Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (BRLI) to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, Dec. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (BRLI), a premier medical laboratory, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Marc Grodman, MD will officially ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Thursday, December 15th, 2011 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET     

Contact:
Richard Faherty
(201) 791-2600
rfaherty@bioreference.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

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About Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (BRLI):

BRLI is the fourth largest full service laboratory in the United States and the largest independent regional laboratory in the Northeastern market, primarily a clinical testing laboratory servicing physician offices with concentrations in the focused markets of esoteric testing, molecular diagnostics, anatomical pathology, women's health and correctional health care. BRLI operates as a national oncology laboratory as GenPath. Better science, superior technology and better service have enabled GenPath to earn a reputation as one of the premier hematopathology laboratories in the country. BRLI's innovative technology platform for sexually transmitted infections has enabled it to expand as a national laboratory in the area of Women's Health. GeneDx, a wholly owned subsidiary, is the BRLI genetics laboratory and is typically recognized as the leading laboratory for testing of rare genetic diseases; GeneDx has now become a technology leader with GenomeDx, based on a CGH array platform and its NextGen sequence offerings that are currently offered in cardiology and will be offered in the future in other disease specific areas.

About NASDAQ OMX:

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