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Spectrum Lab Network Is Sold to Equity Investor
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 16 – November 14, 2005 Issue
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…
Spectrum Owns MEDex, Comments on Trends
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 4 – March 7, 2005 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Spectrum Laboratory Network recently completed its acquisition of MEDex Laboratories, Inc. of Kingsport, Tennessee. It is becoming a regional laboratory powerhouse, challenging Laboratory Corporation of America in North Carolina and establishing a sales base in Atlanta, long-…
Con Man Rips Off Lab In Kingsport, Tennessee
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 7 – May 27, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It will certainly rank as one of the major executive frauds in the clinical laboratory industry. In the wake of MEDex Laboratories’ Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing in April, an amazing tale of deceit and deception began unfolding. At the center of the story is ex-MEDex CEO Mic…
“December 17, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VIII No. 17 – December 17, 2001 Issue
Laboratorians interested in the economic paradoxes that sunk the managed care industry might be interested in a new book, Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Healthcare System. Author J.D. Kleinke provides a lucid analysis of the contradictions in our healthcare system. For example, Kleinke descri…
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