October 2000

Successful Specialty IPO Can Open Door for Others

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: It’s no secret that a handful of laboratory companies would like to complete an initial public offering (IPO). If Specialty Labs’ public offering goes well, expect these lab companies to bring their own stock offerings to the public equity markets. As the number of public lab companies increases, the competitive marketplace for laboratory …

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National Esoteric/Reference Rankings

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

Little is known about how the marketplace for hospital send-out testing is divided among national laboratory competitors.These rankings mark the second year THE DARK REPORT has attempted to measure the market for hospital esoteric and reference testing. This ranking does not include niche or specialty laboratory companies which provide specific lines of testing to hospital …

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Bill Bonello Sees Opportunities In Diagnostic Services Companies

In Vitro Diagnostics, Lean Six Sigma / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: With the clinical laboratory industry now enjoying growing interest by professional investors, THE DARK REPORT traveled to New York City to meet with financial analyst William B. Bonello, of U S Bancorp Piper Jaffray. Bonello co-authored a just-released overview of what he calls the “diagnostic services industry.” He is bullish on the future …

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Piper Jaffray Illustrates “New” Paradigm for Role of Lab Tests

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

WHEN FINANCIAL ANALYST William B. Bonello issued his overview report on the diagnostic services industry last week, little did he know that one element of his report would prove an instant hit with lab industry executives. During the U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray conference last Thursday, at least four companies included Bonello’s “paradigm shift” diagram (see …

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Is it Early-90s “Deja Vu” For Today’s Lab Industry?

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Stock prices for laboratory and pathology companies have skyrocketed since the new decade of the 2000s dawned on January 1. Is investor optimism warranted by the opportunities ahead in diagnostic testing? Or will history repeat itself if the continuing evolution of American healthcare proves as financially unhealthy to independent lab and pathology firms …

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“October 2, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

More clinical laboratories are interested in obtaining ISO-9000 certification. The laboratory divisions of Kaiser Permanente-Southern California and Kaiser Permanente-Northern California are each preparing for an ISO-9000 certification effort. As reported in this issue of THE DARK REPORT, Specialty Laboratories, Inc. expects to pursue ISO-9001 certification during 2001. ADD TO: LAB ISO-9000 Meanwhile, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated …

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