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Expect ISO 9000 To Alter Clinical Lab Management
CEO SUMMARY: Perceptive laboratory executives and pathologists should welcome the impending arrival of ISO 9000 into the clinical laboratory industry. It promises to solve many problems of laboratory management. The diagnostics industry, responsible for manufacturing instruments and suppl…
“April 13, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Last Thursday was the 20th Annual Conference of the Biomedical Marketing Association (BMA). Held in Baltimore, it brought together the marketing and sales executives from diagnostics companies all over the United States. The program focused on changes to how hospitals and laboratorie…
Big Loss At MedPartners, Aetna Buys NY Life Unit
CEO SUMMARY: Consolidation of the healthcare industry may be continuing, but the process is not profitable for some of the country’s largest corporations. Clinical laboratories will continue to be impacted by the financial fortunes of these major players. Here’s why the troubles at Me…
1997’s Top Ten Lab Stories Predict New Directions
CEO SUMMARY: Events during 1997 reveal that the laboratory industry continues to undergo fundamental change. Yet even amidst the industry’s downsizing, selected laboratory organizations continue to flourish. Here is THE DARK REPORT’s annual look at top stories for the year. A careful …
“November 17, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Neuromedical Systems’ PapNet® procedure is included in the new CPT codes covering automated cytology. The CPT codes take effect on January 1, 1998. Expect to see a flurry of announcements that selected managed care plans will reimburse for automated cytology procedures. MORE …
Consolidation Within The Diagnostics Industry
IN THIS ISSUE WE ARE GIVING COVERAGE to the acquisition of Coulter Corporation by Beckman Instruments, Inc. for an important reason. I believe this merger is first evidence of impending and significant changes to the diagnostics industry. During the next 18 to 24 m…
Lab Market Trends Drive Beckman-Coulter Deal
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory executives should pay attention to Beckman’s acquisition of Coulter. Together, both companies service a sizeable base of laboratory customers. Any changes to products and services resulting from this merger will affect a large number of clinical laboratories. Obs…
Diagnostic Companies About To Undergo Change
CEO SUMMARY: Diagnostic companies are undergoing the same consolidation wave as commercial laboratories and hospitals. Beckman’s acquisition of Coulter provides an early example of how diagnostics companies will use acquisitions to create a comprehensive product line. Other surprising m…
Roche Holdings, Ltd. Acquires Boehringer Mannheim In Merger
CEO SUMMARY: Roche will pay $11 billion to buy Corange Ltd., parent company of Boehringer Mannheim, the world’s number two diagnostics company. Wall Street expects this deal to quicken the pace of consolidation in the healthcare industry. The surprise move will impact clinical laborator…
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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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