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The Dark Report Acquired by LabX Media Group
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: One of the clinical laboratory industry’s longest-running sources of business intelligence, market trends, and management developments has a new owner. LabX Media Group completed its purchase of The Dark Intelligence Group, Inc. (TDIG) on Feb. 28, 2025. This transaction pav…
Quest Acquires ‘Select Assets’ of Fresenius Medical Care
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AND QUEST DIAGNOSTICS AGREED TO A DEAL in which Quest will provide laboratory testing services for the latter’s dialysis clinics in the United States. Separately, Quest Diagnostics will acquire “select assets” of Spectra Labora…
Labcorp, Quest Issue Q1 Earnings, Offer Comments on FDA’s LDT Rule
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
BOTH LABCORP, BURLINGTON, N.C., AND QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, SECAUCU…
Labcorp to Acquire Only Certain Lab Assets of OPKO’s BioReference
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
Following Labcorp’s announcement that it will acquire “select assets” of BioR…
Labcorp and Quest Discuss Outreach Acquisition Potential
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
GIVEN THE POTENTIAL UPSIDE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ADDED REVENUES, both Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics remain on the prowl to acquire more hospital laboratory outreach …
IVD and Lab Consolidation Reduces Choices for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since the launch of The Dark Report in 1995, consolidation of hospitals, physician groups, clinical labs, pathology groups, and IVD manufacturers has been a major trend every year. Toda…
Smaller Labs Must Verify Z-code Arrangement with Lab Companies
By Virchow | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
EDITOR’S NO…
Lab News Briefs: Labcorp, Tufts, Informa, HIMSS, Sanford, Fairview
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
Labcorp Buys Tufts’ Lab Outreach IN OUR LAST ISSUE, WE REPORTED THAT LABCORP HAD ACQUIRED the lab outreach services of two health systems in…
Digital Pathology Sales Put Gestalt on Inc. 5000’s Fast Growth List
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
Digital pathology workflow provider Gestalt Diagnostics earned a place on the Inc. 5000 2023 list of the fastest growing p…
Online Exclusive: Robert Michel Discusses Three Notable Items from AACC Meeting
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
ROBERT MICHEL, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE DARK REPORT, attended July’s American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaheim, California. In this video from the exhibit hall, Michel noted three important changes at the confer…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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