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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 15, 2009

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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-12215 16-1387862
(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
Three Giralda Farms  
Madison, NJ 07940 07940
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(973) 520-2700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On April 15, 2009, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated announced it finalized resolution of the previously disclosed federal government investigation related to certain test kits manufactured by NID, a test kit manufacturing subsidiary closed voluntarily in 2006. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

c.   Exhibit    Description
         
    99.1   Press Release issued April 15, 2009

 

 

 

Signature

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  April 15, 2009
       
       
  QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
       
       
       
  By:   /s/ William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
      William J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.
      Assistant General Counsel and
      Secretary