Article: PerkinElmer Increases Commitment to Prenatal Screening, Diagnostics & Maternal Health with New Long Island Facility.(Company overview)

Article: PerkinElmer grows prenatal screening ...
Instrument Business Outlook;  July 31, 2006 ;     520 words ... ... 15 million in revenues for the fiscal year ended in June. "We expect this agreement will accelerate PerkinElmer's own maternal health research and development initiatives, by giving us the ability to better understand first-hand the needs of the clinical ...

Article: Wrongful birth litigation and prenatal screening
Canadian Medical Association. Journal;  November 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2007 clinical practice guidelines on prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidy7 have expanded ... The clinical practice guidelines on prenatal screening were endorsed by the Society of Obstetricians ... that all pregnant women be offered prenatal screening, rather than just women aged 35 ...

Article: Alfigen/The Genetics Institute Offers Quadruple Marker ...
Business Wire;  October 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... begin offering the Quadruple Marker Prenatal Screening Test to physicians and other laboratories ... the nation. The Quadruple Marker Prenatal Screening Test represents an improvement in prenatal screening for Down syndrome over the triple ...

Article: Interactive multimedia aid for prenatal screening ...
Biotech Week;  October 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... a video to give information about prenatal screening for Down syndrome and to determine ... decision for and the final uptake of the prenatal screening test between the control and intervention ... women's overall uptake rate of the prenatal screening test for Down syndrome," the ...

Article: Prenatal screening tests facilitate risk ...
Medical Laboratory Observer;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of new assays and technologies for prenatal screening provide more accurate assessment ... pregnancy. The laboratory as part of a prenatal screening can measure a variety of maternal ... potentially adverse psychological impact of prenatal screening test results requires that any ...

Article: Prenatal Screening Possible Using Maternal Blood.
Women's Health Weekly;  November 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... maternal blood spots on filter paper. "Prenatal screening for Down syndrome and open neural ... practices in Eastern Canada, a complete prenatal screening program: first trimester, from ... for genetic disorders is accurate * Prenatal screening can be done using dry maternal blood ...

Article: PerkinElmer Announces Exclusive Agreement With Leeds Innovations, ...
Business Wire;  October 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... and decision support software for prenatal screening. Under the terms of the agreement ... efficient and effective. The eLipse prenatal screening engine is an advanced risk assessment ... with Leeds Innovations to provide prenatal screening laboratories with a more reliable ...