Bio-Analytics

Introduction

In his overview of the development of bioanalysis, Howard Hill (2009) observes:

Bioanalysis was a term derived in the 1970s to describe the process of quantifying drugs in biological fluids for the purposes of defining their pharmacokinetics. (p.6)

He adds:

In recent years the term bioanalysis has been borrowed, or perhaps more generously seen as a parallel development, as a term used to define analytical techniques used in the quantification and characterization of biologicals. (p.6)

An Example

ORRECO is an example of a company providing a bio-analytics service to sport. The company was established to join disciplined insights from clinical and sport haematology in order to provide result interpretation, comparison, guidance and intervention.

The Company website suggest that:

By integrating sports haematology and biochemistry with knowledge and expertise in clinical and performance nutrition, applied physiology, speed and power physiology, biostatistics and cellular nutrition across our team, whole avenues of possibility open up to performance science.

ORRECO offers its clients biomarker analysis, recovery solutions, and analytics. The Company's DAVE database "enables performance variables such as Speed, Power, GPS derived performance measures and athlete specific predictors based upon biomarkers, physiological and haematological variables to be mapped and compared".

Bio-Analytics

Introduction

An Example

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