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11. Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Information regarding industry segments for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 is as follows (in millions):



		Life Science			Clinical Diagnostics		Other Operations

Segment net sales	2012	$	154.8		$	327.2	$	4.3
	2011	$	154.5		$	327.2	$	3.4

Segment profit (loss)	2012	$	(3.9	)	$	45.7	$	0.9
	2011	$	3.1		$	48.0	$	0.2

Reconciliation of segment profit to consolidated income before taxes

The following reconciles total segment profit to consolidated income before taxes (in millions):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012			2011
Total segment profit	$	42.7		$	51.3
Foreign exchange losses, net	(1.4		)	(3.0		)
Net corporate operating, interest and other expense not allocated to segments	(1.6		)	(1.0		)
Other income (expense), net	6.5			1.0
Consolidated income before taxes	$	46.2		$	48.3

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total profit or loss from reportable segments, to the entity's consolidated income before income taxes, extraordinary items, and discontinued operations.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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