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Insights from Q3 2024 Earnings Calls Point to a More Robust Lab Market
FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2024 (Q3 2024), both of the nation’s largest publicly traded laboratories—Labcorp…
Allina Doctors Express Concerns after Quest Acquires Lab Outreach
IN RECENT YEARS, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS AND LABCORP, the two behemoths of the U.S. clinical laboratory market, have been aggressively acquiring lab businesses from health systems across the country. They say that patients and providers will benefit from lower costs and be…
Hospital Lab Outreach: Still a Valuable Asset!
CEO SUMMARY: Hospital lab administrators everywhere are watching press releases announcing the latest agreement of a major health system selling its laboratory outreach business to one of the billion-dollar lab corporations. The pace of these sales is accelerating. These deals confirm the…
September 23, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
One sign of the financial turmoil associated with the market for genetic tests is the news that all seven independent directors of 23andMe’s board resigned at the same time on Sept. 18. The reason given was that these directors opposed the plan of CEO and co-founder Anne Wojcicki t…
September 3, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
To challenge the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final rule on laboratory developed tests (LDTs,) the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) filed a lawsuit on August 20, 2024, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Tex…
Identifying Current Lab Trends from Labcorp & Quest Experience
CEO SUMMARY: Many different factors influence the operations of clinical laboratories in the United States today. One good source of competitive business intelligence is for lab administrators to follow the quarterly earnings calls of the nation’s two biggest public lab corporations. Wi…
August 12, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
In recent years, many of the national retail pharmacy chain operators announced big plans to open primary care clinics. Now, after substantial investments of billions of dollars, those same retail pharmacy chains are unwinding these business lines. This spring, Walmart announced it w…
Quest Diagnostics Moves to Acquire LifeLabs of Canada
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, ALREADY A CLINICAL LABORATORY BEHEMOTH IN THE U.S., is expanding its Nor…
Invitae’s Troubled Journey: Rise, Fall, and Bankruptcy
ON MAY 7, THE REMNANTS OF GENETIC TESTING GIANT INVITAE (NYSE: NVTA) were scooped up by …
New Type of Competition from Investor-Owned Labs
CEO SUMMARY: More investor-funded lab companies see robust future growth in serving what The Washington Post calls “a booming online wellness market that aims to leave the doctor’s office behind. ” This is a new market driven by younger health care-minded consumers who turn to …
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