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LAB-Interlink Hangs On Despite Financial Woes
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 2 – February 2, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s an uphill struggle at LAB-Interlink, based in Omaha, Nebraska. Short of funds, staffed with only a few employees, and urgently seeking capital, the company has so far managed to avoid filing for protection under bankruptcy laws. It is an unwelcome turn of events, since…
Total Laboratory Automation: It’s “ DOA” In Today’s Market
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 1 – January 11, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since 1994, thoughtful lab executives have wrestled with the concept of total automation for their laboratory. Despite concerted marketing efforts by some of the world’s most successful diagnostics manufacturers, only a handful of total laboratory automation (TLA) sites are…
Pap Smear Technologies Battle For Market Share
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 9 – June 23, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Cytyc, NeoPath and Neuromedical each tapped the public capital markets during the past 18 months. Now investors expect to see earnings growth and dividends as soon as possible. Clinical laboratories should expect intensified sales and marketing efforts from these three compan…
An Industrial Engineer Looks At Laboratory Automation And Robotics
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 3 – February 17, 1997 Issue
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: Last fall, Mark Smythe’s four-part DARK REPORT series about the thirteen “Perilous Parallels” common to commercial laboratory managers provoked widespread response among our clients and readers. We’ve invited him back to address management issues involving…
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