BioanalysisVol. 3, No. 20 CommentaryThinking about dried blood spots for pharmacokinetic assays and therapeutic drug monitoringPeter T KissingerPeter T KissingerPurdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Search for more papers by this authorEmail the corresponding author at kissingp@purdue.eduPublished Online:20 Oct 2011https://doi.org/10.4155/bio.11.235AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleKeywords: clinical trialsdried blood spotsLC–MSpharmacokineticstherapeutic drug monitoringtoxicologyBibliography1 Abu-Rabie P. Direct analysis of DBS: emerging and desirable technologies. Bioanalysis3,1675–1678 (2011).Link, CAS, Google Scholar2 Wong P, Pham R, Whitely C et al. 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former CEO and current Director of Prosolia, Inc.; Chairman and CEO of Phlebotics, Inc.; and columnist for Drug Discovery News. 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