Quest Diagnostics Restructures

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Quest Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services, announced on September 6, 2000 that the company has restructured the organization and its senior management team. Quest CEO and Chair Kenneth W. Freeman said in a prepared statement that the firm had made "tremendous progress" integrating the operations of SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories. "Now is the time to enhance the speed and effectiveness of our organization by simplifying our management structure and streamlining our decision-making processes," Freeman said. "These changes are intended to accelerate our ability to respond to customer needs." The . . .