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02/16/2022 - Business Value to Clinical Development of a Platform Based, Data Centric Approach  According to a GlobalData survey last year, over 70% of pharma industry respondents stated they expect that drug development will be the area most impacted by the implementation of smart technologies. With that being the case, it is imperative that ... [Read More]
02/16/2022 - Autoscribe Informatics Drives Continuing Professional Development for Laboratory Managers Embracing LIMS  As part of its continuing commitment to laboratory informatics education for laboratory personnel worldwide, Autoscribe Informatics has made available a recent webinar entitled “Justifying the Purchase of a LIMS”. Ideal for laboratory professionals purchasing or upgrading a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)... [Read More]
02/09/2022 - Build a Tomorrow-Ready Lab with LIMS  Building a digital strategy that addresses the needs & trends of tomorrow is crucial to effective digital transformation. Quality, Compliance, and Automation are the three key themes that will influence today’s digital decisions. Read this whitepaper to learn more. [Read More]
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Toward the end of 2021, we highlighted the 
As with preparing samples in other fields of science, the processing method for cannabis in order to measure its analytes can vary, sometimes significantly. However, some standardized processes for, e.g., extraction protocols, do exist, though one process may still differ slightly from another. According to Bowen et al. of Colorado State University and Charlotte’s Web, Inc., a knowledge gap exists concerning what the composition results of varying extraction protocols are on cannabis. In this 2021 paper, the authors seek to address that knowledge gap, using a single proprietary cannabis cultivar and 20 commercial extraction procedures. The authors conducted principal component analysis (PCA) using a variety of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), ultra high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) techniques. They found discrepancies in the bioactive chemical profiles across the different extraction protocols, leading them to conclude a definitive "need for further research regarding the influence of processing on therapeutic efficacy, as well as the importance of labeling in the marketing of multi-component cannabis products."
