PerkinElmer to Expand Newborn Screening Contract with Saudi Arabian Hospital | GenomeWeb

PerkinElmer to Expand Newborn Screening Contract with Saudi Arabian Hospital

Sep 14, 2007

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - PerkinElmer has struck a multi-year agreement to provide tools, materials, and expertise for newborn screening services to a hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Through the agreement, PerkinElmer will provide the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center with reagents, software, and screening know-how that the company said will double the hospital’s screening capacity by the end of 2008.

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