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July 2000

Professional Management Does Get Results

IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO STUDY THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE of certain public laboratories in 1999 and into 2000, you will be struck by the strong growth and profit numbers. That is contrary to the popular wisdom, which says that the clinical lab industry is in financial doldrums. But the strong financial gains posted by …

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Lab Industry Attracting New Investment Dollars

CEO SUMMARY: Professional investors with access to hundreds of millions of dollars of investment capital are closely scrutinizing the clinical laboratory industry. They are encouraged by the recent financial performance of public laboratory companies. For independent laboratory owners, this may be a golden opportunity to sell or restructure their business on favorable terms. RECENT FINANCIAL …

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Several Labs Planning A Public Stock Offering

CEO SUMMARY: During the past six years, no general clinical laboratory company has undergone an initial public stock offering (IPO). That will certainly change during the next 24 months. There are several private lab companies which want to go public. But this business strategy can only succeed if the stock market stays flush and the …

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Dr. Bruce Friedman Identifies Market Dynamics Driving Evolution of Lab Information Services

CEO SUMMARY: Probably no one is better positioned to identify the evolution of laboratory information services than Bruce Friedman, M.D., Professor of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. For almost 20 years, he has hosted the pre-eminent meeting in laboratory informatics, known as AIMCL—Automated Information Management for Clinical Laboratories. Dr. …

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Qualigen’s POL PSA Test Cleared for Sale by FDA

CEO SUMMARY: Qualigen, Inc. gained FDA approval to sell its FastPack™ System for PSA testing in the United States. Qualigen is one more example of a technology company that expects to shift diagnostic testing out of core laboratories and closer to the patient. Initially Qualigen will sell this system to urologists, where it believes the …

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“July 31, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Medical Management Programs, Inc. (MMP) of Southfield, Michigan is the new owner of the TPA (third party administrator) business formerly held by Universal Standard Medical Laboratories. MMP purchased the TPA business involving lab testing and home health services from USML’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy case last fall. During the 1990s, USML was unique among the nation’s …

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How Smaller Lab Organizations Can Compete

MAYBE THE PENDULUM IS SWINGING BACK IN FAVOR of smaller laboratory organizations. During most of the 1990s, consolidation and large size seemed to generate clout. But huge size didn’t always result in profitable laboratory companies. Witness the red ink spilled from such public laboratory companies as Corning Clinical Laboratories (now Quest Diagnostics Incorporated), Laboratory Corporation of …

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Lab “Home Brews” Web Solution for Test Results

CEO SUMMARY: Internet-enabled lab test ordering and results reporting may help independent commercial labs and hospital laboratory outreach programs become more competitive against the two blood brothers. In eastern Pennsylvania, Clinical Laboratories, Inc. introduced Web-based lab test results reporting in July 1998. Since that date, sales are up and clients are happier. HOSPITAL LABORATORY OUTREACH …

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Neurology is Test Focus For Athena Diagnostics

CEO SUMMARY: There are few examples of laboratory companies focused on a single medical specialty,a business model that is expected to become more common in coming years. One such company is Athena Diagnostics. For 12 years, this company has concentrated on providing diagnostic testing for neurology specialists. It grew steadily throughout the 1990s and is …

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