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Year’s Top 10 Lab Stories Contain Surprises & Twists
CEO SUMMARY: With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic now in the rearview mirror of the nation’s clinical labs and pathology groups, the important news stories of 2023 were mostly about developments where the consequences will influence laboratory operations in coming years. Artificial intelligence…
Most IVD Firms Increase Q3 2023 Base Business Revenue
Most in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies reported increases in base business during the third quarter (Q3) 2023. The numbers, in the single digits, softened the blow from the continuing drop-off in COVID-19 test sales. Manufacturers of tests and laboratory instruments are launching ne…
Machine Learning Poised to Give Clinical Labs New Capabilities
“One of the first questions I ask the laboratory team is ‘do you want to continue to be a factory or do you want to be a change agent in healthcare?’ They all answer that they want contribute to positive change.” —Michael Simpson …
November 13, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Federal regulators recently confirmed that Dec. 4 remains the deadline for public comment on the proposed rule that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would use to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs). This was confirmed during a public webinar for the lab and in vi…
Q3 2023 Financial Reports Show Growth at Labcorp, Quest
Blood brothers Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics showed momentum beyond COVID-19 testing and toward areas that grew base business revenue in their third quarter (Q3) 2023 financial reporting. Company leaders called attention to more partnerships and acquisitions of ho…
Gaining Network Access with Payers Is Often about Geography
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our column, Virchow, is written by anonymous insiders working within the managed…
Two Forces Push for More FDA Oversight of LDTs
CLINICAL AND GENETIC TESTING LABS MAY SUDDENLY FEEL THEMSELVES STUCK IN THE MIDDLE of a yin-yang situation when it comes to laboratory developed tests (LDTs). One force, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati…
FDA Issues Proposed Rule to Further Regulate LDTs
CEO SUMMARY: Publication of the FDA’s draft rule on LDT regulation starts the clock on public comment. The proposal seeks to clearly identify laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as in vitro diagnos…
Is Lab and IVD Consolidation Ready to Hit the Wall?
IN HUMAN HISTORY, ALL ERAS COME TO AN END. The majority of the time, the end of an era is disruptive and a new status quo emerges, with different winners and losers. Today, there is growing evidence that one era in c…
IVD and Lab Consolidation Reduces Choices for Labs
CEO SUMMARY: Since the launch of The Dark Report in 1995, consolidation of hospitals, physician groups, clinical labs, pathology groups, and IVD manufacturers has been a major trend every year. Toda…
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Volume XXXII, No. 7 – May 12, 2025
Economic, Tech changes drive lab concerns, The Dark Report provides insights from the Executive War College speakers about how clinical labs can use business strategies and tactics to handle the new tariffs, future regulations, and artificial intelligence (AI). Also, this issue provides guidance on how labs and pathologists should prepare for payer audits.
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