eye on the athletes who are competing. The INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, a component of Canada’s Institut national de la recherche scientifique, is implementing the most stringent anti-doping testing in history through the creation of an $8.9-million testing facility. Testing for stimulants, masking agents, glucocorticosteroids and insulin will be run on a mass spectrometry solution provided by AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies.
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