Quest Diagnostics News

Ever since employer drug testing of job applicants and other workers took hold in the 1980s, the share of people who have tested positive for drug use has steadily declined.

Ilhavo, Portugal a ' 11/12/2009 a ' SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering Quest Diagnostics Incorporated .

It's rare to find companies where extreme growth is complemented with trading multiples near its competitors.

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. announced today it has received approval by the State of New York's Department of Health for the Company to sell in New York its PST Genetic Test that determines predisposition to severe periodontal disease in individuals.

December 7, 2009, 07:10 PM - CSO - Use of cocaine and methamphetamine among America's workers has declined, according to new data from Quest Diagnostics Inc., a provider of employment-related drug testing services.

A genetic variation that may indicate a patient's risk of developing a potentially life-threatening blood disorder if exposed to certain pharmaceutical therapies or chemicals is one of several medical discoveries scientists at cancer diagnostics leader Quest Diagnostics will present during the 51st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and ...

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OralDNA Labs, a specialty diagnostics subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, has announced the availability of two molecular tests to help periodontists and general dentists identify patients with and at risk for periodontal disease.

Joey Gilbert has moved his fight into a court room. Oral arguments in the Reno boxer's civil suit against Quest Diagnostics, the Utah-based lab Gilbert alleges mishandled his B sample following a bout against Charles Howe in September 2007, have been set for Dec.

Rates of infection by the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus may have peaked in late October, but the pandemic flu virus continues to be a potential source of illness in all age groups, including the elderly, according to a new report by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services.

The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health officials and Quest Diagnostics said on Friday.

Data from a laboratory testing company suggests the H1N1 flu may have peaked in October in the United States, company officials said.

New data released today by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the nation's leading provider of employment-related drug testing services, reveal that drug testing of hair specimens from employees and job applicants in the general U.S. workforce has tracked sharp downward trends in cocaine and methamphetamine use from 2005 to the first half of 2009 ...

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced that the Simplexa Influenza A H1N1 test developed by its Focus Diagnostics business has been CE marked and is now available as a test kit for distribution to approximately 35 countries in Europe.

Medical lab operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. said Tuesday it priced its tender offer to buy back a mix of senior notes.

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Medical lab operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. said Thursday it is offering $750 million in notes and will use proceeds to buy back its senior debt.

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, announced today that it has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its 5.125% Senior Notes due 2010 and any and all of its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2011 .

Accellent, a leading provider of outsourced precision manufacturing and engineering services to the medical device industry, announced today that effective November 13, 2009, Robert E. Kirby is leaving the company.

Even before President Obama took the oath of office, health care providers were pummeled by reform speculation.