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2021 Rankings of the World’s Top 12 IVD Companies
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
October 18, 2021 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
One interesting development from the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is a new ability to collect genetic data on the virus and its variants from a growing number of countries across the globe. The World reported that “In March, the one millionth genomic sequence for the new coronavirus came from Chile; …
Lab Briefs
DOJ Obtains $140 Mil. Settlement in Drug Testing Case Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement totaling $136,025,077 with multiple defendants accused of using illegal inducements to encourage physicians to re…
2020 Rankings of the World’s Largest IVD Corporations
IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) MANUFACTURING continues to be dominated by a handful of companies, all of which sell their products worldwide. As the rankings below demonstrate, for 2020, just 11 companies accounted for 82.7% of international IVD sales. The …
July 6, 2021 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Did the SARS-CoV-2 virus infect people in the United States earlier than the first case diagnosed on Jan. 19, 2020? A newly-published study in Clinical Infectious Diseases, says there is evidence of COVID-19 infections in December 2019. The research team included scientists from the Nationa…
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Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024
The fragmentation of consumer markets is reflected in clinical lab services, and The Dark Report examines this trend and how it will impact labs in the coming years. Also, The Dark Report notes that the FDA has issued a controversial memo to reclassify many high-risk IVD assays.
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