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Theranos Saga Just Keeps Getting More Intriguing
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIII No. 6 – May 2, 2016 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 400-word article in the May 2 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. …
Mayo Medical Laboratories Will Close Massachusetts Lab
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 5 – April 11, 2016 Issue
IN AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE LAST MONTH, Mayo Medical Laboratories said that it would close the lab facility it operates in Andover, Massachusetts, by the end of the year. As a result of this move, Mayo will eliminate 105 jobs in this leafy suburb north of Boston. For 20 years, MML…
March 21, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 Issue
Tougher times in the clinical lab testing market have claimed another lab company. On February 28, Artherotech, Inc., posted a notice on its website stating that it had closed permanently, as of that date. Along with its several hundred employees, Artherotech’s closure caught many…
A Pantheon of Greatest Lab Physician-Businessmen
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 Issue
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLINICAL LABORATORY BUSINESS, generally included in the lab industry’s Pantheon of Greatest Physician (Pathologist) Businessmen are Paul A. Brown, MD, and James B. Powell, MD. I’d like to nominate another physician to this list: Marc D. Grodman, MD. During the 1970s and 1980…
February 29, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 3 – February 29, 2016 Issue
Sandy, Utah-based Sure Genomics is the latest genetic testing company to get a letter from the Food and Drug Administration asking why the company is marketing its SureDNA genetic testing kit to consumers without first obtaining clearance from the federal agency. Th…
Newsmaker Interview: Matthew Hawkins
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: By now, most pathologists and clinical laboratory administrators recognize that effective use of information technology will be a critical success factor as healthcare systems transform to do population health management and to use “big data†with value-based payment mode…
Labs Can Earn Revenue through Data Analytics
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII, Number 18 – December 28, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: There is a new buyer for lab test data, creating an opportunity for labs to build a new revenue stream. Medivo, Inc., of New York, describes itself as a healthcare data analytics company whose mission is to unlock the power of lab data to improve health. It works with clinica…
Official Makes Case in Favor of FDA LDT Guidance
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXII, Number 18 – December 28, 2015 Issue
IN THIS EXCLUSIVE NEWS COVERAGE of a public appearance by a key FDA official, THE DARK REPORT provides lab executives and pathologists with a more nuanced understanding about the thinking behind the proposed …
PAML Joint Venture News from The Dark Report Intelligence
November 2, 2007 PAML and HCA Agree to Start New Lab Joint Venture in Utah …
Catholic Health Initiatives Signs Pact with PAML
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XVI No. 15 – November 02, 2009 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In concept, it is a simple deal. Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), the nationâ…
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