Fentanyl is one of the most well-known synthetic opioids that has been in the spotlight lately—and not for good reasons. The World Drug Report 2019 reveals that there have been more than 47,000 opioid overdose deaths in the United States in 2017. This is an increase...
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Pierre Negri
Pierre Negri is the global market development and marketing manager for the clinical and forensics markets at SCIEX. In his current role, Pierre is responsible for liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS) business development and global market strategy for the clinical and forensics markets. Pierre owns the strategic growth of the clinical and forensics markets which includes the identification and validation of valuable customer problems in those markets and the analysis of the competitive landscape. His role also includes the development and execution of global strategic marketing activities to grow the solutions portfolio through the implementation of effective, customer-centric marketing communication campaigns. Pierre came from the global technical marketing team, where he was previously responsible for generating technical content to support the global positioning of SCIEX product portfolio to solve challenging customer workflows. In that role, Pierre was working closely with global key opinion leaders to develop and implement novel scientific content while supporting product and application development for the forensics and toxicology vertical markets. Pierre holds a Ph.D in analytical chemistry from the University of Georgia and a B.S degree in chemistry from the University of South Carolina, Aiken.
Mass spectrometry as a forensic science tool in 2020
There’s no doubt about it: forensics is at the front line of the criminal justice system. It’s where analytical chemistry has the power to fight crimes. It’s fascinating! But what excites me is how quickly things change and the speed of innovation. Just think about...
Take 5 with SCIEX Global Technical Marketing’s Pierre Negri
With the rise of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), or designer drugs, in the past decade, forensic toxicologists are being tested like never before. It seems like as soon as one analog is identified, another is synthesized. These new chemicals share structures with...