Specialty Laboratories, Inc. performs testing services for hospitals, laboratories, physician specialists, and other medical providers in the United States. It offers a menu of approximately 2500 esoteric assays that enable physicians to get information to complete a diagnosis, establish a prognosis, or to choose and monitor a therapeutic regimen. The company’s assays support testing in various clinical areas, including allergy and immunology, cardiology and coagulation, endocrinology, gastroenterology, genetics, infectious diseases, nephrology, neurology, oncology/hematology, pathology, pediatric, rheumatology, and toxicology. Specialty Laboratories offers its assays under trademarked names, such as GenotypR, Phenoscript, and ANAlyzer. The company was founded in 1975 by James B. Peter under the name Clinical Immunology Laboratories, Inc. It changed its name to Specialty Laboratories, Inc. in 1985. The company is headquartered in Valencia, California. As of January 31, 2006, Specialty Laboratories Inc. is a subsidiary of AmeriPath, Inc.