Late Breaking Lab News
“May 13, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Guess whose DNA was used by Celera Genomics during its project to map the human genome back in 1999? It was primarily the DNA of J. Craig Ventor, Ph.D., who was Chairman of Celera at that time. The disclosure, made last week, has stirred some controversy. Defenders say it is in the t…
“April 22, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Careside, Inc.’s point-of-care instruments for routine chemistry and hematology are moving into the clinical marketplace. (See TDR, November 22, 1999.) Through January, the company, based in Culver City, California, had placed 73 units, with another 17 on order. Careside 
“April 1, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Genaissance Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced it has identified genetic markers useful in identifying which people will respond best to cholesterol-lowering drugs. A study of 500 patients taking Lipitor, Pravachol, and Zochor compared their response to drugs over 16 weeks with a genetic…
“March 11, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Down in Orlando, Florida, Cognescenti Health Institute, now opening a newly-constructed clinical laboratory, has selected LabDat, Inc. to provide browser-based lab test ordering and results reporting. In response to the anticipated changes caused by genomic and prot…
“February 18, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Lab execs and pathologists should pay close attention to this fact: Internet use by Americans significantly increased again last year. The Commerce Department reported that. as of September, 143 million people in the U.S. were using the Internet. This is 54% of the population and rep…
“January 28, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
It may be a sign of change in how at least one national managed care company is willing to contract for laboratory services. During the last four weeks, UnitedHealthcare signed agreements with Dynacare, Inc. and Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (BRLI). Dynacare operates labs in 21 st…
“January 7, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s an early conjunction of: 1) consumer demand for sophisticated healthcare services; 2) healthcare ecommerce, and 3) telemedicine. In Cleveland and Boston, major health systems have introduced a Web-based “second opinions†service. In the case of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation…
“December 17, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Laboratorians interested in the economic paradoxes that sunk the managed care industry might be interested in a new book, Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Healthcare System. Author J.D. Kleinke provides a lucid analysis of the contradictions in our healthcare system. For example, Kleinke descri…
“November 26, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s clear evidence that laboratories will play a big role in healthcare’s future. AMIDEX Funds, Inc. just launched the first index-based mutual fund that focuses on cancer companies. Called “AMIDEX Cancer Innovations and Healthcare Mutual Fund†(symbol: CNCRX), it holds in…
“November 5, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
It’s a milestone in the Pap smear testing marketplace. Cytyc Corporation, in its third quarter financial report, now claims its Thin-Prep® product has 51% of the national market for Pap testing. Estimates are that 55 million Pap tests are done annually in the United States. A 51% …
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