Piedmont Analytical Corp

OpAns, LLC is a bioanalytical and clinical diagnostics company based in Durham, NC, specializing in a wide range of services including chemical confirmation, in vitro screening, justice system solutions, and workplace drug testing. Their innovative approach involves utilizing patented devices for specimen collection, advanced analytical techniques like mass spectrometry, and personalized testing for therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology. With a focus on research, development, and diagnostics testing, OpAns, LLC offers optimized analytical solutions for various industries, including the justice system, workplace compliance, and clinical diagnostics. Their expertise in micro-sampling techniques, capillary blood methodologies, steroid hormone monitoring, and biomarker testing sets them apart as leaders in the field of bioanalytical services.Generated from the website

Integrated Laboratory Systems provides comprehensive research, testing and support services in the health and environmental science markets. Its scientists and technicians have experience and expertise in a wide range of health and environmental disciplines, including environmental sciences, clinical research, investigative toxicology, molecular and pathological research, and alternative methods and bio-information. Most recently, ILS has moved into the clinical research arena with the award of a major contract studying Anencephaly. ILS' research facilities are located in Research Triangle Park, N.C.; Athens, Ga.; Golden, Colo.; and Washington, D.C. Integrated Laboratory Systems was founded as a research laboratory in 1985 by Dr. Thomas K. Rao.

Xenobiotic Detection Systems is a research based biotechnology company that offers a patented bioassay for analyzing dioxin and dioxin-like compounds, including PCBs, dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans, with detection limits of less than one part per trillion. The company has also developed reporter bioassay systems for endocrine disruptors. These systems identify estrogen agonists, as well as antagonists by measuring receptor mediated transcriptional activation. This activity can be measured in pure compounds or in extracts. XDS has licensed its technology, set up laboratories and provided staff training to the Arkansas Regional Laboratory of the United States Food and Drug Administration; the Belgian Government's Scientific Institute of Public Health; the Polish National Veterinary Research Institute; and the Hiyoshi Corporation of Japan. The company was founded in 1995 and is located in Durham, N.C.