HOPKINTON, Mass., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), today announced that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a contract to NovaScreen Biosciences, the in vitro discovery services arm of Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS), to assist the agency in developing new approaches to identify toxic environmental chemicals. The contract award, which was anticipated by Caliper, will range from $1.4 to $69 million over the course of two to five years. The specific dollar value within this range will be based primarily upon the volume of testing requested by the EPA and the availability of funds for future years.
