Cdex, Inc. (fka CDEX)

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CDEX's John Coates, Ph.D. is the Technical Director for Spectroscopy Products. He is a globally recognized spectroscopist and instrumentation expert with 40-years' experience in the fields of applied spectroscopy and analytical method development.

CDEX has charged Dr. Coates with guiding the ongoing development of CDEX's spectral management systems for medication analysis and validation, with specific focus on achieving optimal performance of the ValiMed™ Medical Validation System product line. Dr. Coates seems well qualified to bring CDEX succes with their unique combination of specialized spectroscopic measurement techniques -- including Raman, UV absorption and molecular fluorescence -- to accurately analyze, identify and determine the concentration of a drug/dose within seconds. Over the past four decades, Dr. Coates has earned global distinction for his many accomplishments in spectroscopic measurements and instrumentation. In 2013, the industry coveted Williams-Wright Award was bestowed on him by the Coblentz Society honoring his extraordinary body of work in the field. From 1974 through 1996, Dr. Coates served several leading industrial instrument manufacturers; and in 1996, he formed Coates Consulting, LLC, a firm specializing in scientific and industrial instrumentation. Since that time, he has advised client companies on the design and development of more than 75 unique instrument systems. Dr. Coates graduated from Royal Windsor Grammar School for Boys, Windsor, Berkshire, England in 1964. He opted not to go directly to university in favor of beginning a career in Analytical Chemistry, working in the Castrol Lubricants Research Laboratories in Bracknell, Berkshire. Dr. Coates obtained his undergraduate degree as a GradRIC (Graduate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, now the Royal Society of Chemistry) in 1971 while continuing to work as an Analytical Methods Development Chemist at Castrol (then Burmah-Castrol). Additional specializations included Industrial Administration (Business and Management) and Graphic/Classical Art (1969-1972). He began pursuing his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 1972 at Brunel University, West London, England. He started his thesis while working at Burmah-Castrol, Bracknell and also at the Burmah Research Laboratories, Bromborough, Cheshire. His thesis topic was the Analytical Chemistry of Synthetic Gas Turbine Engine Oils as applied to high performance jet engines (Olympus engines used in the Concorde Jet Airliner). Dr. Coates earned his Ph.D. 16 years later while working at Nicolet Instrument Corporation in the United States. His professionally awarded degrees and qualifications include Chartered Chemist (CChem) (similar to a certified professional), Chartered Scientist (CSci) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). CDEX was awarded a patent that uses at least three processes that include Raman scattering detection, fluorescence detection and spectral surface reflectance detection. Dr. Coats has published work in this area. Not only is he working on CDEX's unique solution for the widespread problem of narcotic diversion, but it appears he is also in charge of pursuing determination the potency of a drug or group of drugs over a period of time according to the patent and to CDEX press releases. Lots of posts here in the past indicated CDEX needed someone like this. They got the guy the wrote the book!

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