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Quest, Labcorp Both Report Growth in Base Lab Business
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 7 – May 8, 2023 Issue
DURING THE LATEST QUARTERLY EARNINGS REPORTS from Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp, it was largely “same old, same old” as base business continues to improve post-pandemic, while C…
What’s Next in 2023 for Clinical Laboratories?
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXX, No. 6 – April 17, 2023 Issue
AS YOU OPEN THIS ISSUE OF THE DARK REPORT, in New Orleans, about 900 senior lab administrators, executives, and pathologists will be gathered at the 28th annual Executive War College on …
IVD Firms Prepare for OTC, Home Test Market Expansion
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 6 – April 17, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With public interest in home testing growing, some IVD manufacturers are preparing to serve a fast-expanding market for over-the-counter and at-home tests. IVD firms are banking on the…
April 17, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 6 – April 17, 2023 Issue
There may soon be a new name for the well-known American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). The proposed new name is Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (A…
Enzo Biochem’s Lab Business Sold to Labcorp for $146M
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 5 – March 27, 2023 Issue
COMMERCIAL LABORATORY CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES, this time with news earlier this month that New York City-based Enzo Biochem agreed to sell its clinical laboratory business to Labcorp. The deal points to the problem many clinical laboratori…
Labcorp: Ascension Deal Will Earn $550 Million in 2023
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX No. 4 – March 6, 2023 Issue
PUBLICLY TRADED LABORATORY COMPANIES OFFERED INSIGHTS into how acquisitions of hospital lab operations and outreach businesses add to their bottom lines, according to recent reports on full-year 2022 and fourth quarter earnings. Last year was a busy one…
February 13, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX No. 3 – February 13, 2023 Issue
Laboratory leaders should prepare now for the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE) for SARS-CoV-2. The White House announced the PHE would cease on May 11. One big change is that patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance may pay higher costs for COVID-19 t…
Building Collaborations to Deliver More Value
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXX No. 3 – February 13, 2023 Issue
Innovative clinical laboratory leaders closely monitoring the financial health of their labs or hospitals will find plenty to chew on in this issue of The Dark Report. The laboratory team at Atrium Health in Charlotte, N…
National Lab Says It Will Help with Supply Chain Services
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX No. 2 – January 23, 2023 Issue
RECOGNIZING THAT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES are troublesome to some of its clinical laboratory customers, one national lab company has announced it would like to help solve those issues. In September, Quest Diagnostics issued a press release describing …
CLIA on Path to Recognize Lab Data As a Specimen
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX No. 2 – January 23, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Discussions within the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) are focusing on digital diagnostic data and clinical laboratory testing conducted remotely. CLIAC recommendations about these important topics may eventually be part of updates to …
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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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