PerkinElmer Inc. and Verinata Health, Inc. announced a strategic agreement for expanding access to Verinata's verifi(R) test, the most comprehensive non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) currently available for high-risk pregnancies. The verifi(R) test, which is performed at Verinata's CLIA-certified, California laboratory, uses a single maternal blood draw as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy to detect multiple fetal chromosomal aneuploidies. Chromosomal aneuploidy is an abnormal number of chromosomes.

Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, PerkinElmer will serve as an exclusive Verinata Health commercial partner in the joint sales and marketing of the verifi(R) test in the United States. The collaboration consolidates and streamlines delivery of prenatal testing options due to the combination of PerkinElmer's extensive prenatal testing menu with Verinata's proprietary technologies for the early, non-invasive identification of specific fetal chromosomal aneuploidies.