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02/02/2024 - Institutional news

The World Anti-Doping Agency incorporates the Laboratori Antidopatge de Catalunya in different expert committees.

The laboratory director, Dr. Rosa Ventura Alemany, has been invited to join different expert committees of the agency starting this year. 

Dr. Ventura will be a member of the expert committee of anti-doping laboratories, which has the function of managing and monitoring the accreditation of laboratories and updating the regulations of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In addition, she will also be a member of the working group on the use of dried blood spots (DBS) in doping controls and of the MRPL (minimum required performance levels) working group, which defines the detection limits that laboratories have to achieve for the different substances prohibited in sport in order to perform effective doping controls.

Since 2018, Dr. Ventura is also part of the glucocorticoid working group that defines the regulations for these drugs on the list of substances prohibited in sport. These appointments are a recognition of the scientific level of the Laboratori Antidopatge de Catalunya, the research activity of which has been recognized as one of the most impactful, in addition to being the 12th laboratory in the world in terms of analytical capacity.

Members of the Laboratori Antidopatge de Catalunya

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