Glossary

Eugene. The drug testing management database developed by ASDA.

Register of Notifiable Events. The Agency enters the name of a competitor onto a register in specified circumstances including: if the competitor fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with a request to provide a sample or returns a positive test result in relation to a sample collected. ASDA does not publicly reveal the name of an athlete placed onto the Register – this is the role of the relevant sporting organisation.

List of International Incidences. The Agency enters the name of a competitor (an international athlete tested in Australia or an Australian athlete tested overseas) onto a register in specified circumstances including: if the competitor fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with a request to provide a sample or returns a positive test result in relation to a sample collected. ASDA does not publicly reveal the name of an athlete placed onto the List – this is the role of the relevant sporting organisation.

Sydney Protocol. The only IOC approved (combined blood and urine) method for detecting EPO use. This method was a combination of an indirect blood-based detection method developed by the ASDTL and AIS and a urine-based direct detection method developed in France. The combined method has become known as the Sydney Protocol. ASDA uses the Sydney Protocol in its domestic testing program.

Aranesp. Is the trademark name for darbepoiten alfa (also known as NESP). This protein stimulates red blood cell production by the same mechanism as EPO. It may also increase the body’s capacity to buffer lactic acid. Aranesp is detectable via the Sydney Protocol detection method.

Dynepo. Is the trademark name for epoetin delta. Dynepo is a peptide hormone that stimulates red blood cell production by the same mechanism as EPO. Dynepo is very similar to EPO and is detectable via the Sydney Protocol detection method.