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Buyer of MDS’ Canadian Labs Agrees to Pay C$ 900 Million
CANADA’S LARGEST CHAIN OF CLINICAL LABORATORIES will change hands in a deal revealed on September 7, 2006 by Toronto’s The Globe and Mail. MDS Inc. will apparently sell its diagnostics division to Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc., a private equit…
New Lab Firm Life Cycle Demonstrated by Focus
CEO SUMMARY: When an investment group bought Focus Diagnostics, Inc. in 2000, its business objective was to increase the value of the business and sell it between year five and ten of its ownership. Thus, the announcement last Friday that Focus Diagnostics would be acquired by Quest Diagn…
Spectrum Lab Network Is Sold to Equity Investor
CEO SUMMARY: Timing of the sale of Spectrum Laboratory Network to Apax Partners, L.P. was unexpected, but it’s been known for some time that the fast-growing regional laboratory was entertaining purchase offers. Under new ownership and with ready access to ample capital, Spectrum is optimis…
Our Tenth Anniversary Serving Your Needs
CEO SUMMARY: It was on September 25, 1995 that the first issue of THE DARK REPORT was published. The laboratory industry was in financial turmoil. There was widespread consolidation in both the commercial lab sector and among hospital laboratories. Reimbursement for lab testing services w…
Lab Innovators Point Way At Executive War College
CEO SUMMARY: Now in its tenth year, this Executive War College attracted a record crowd, including laboratory leaders from Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. The unexpected finding was that, along with the growing acceptance of Lean, Six Sigma and other quality management systems by…
Going, Going, Soon Gone: MDS Pulling Out of U.S.
CEO SUMMARY: Even as the best of its lab testing joint ventures with hospitals and health systems prove profitable, MDS Diagnostic Services is taking active steps to resolve its participation as a partner. In a candid interview, its President and CEO acknowledged the best attributes of su…
Linking UroCor Indictments With Specialist Doc Pathology
IS THE TIMING of the criminal indictments of three ex-UroCor executives going to be a fortuitous event for the anatomic pathology profession? I ask this question because the exploding trend of specialist physician groups internalizing anatomic pathology services was slated to be the…
Pathology “Condo Labs” Are New Business Ploy
CEO SUMMARY: We call ‘em pathology condominium laboratories. Other names are “pod labs” and “salon labs.” Whatever name is used, this new scheme by specialist physicians to capture pathology revenues may be the most significant threat to the anatomic pathology profession since t…
Toronto Hospital Labs Cope With SARS Impact
CEO SUMMARY: Canada has become one of the world’s hot spots for SARS. Concern about the unexpected number of hospital workers who contracted the disease triggered a halt to all but the most life-threatening patient care needs in many hospitals in Ontario. The manner in which this diseas…
Integrity Remains a Valued Business Asset
LATELY I SEEM TO BE LIVING UP TO MY ROLE as the “crusty curmudgeon.” The opinions and commentaries I contributed to these pages in recent issues of THE DARK REPORT triggered a considerable number of letters and feedback from our clients and regular readers. In particular, my observations about …
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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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