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Quest Pharmaceutical Services Announces Official Name Change.


NEWARK, Del. -- Quest Pharmaceutical Services, L.L.C. (QPS), a full-service GLP-compliant contract research organization providing testing services to support pre-clinical and clinical research and development, announced today its formal name change to QPS, LLC.

The company commissioned independent market research to evaluate the pharmaceutical research industry's recognition and perception of both the Quest Pharmaceutical Services and QPS names. The name change to QPS supports the company's mission to provide meticulous quality, performance driven by an adherence to client timelines and impeccable client service.

"The acronym QPS has been used for some time when referring to our organization and it embodies our value proposition," said Dr. Ben Chien, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the privately held, Delaware-based firm. "Clients come to QPS for access to seamless and efficient preclinical and clinical research. Our facilities worldwide, combined with local experience and a strong commitment to excellent client service, allow QPS to consistently deliver quantifiable results."

Founded in 1995, QPS has bioanalytical and DMPK DMPK Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
DMPK Dystrophia Myotonica Protein Kinase
 facilities at its Newark, DE headquarters and a bioanalytical laboratory in Taipei, Taiwan. Regional sales offices are maintained in Boston, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey, and Texas. QPS provides quality services in drug quantitation using three technology platforms (LC/MS/MS, ELISA ELISA (e-li´sah) Enzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay; any enzyme immunoassay using an enzyme-labeled immunoreactant and an immunosorbent.

ELISA
n.
, hybridization hybridization /hy·brid·iza·tion/ (hi?brid-i-za´shun)
1. crossbreeding; the act or process of producing hybrids.

2. molecular hybridization

3.
 ELISA). In addition, QPS offers services in immunogenicity immunogenicity /im·mu·no·ge·nic·i·ty/ (-je-nis´it-e) the property enabling a substance to provoke an immune response, or the degree to which a substance possesses this property.  testing, ADME, PK, protein binding, whole body autoradiography Autoradiography

A photographic technique used to localize a radioactive substance within a solid specimen; also known as radioautography.

A photographic emulsion is placed in contact with the object to be tested and is left for several hours, days, or
, in vivo/in vitro drug metabolism, protein biomarkers and genomic biomarkers to its clients worldwide.
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