*The New Lab Start-Up Program as currently structured is restricted from current or potential healthcare customers, EXCLUDING hospitals. A healthcare professional is defined as any person or entity (a) authorized or licensed in the United States to provide healthcare services or items to patients or (b) who is involved in the decision to purchase, prescribe, order, or recommend medical technology in the United States. This term includes individual clinicians (for example, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, among others), provider entities (for example, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers), and administrative personnel at provider entities (for example, purchasing agents).