Eyes on the future, PKN disposing of the past

Perkin-Elmer Corp. said it will pursue the sale of its Analytical Instruments division, which will complete the company's shift in focus to its life sciences business.

PKN (Norwalk, Conn.), which had been reviewing its options for Analytical Instruments since last September (see BioCentury, Sept. 14, 1998), said the decision to sell was separate from its activity in growing the life sciences business...