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Minneapolis – November 5, 2025

Premier Acquires NTS to Accelerate Growth in Point-of-Care Screening Services

CLEVELAND & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Align Capital Partners’ (“ACP”) drug and alcohol testing solutions provider Premier Biotech (“Premier” or the “Company”) has acquired National Test Systems (“NTS”), a leading provider of rapid point-of-care diagnostic drug screening supplies and services throughout the United States.

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EDDP: The Methadone Metabolite

by Eric Malis | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog Post

What is EDDP? I often get asked about EDDP – primarily, “what is EDDP?”, and “should I care about EDDP?”. EDDP – the abbreviation for the chemical compound 2-ethylidene-1, 5-dimethyl-3,...

Tips for Keeping a Safe Work and Testing Space in the Age of Social Distancing

by Eric Malis | Jun 2, 2020 | Blog Post

As many of us are looking toward going back to normal, or at least back to work, special considerations must be made if we are going to prevent a new spike in COVID-19 infections. In addition to...

Understanding the Differences in COVID-19 Testing Methods

by Eric Malis | Apr 16, 2020 | Blog Post

Testing for COVID-19 is an important step in tracking cases and contagion mapping. It also tells us who needs treatment and isolation. At some point, COVID-19 testing will be needed in order...

Understanding 6-AM & 6-MAM: The Metabolite of Heroin

by Eric Malis | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog Post

One question I am asked fairly often is regarding the primary metabolite of Heroin; known as 6-AM or 6-MAM. These are synonymous for 6-Acetylmorphine and 6-Monoacetylmorphine (actually all 4 mean...

A Word on Specimen Types

by Eric Malis | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog Post

Today we are going to discuss the different specimen types that can be used to test for drugs. We do offer testing for all the specimen types that I will cover. It is helpful to know what to expect...

The Great Poppy Seed Debate: A Quasi-Scientific Endeavor

by Eric Malis | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog Post

Eric MalisA Quasi-Scientific Hot Pastrami on a Kaiser RollThere’s always been a lot of debate about poppy seeds and whether their ingestion can or will cause a positive result on an opiate panel;...

CBD Products Causing THC Positives?

by Eric Malis | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog Post

Eric MalisThe question I am getting most frequently these days is whether CBD oil and other CBD products can cause a positive result on the THC panel. Let’s dig in a little to see what CBD is...

Fentanyl Exposure – Myth vs. Reality

by Eric Malis | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog Post

I was having a discussion with one of my clients the other day about Fentanyl, and she was telling me that they hear warnings to the effect of: be sure to wipe down the handle on the shopping cart...