Agency Order Exceeds $5 Million in Equipment, Services
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered more than $5 million in Agilent gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) equipment and services as part of a grant program to build state and local preparedness for chemical terrorism. Agilent is expected to distribute the instruments to state health laboratories as part of the CDC’s effort to develop its Chemical Terrorism Laboratory Network, a nationwide response network for chemical terrorism and other public health threats. The CDC order includes more than 40 Agilent 6890N/5973 inert GC/MS systems with associated consulting, support and service agreements.
“The purchase of these units is an important step in bolstering state and local infrastructure for dealing with a release of chemical agents,” said Mike McMullen, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Chemical Analysis Solutions. “Agilent’s instruments will provide the crucial measurements needed to help guide public health management and response to a chemical terrorist event. We look forward to working with the CDC and other government agencies at all levels to develop homeland security solutions that leverage our chemical and biodetection technologies.”
More information about the CDC is available at www.cdc.gov.
Agilent provides solutions for rapid and reliable analysis of suspected chemical and biological agents in air, soil, water and food supplies. Military, government, law enforcement and private sector laboratories rely on Agilent instrumentation to detect and identify chemical warfare agents, biological warfare agents and toxic industrial compounds. More information about Agilent’s homeland security solutions is available at www.agilent.com/chem/homelandsecurity.
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