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Public IVD Companies Report Q4, Full-Year 2022 Earnings
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX No. 3 – February 13, 2023 Issue
YEAR-END AND Q4 EARNINGS REPORTS FROM MAJOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES pointed to a welcome sign of core diagnostic business rebounding. That’s the good news for IVD firms. The bad news? All of the SARS-CoV-2 testing revenue that th…
Top Public IVD Companies Report Q3/Q4 2022 Earnings
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 17 – December 12, 2022 Issue
IT WAS A MIXED BAG OF THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS for the nation’s largest in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers, with COVID-19 testing volume a contributing factor. Fluctuating demand for SARS-CoV-2 testing proved perplexing, as some IV…
November 21, 2022, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 16 – November 21, 2022 Issue
In yet another employment ripple from the pandemic, a group of more than 75 pathologists penned a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to retain the option for remote diagnostic work. In the letter, which appeared in the Oct. 20 issue of Nature, the pathologists wrote, “During the COVID-19 pa…
October 10, 2022 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 14 – October 10, 2022 Issue
Future regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) may not be as clear as it once appeared. On Sept. 30, Congress passed a short-term resolution to keep the federal government funded. As part of the move, a proposed bill to increase oversight of LDTs has been sidelined, at least for now, accordin…
2021 Rankings of the World’s Top 12 IVD Companies
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 12 – August 29, 2022 Issue
WHILE THERE WAS SOME JOCKEYING FOR NEW positions, in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers remain entrenched in their market based on The Dark Report’s 2021 ranking of the Top 12 IVD Companies. COVID-1…
IVD Firms Grow During 2022, but COVID-19 Revenue Dropped
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 7 – May 16, 2022 Issue
MOST MAJOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) MANUFACTURERS started strong in 2022 as their base businesses regained steam and made up for the significant falloff in COVID-19 diagnostic test revenue. During first quarter 2022 earnings calls with invest…
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to Be Acquired by Quidel
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 1 – January 10, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In an announcement released before the end of 2021, Quidel said it had signed an agreement to acquire Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) for $6 billion. Laboratories that are customers of either company should expect changes after the deal closes as Quidel moves to integr…
IVD Companies Report Record Sales as 2021 Draws to Close
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 17 – December 20, 2021 Issue
JUDGING BY THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE of the major in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers, the demand for COVID-19 testing continues to generate a substantial stream of revenue. During their respective conference calls with investo…
December 20, 2021 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 17 – December 20, 2021 Issue
In Europe, Switzerland-based Unilabs will be acquired by a Danish company. Unilabs owns laboratories in at least 11 European countries and posted revenue of €2 billion euros (US $2.26 billion) in the financial year ending September. The seller is Apax Partners, a private equity compan…
November 8, 2021 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 15 – November 8, 2021 Issue
Last week, the state of California auto-renewed its controversial COVID-19 testing contract with PerkinElmer to run the Valencia Branch Laboratory. Designed, built, and operated by PerkinElmer, the lab began SARS-CoV-2 testing in the fall of 2020 and immediately was in the news for a range of …
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Volume XXX No. 4 – March 6, 2023
Readers will uncover a theme of mergers and consolidations running throughout this issue of The Dark Report. Case in point is our story about the pending merger between Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services. If the deal goes through, the new system will have 58 hospitals across five states. The Dark Report also notes revenues from Labcorp’s acquisition of Ascension Health, and reports on the creation of a major MT training center in Utah.
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