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Genetics Tidal Wave is Rapidly Approaching
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume VII No. 17 – December 4, 2000 Issue
EVERYONE IN THE CLINICAL LAB BUSINESS KNOWS that our business will soon be dominated by genetic and molecular testing technology. However, most lab administrators and pathologists believe that we are several years away from the widespread clinical use of such technology in laboratory testing. In pr…
Year’s Ten Biggest Stories Reveal Modest Changes
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 17 – December 4, 2000 Issue
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…
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Embraces New Testing Technology
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 17 – December 4, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Despite a decade of consolidation, competition among the world’s largest diagnostics manufacturers remains intense. In response to this competition, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) is preparing a variety of new products and services for its clinical laboratory customers. I…
AmeriPath & InformDX Merging To Form Largest Anatomic Pathology Firm in U.S.
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 16 – November 13, 2000 Issue
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 …
“October 23, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 15 – October 23, 2000 Issue
Get ready for the stock market to begin creating multi-millionaires from today’s generation of commercial laboratory executives. Most laboratorians know that Roche sold $430.5 million of its stock holding in Laboratory Corporation of America stock only seven days a…
Bill Bonello Sees Opportunities In Diagnostic Services Companies
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 14 – October 2, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: With the clinical laboratory industry now enjoying growing interest by professional investors, THE DARK REPORT traveled to New York City to meet with financial analyst William B. Bonello, of U S Bancorp Piper Jaffray. Bonello co-authored a just-released overview of what he ca…
IMPATH, AmeriPath, LabOne, MedTox, Genomics Collaborative, PharmChem, CARESIDE, Luminex, Fisher Scientific
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 12 – August 21, 2000 Issue
EMERGING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN TISSUE BANKS & CANCER DATA EVEN AS THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM squeezes pathologist incomes in a variety of specific professional services, it opens up business opportunities in other segments of the pathology field. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies wa…
“August 21, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 12 – August 21, 2000 Issue
Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (BRLI) announced that its physician Web portal service, CareEvolve.com, gained 200 enrolled physicians in the first eight days following its August 1, 2000 release. As a laboratory company, BRLI recognizes that its physician network is the real asset …
Dr. Bruce Friedman Identifies Market Dynamics Driving Evolution of Lab Information Services
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 11 – July 31, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Probably no one is better positioned to identify the evolution of laboratory information services than Bruce Friedman, M.D., Professor of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. For almost 20 years, he has hosted the pre-eminent meeting in laborat…
Express Scripts, InformInvestor.com, UroCor, Bio-Reference Laboratories
PRESCRIPTION DRUG SPENDING HITS A RECORD INCREASE OF 17.4% IN 1999 Just-released data from Express Scripts, Inc. indicates that spending on prescription drugs increased by a record 17.4% during 1999. This compares to a 9.6% spending increase for drugs in 1998. As most lab e…
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