Eurofins
News & Developments
01/2009
New Purpose Built UK Crime Scene Laboratory
Eurofins Forensic Services in pleased to announce the approval of its purpose built UK Crime Scene laboratory at Newport for the submission of DNA samples to the UK National DNA Database...........
12/2008
Eurofins Forensic Services Aids FSS in Shannon Matthews Case
Eurofins Forensic Services worked in close partnership with the Forensic Science Service for the examination of toxicology evidence throughout the investigation into the disappearance of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews between 19 February and 14 March 2008..........
Press Release Eurofins Involvement in Shannon Mathews Investigation
10/2008
Eurofins Medigenomix Announces Appointment of New Forensic Services
Director
Eurofins Medigenomix is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Burkhard Rolf as Director Forensic Services within Eurofins effective 1st October 2008. In this new role, Dr. Rolf will be responsible for developing our scene of crime business as well as legal paternity testing...........
07/2008
Eurofins Forensic Services successfully gains inclusion in the National
Framework Agreement
Eurofins Forensic Services (EFS) is pleased to announce its successful inclusion into the national framework agreement for Forensic Analysis Services.
As part of the national framework agreement EFS will offer police forces the opportunity to save time and expense for the analysis of DNA– PACE, Crime Scene Stains and Toxicology testing.........
06/2008
ISO 17025 accreditation for Forensic Toxicology and
Therapeutic Pharmacological Analysis
Eurofins Forensic Services part of Eurofins Scientific, is pleased to announce the accreditation of its specialist partner laboratory to ISO 17025 for the analysis of toxicological and therapeutic pharmacological substances.
The demand for such specialist analysis has seen a significant rise in the past few years as alcohol, common sedatives and illicit drugs have become more readily available resulting in an increase in the number of reported drug facilitated crimes, in particular for Drug Facilitated Sexual Assaults (DFSA)..........
Press Release ISO 17025 Accreditation for Forensic Toxicology
05/2008
Eurofins strengthens its position in the UK Forensics market
Eurofins has strengthened its position in the UK Forensic market with the acquisition of the assets of Defence Forensics Ltd, a DNA forensic laboratory, based in Newport Wales.
The purpose built laboratory specialises in DNA crime scene stains analysis and complements Eurofins’ growing network of forensic DNA and Toxicology laboratories across Europe........
04/2008
Advances in forensic toxicology
New innovative solutions from Eurofins in hair and nail forensic toxicology, continue to be developed to assist crime investigators.......
02/2008
Eurofins Announces New Partnership with the Forensic Science Service
Eurofins is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership agreement with the Forensic Science Service® (FSS) both to widen the knowledge base of drug testing in hair and nails within the Criminal Justice System and to provide analytical testing for these services through its laboratories.......
08/2007
The tail in the nail or ponytail
by Julie Evans (Eurofins Forensic Toxicology Director)
Advances in science make detection of a person's drug history through analysis of hair or nail samples a real possibility...
06/2007
EU-wide networking of criminal records
In future, there is going to be EU-wide networking of the criminal records of EU Member States. Today agreement was reached by EU Ministers of Justice at their meeting in Luxembourg on a Framework Decision to regulate the exchange of information extracted from criminal records...
http://www.eu2007.de/en/News/Press_Release/June/0613BMJStrafRegister.html
11/2006
Roche Diagnostics` Genome Sequencer 20 System Powers MWG Biotech AG / Eurofins
| Medigenomix Sequencing Service.Roche Diagnostics has supplied the Genome
Sequencer 20 system to Eurofins | Medigenomix / MWG Biotech...
02/2006
Eurofins Scientific to Detect Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 in Food Eurofins Scientific
developed a test for the detection of the aggressive Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 in food...