October 27, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 15 – October 27, 2025 Issue

In yet another shuffling of the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) space, Hologic announced on Oct. 21 that it was being acquired by private equity firms Blackstone and TPG for $18.3 billion. The deal will take Hologic off the Nasdaq, likely in early 2026. TPG and Blackstone lauded Hol…

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2025 Ranking of the World’s Top 13 IVD Corporations

By Mark Terry | From the Volume XXXII, No. 13 – September 15, 2025 Issue

BASED ON PUBLICLY-REPORTED 2024 DIAGNOSTICS-RELATED REVENUE, four in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies continue to dominate the global market, as they have for the last two years: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Roche, Danaher, and Abbott Laboratories. The top 13 companies …

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Despite Trade Tariffs, IVD Firms Report Upbeat Earnings

By Mark Terry | From the Volume XXXII, No. 12 – August 25, 2025 Issue

LEADING IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES RECENTLY REPORTED POSITIVE QUARTERLY FINANCIALS despite swirling concerns about trade tariffs and cuts to US federal research grants. It’s not yet clear what the long-term effect of tariffs’ will be on IVD manu…

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June 23, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXXII, No. 9 – June 23, 2025 Issue

Clinical labs that have business in clinical trials involving genetic samples should note that on June 18, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered a review of new trials that send samples to “hostile countries for genetic engineering.” The FDA mentioned China specifically. Th…

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Global IVD Companies Issue Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 5 – March 31, 2025 Issue

OVERALL, IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES REPORTED A MIXED BAG of financial results for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2024, with Becton, Dickinson and Company, Abbott Laboratories, and Siemens Healthineers showing the most momentum based on r…

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Global IVD Companies Issue Third Quarter 2024 Earnings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 16 – November 25, 2024 Issue

HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE of t…

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Global IVD Companies Report Second Quarter 2024 Earnings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 13 – September 23, 2024 Issue

IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2024, in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies reported solid revenues as well as new tests, analyzers, and automation. Most of the IVD companies boosted diagnostic sales in low single digit amounts. During the earnings calls, financial analysts asked company leade…

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2023 Ranking of the World’s Top 13 IVD Corporations

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 10 – July 22, 2024 Issue

BASED ON 2023 DIAGNOSTICS-RELATED REVENUE, four in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers continued to lead the global IVD market just as they did in 2022. They are: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Roche Holdings, Abbott Laboratories, and Danaher Corporation. Th…

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Clarapath Automates Slide Prep, Microtomy Workflow

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 9 – July 1, 2024 Issue

>>CEO SUMMARY: Histology is one area of labo­ratory medicine that utilizes a mostly manual work­ flow. However, pathology labs will soon have a novel solution designed to automate many of the steps in microtomy that produce glass slides. Reduced variability in the finished glass s…

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Global IVD Companies Report First Quarter 2024 Earnings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 9 – July 1, 2024 Issue

IN THEIR INITIAL FINANCIAL REPORTING F…

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