Toxicology testing refers to the identification and characterization of toxicity of drugs that can have adverse effect, and help in guiding individual patient during the course of treatment. Toxicologists investigate the mechanisms by which these substances exert toxicity, as well as how to detect the presence of these substances in various sample types. Toxicology also involves assessing how to effectively treat animals and/or individuals who have been exposed to certain toxicants. Toxicology addresses a variety of questions. For example, in agriculture, toxicology determines the possible health effects from exposure to pesticides or herbicides, or the effect of animal feed additives such as growth factors, on people. Toxicology is also used in laboratory experiments on animals to establish dose-response relationships. Toxicology deals with the way chemicals and waste products affect the health of an individual. Toxicology testing laboratories perform diagnosis of numerous controlled substances for excessive consumption with the help of suspect samples such as urine, hair, blood, and oral fluids.
Market Dynamics
Rising prevalence of anxiety and depressive tendencies among populations led to shortageof essential antidepressants worldwide, and this is expected to drive the North America Toxicology Laboratories market growth. For instance, in August 2021, Health Canada, estimates that the medicine shortage is expected to endure until August 2021 for Pfizer's anti-depressant Nardil, which became unavailable in Canada in June 2020. Due to the pandemic's disruption of the pharmaceutical supply chains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated in June 2020, that there are severe shortages of the antidepressant Zoloft.
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