Type: Public
On the web: http://www.questdiagnostics.com
Employees: 42,000
Employee growth: (2.3%)

Quest Diagnostics is testing its ability to be the world's leading clinical lab. The company performs diagnostics on about 150 million specimens each year, including routine clinical tests such as cholesterol checks, Pap smears, HIV screenings, and drug tests. Quest Diagnostics also performs esoteric testing (such as genetic screening) and anatomic pathology testing (such as tissue biopsies for cancer testing). The company directly serves doctors and patients, as well as corporations, government agencies, and other clinical labs. It has more than 2,000 patient service centers where samples are collected, along with 30 primary labs and 150 rapid-response labs throughout the US, as well as internationally.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $7,368.9M
One year growth: (1.2%)
Net income: $720.9M
Income growth: (1.1%)

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Surya N. Mohapatra
SVP and CFO: Robert A. Hagemann
VP Communications and Investor Relations: Laure E. Park

Competitors:
Bio-Reference Labs
LabCorp
Sonic Healthcare

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