Quest Diagnostics to close more laboratories:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The largest clinical laboratory company in the US, Quest Diagnostics, will close or scale down seven labs across the US and shed between 1,250 and 2,500 workers over the next 18 months as it integrates the SmithKline Beecham Clinical Labs acquisition (see Clinica No 846, p 1). The labs which are being downgraded are in markets where the company has duplication. In addition, esoteric testing currently conducted in Van Nuys, California, will move to Quest's Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California.