Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. - BRLI- Profile

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to provide clinical laboratory testing services to a range of healthcare providers. It offers a range of laboratory testing services including blood and urine analysis, blood chemistry, hematology services, serology, toxicology, tissue pathology and other tissue analysis. Healthcare providers utilize these tests in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring and treatment of diseases. The clinical laboratory testing business consists of routine testing and esoteric testing. Routine tests measure various health parameters such as the functions of the heart, kidney, thyroid and other organs. Esoteric tests require sophisticated equipment, materials, highly skilled personnel and professional attention are ordered less frequently than routine tests. Its major customers are doctors, employers, clinics and governmental units. In October 2006, it acquired certain assets of GeneDx Inc. and Diagnosostic Pathology Services Inc. Provides clinical laboratory testing services to a range of healthcare providers