PerkinElmer Announces Organizational Changes

(RTTNews) - PerkinElmer Inc. (PKI) announced organizational changes effective October 3, 2016.

PerkinElmer's Diagnostics business, focused on reproductive health, emerging market diagnostic solutions and applied genomics, will become a standalone business segment to better meet the needs of clinically-oriented customers in regulated markets. Prahlad Singh, who has been named Senior Vice President and President, Diagnostics effective October 3, 2016, will lead this business.

PerkinElmer's Environmental Health and Life Science Solutions businesses will combine to form Discovery & Analytical Solutions. This combination will advance PerkinElmer's success in serving and innovating for its applications-oriented customers in the food, environmental, industrial, and life sciences markets.

Jim Corbett has been named Executive Vice President and President, Discovery & Analytical Solutions effective October 3, 2016.