Drug test Drug test A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, and/or oral fluid/saliva — to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites. Major applications of drug testing include detection of the presence of performance enhancing steroids in sport, employers and parole/probation officers screening for drugs prohibited by law (such as cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin) and police officers testing for the presence and concentration of alcohol (ethanol) in the blood commonly referred to as BAC (blood alcohol content). BAC tests are typically administered via a
Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act the generic company is preparing its ANDA – during that time the generic company needs to learn how to manufacture the drug, manufacture a test batch, and run bioequivalence studies with it, which are all activities that it could be sued for infringement for. This protection is called the "research exemption". When a company is ready to file its ANDA, the Act requires it to declare how its activities when it begins to market the drug will relate to patents listed in the Orange Book; there are four options or "certifications": it can state that there never were patents listed,