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California Cancels COVID-19 Test Contract with PerkinElmer
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 7 – May 16, 2022 Issue
CALIFORNIA HAS SHED MORE LIGHT ON THE DECISION to terminate PerkinElmer’s valuable contract to run the Valencia Branch Laboratory (VBL). The lab has been embroiled in controversy for much of its existence. The state noted that SARS-CoV-2…
Decline in COVID-19 Test Orders Signals a Shift
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 – April 4, 2022 Issue
MIGHT THE FEDERAL HEALTHCARE ESTABLISHMENT BE CLOSE TO DECLARING AN END TO THE SARS-COV2 PANDEMIC and—given the ongoing decline in the daily number of new cases and deaths—that COVID-19 is expected to become an endemic disease? The SARS-CoV-2 statis…
California Agency Problems Deepened Valencia Branch Laboratory Saga
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 – April 4, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Adding a new twist in the ongoing saga of the CLIA compliance failures at the Valencia Branch Laboratory in California are insights from a former clinical laboratory director familiar with the industry in California. He observed that problems at California’s Laborator…
PerkinElmer Says California Terminated COVID-19 Contract
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 – April 4, 2022 Issue
ACCORDING TO A NEW SECURITIES FILING FROM PERKINELMER, the State of California served notice of termination of the company’s contract to run the beleaguered Valencia Branch Laboratory (VBL). PerkinElmer, a diagnostics firm based in Waltham, Mass., made the surprising announcement a…
Questions Remain about California COVID-19 Lab
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 4 – March 14, 2022 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 2,058-word article in the March 14, 2022 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group CEO SUMMARY: Despite multiple investigations citing more than 60 deficiencies, including some that caused immediate j…
Questions Remain about California’s Valencia Lab
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 4 – March 14, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Despite multiple investigations citing more than 60 deficiencies, including some that caused immediate jeopardy to patient safety according to state inspectors, the Valencia Branch Laboratory never closed. The California Department of Public health said the state lab no…
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