|Articles|June 1, 2009

Japan's National Police Agency for Toxicology and Forensics Chooses Thermo Fisher Scientific Instrument Solutions

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (San Jose, California) announced that Japan?s National Police Agency (NPA) has purchased 51 linear ion trap mass spectrometers and 27 FT-IR spectrometers.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (San Jose, California) announced that Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has purchased 51 linear ion trap mass spectrometers and 27 FT-IR spectrometers. The NPA will use the LC–MS-MS systems for toxicology screening in each of its 47 prefecture offices and will use the FT-IR systems for forensics in nearly half of those offices.


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