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Annual Ranking of Public Laboratory Companies
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Public Labs Enjoy Boom Times As Revenues & Profits Climb
TAKEN COLLECTIVELY, second quarter earnings reports by public lab and pathology companies send a strong message: the lab industry is in the midst of a revenue and profit boom. It’s been more than a decade since every public lab and pathology company reported strong growth in both revenues and oper…
Market Changes Lead LabCorp To Follow New Strategic Direction
CEO SUMMARY: When formed in 1995, Laboratory Corporation of America faced a financially-hostile marketplace for lab testing services. However, strategic planning retreats in 1997 and 1999 were pivotal in redirecting this billion-dollar lab behemoth toward financial stability. During 2000,…
“Local” Anatomic Path Has Two Major Players
CEO SUMMARY: After a lot of money and much effort, the fledgling crop of companies wanting to consolidate and manage pathology group practices has narrowed into just two market leaders: AmeriPath and Pathology Service Associates. These two companies could not be more different in their go…
Competitive Dynamics In the Laboratory Testing Marketplace
This section of the White Paper deals with the marketplace for laboratory services. For brevity and clarity, I will address five components: 1) independent commercial laboratories; 2) hospital-based laboratories; 3) esoteric, reference, and specialty testing laboratories; 4) anatomic pathology lab- o…
Year’s Ten Biggest Stories Reveal Modest Changes
CEO SUMMARY: In many ways, 2000 was a relatively quiet year for laboratory organizations. This list of the ten biggest stories in the lab industry for 2000 demonstrates that the most innovative laboratory organizations in the United States are “raising the bar” for service and quality…
AmeriPath Will Acquire Inform DX for $44.6 Mil
CEO SUMMARY: It’s another example of consolidation in the anatomic pathology marketplace. AmeriPath, Inc.’s acquisition of Inform DX, Inc. positions the company to do as much as $350 million in revenues next year. By acquiring Inform DX, AmeriPath also gains entry into six more states…
AmeriPath & InformDX Merging To Form Largest Anatomic Pathology Firm in U.S.
CEO SUMMARY: AmeriPath and InformDX shared several common elements in their respective business strategies. Both companies believe that pathology services are best delivered at the local level and benefit from the support of a national organization. Both companies believe that physicians …
Successful Specialty IPO Can Open Door for Others
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…
National Anatomic Pathology Companies Continue to Grow
IT’S BOOM TIME IN ONE SEGMENT of the clinical laboratory world. The national anatomic pathology companies are posting record rates of growth and profits. The sustained and strong financial performance at DIANON Systems, Inc. and IMPATH, Inc. has not gone unnoticed…
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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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