18. CHINA
In March 5 2015, PerkinElmer Entered to
exclusive three-year agreement with
China’s National Health and Family
Planning Commission (NHFPC)
Training and educational
programs - > increase NBS
coverage
Introduce new technologies &
provide clinical training - >
drive panel expansion
19. EGYPT
2.7 million babies screened annually for
CH from 2012 onward with PerkinElmer
systems
The NBS laboratory in Cairo is the
largest in the world!
18 GSP instruments
Staff savings by consolidation of labs
and automation
Panel Expansion to PKU
implemented 2015
By method improvement to automated
GSP TSH (TRF) the false positive rate
has dropped from 10% to less than
0.3%