BioReference Laboratories Inc.

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Description: Founded in 1981, BioReference Laboratories is a clinical testing laboratory offering a comprehensive menu of services tapped by health care providers interested in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring and treatment of diseases. BioReference focuses primarily on esoteric testing, molecular diagnostics, anatomical pathology, genetics, women’s health and correctional care.

Philanthropy: The company has partnered with the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest and measure the risk in children, and it has sponsored fundraising drives for other health-related issues.

New Products/Services: The Ashkenazi Jewish 25 profile, a prenatal test designed to screen for 25 genetic diseases carried by people of Eastern European Jewish heritage; Laboratorio Buena Salud, a full-service, nationwide laboratory serving the Spanish-speaking market, as well as physicians who treat patients in predominantly Hispanic communities; StormPath, an advanced software platform linking the laboratory to hospitals and allowing for remote diagnosis; OncoGeneDx, a comprehensive suite of genetic tests for inherited cancers.