Cities and Schools Are Testing Wastewater for Illicit Drugs

The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods.
RAPS

FDA’s St. Louis drug testing lab to remain open despite DOGE claim

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include confirmation from an HHS source. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) won’t cancel the lease on a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...
RAPS

FDA cites drugmakers and testing lab for CGMP violations

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned two drug makers and a drug testing lab for current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) violations, such as marketing products after detecting ...
Phys.org

Magnetic fields guide lab-grown blood vessels into precise patterns for drug testing

Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating tremendous costs for clinical studies, it also raises significant ethical ...
JD Supra

Drug Testing Lab to Pay $27 Million to Resolve FCA Claims

One of the nation’s largest urine drug testing laboratories recently settled with the federal government by paying $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and ...
southcoasttoday

New Bedford drug testing lab pleads guilty to $4.7M in MassHealth insurance fraud

Optimum Labs and owner William Owens of New Bedford pleaded guilty and admitted to sufficient facts on MassHealth fraud charges. The drug lab illegally charged MassHealth for urine tests that were not ...