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PerkinElmer Opens New HQ and Lab in Massachusetts

May 01, 2007
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — PerkinElmer today said it has opened a new corporate headquarters and lab in Waltham, Mass.
 
The company’s new 115,000-square-foot digs contain an R&D facility for the company’s drug-discovery, cellular-science, and diagnostics businesses, PerkinElmer said.

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