SSAS
Premier independent drug surveillance
LGC ASSURE Sports & Specialised Analytical Services is an internationally recognised world-class testing laboratory that specialises in banned substance and anti-doping testing. Our Sport & Specialised Analytical Services operate in 3 key categories:
- Animal sports medication and doping control
- Human drug testing
- Supplement testing and product certification
Our industry leading laboratories feature state-of-the-art technology and instruments, enabling us to deploy a range of individual and combined techniques including:
- Solid Phase & Liquid/Liquid Extraction (SPE/LLE)
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and
- Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
- High Resolution Accurate Mass (HRAM) detection
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP-MS)
LGC ASSURE Sports & Specialised Analytical Services prioritises quality and integrity, employing extensive in-house quality assurance programmes and our laboratories are ISO/IEC 17025 accredited. Independent proficiency testing schemes are participated in, such as those of the Association of Official Racing Chemists (AORC). LGC are one of only 6 laboratories worldwide to be recognised as an International Federation of Horseracing authorities (IFHA) reference laboratory.
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Animal Sports Medication and Doping Control
A key partner to many of the world’s largest Animal Sports Regulators, offering extensive drug screening, confirmation analysis and sample collection kits.
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Highly specialised human drug testing and preferred sub-contractor to some of the world’s largest occupational drug testing providers as well as a partner to organisations in the public sector.
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Our state-of-the-art facilities, expert teams and commitment to research and development mean that we can work on agile projects and bespoke samples.
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