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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES - Definite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 05, 2022	Jun. 28, 2021	Mar. 30, 2021	Mar. 29, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Explora
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets	$ 70,100
Weighted Average Amortization Life	12 years
Vigene
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets		$ 93,900
Weighted Average Amortization Life		11 years
Retrogenix
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets			$ 22,126
Weighted Average Amortization Life			11 years
Cognate
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets				$ 270,900
Weighted Average Amortization Life				13 years
Distributed Bio
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets					$ 24,540
Weighted Average Amortization Life					7 years
Client relationships \| Explora
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets	$ 64,000
Weighted Average Amortization Life	13 years
Client relationships \| Vigene
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets		$ 87,500
Weighted Average Amortization Life		12 years
Client relationships \| Retrogenix
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets			$ 17,340
Weighted Average Amortization Life			13 years
Client relationships \| Cognate
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets				$ 257,200
Weighted Average Amortization Life				13 years
Client relationships \| Distributed Bio
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets					$ 16,080
Weighted Average Amortization Life					9 years
Other intangible assets \| Explora
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets	$ 6,100
Weighted Average Amortization Life	4 years
Other intangible assets \| Vigene
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets		$ 6,400
Weighted Average Amortization Life		2 years
Other intangible assets \| Retrogenix
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets			$ 4,786
Weighted Average Amortization Life			3 years
Other intangible assets \| Cognate
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets				$ 13,700
Weighted Average Amortization Life				2 years
Other intangible assets \| Distributed Bio
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets					$ 8,460
Weighted Average Amortization Life					4 years