Denver’s UniPath Sells Its Histo Labs to APP

By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: UniPath ended a long search for a business partner with ample capital and resources to help it continue its aggressive rates of growth in specimen volume, market share, and revenue. UniPath announced the sale of its technical laboratories to American Pathology Partne…

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MT/MLT Distance Learning Goal of Collaboration

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 11 – August 18, 2008 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: To encourage more students to pursue medical technology (MT) and medical laboratory technician (MLT) degrees, ARUP Laboratories and Weber State University (WSU) are collaborating to promote the distance learning programs offered at WSU. Online students can work any shift and …

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August 18, 2008 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 11 – August 18, 2008 Issue

There’s a new lab company in New York City. Manhattan Physicians Laboratory, Inc. (MPL) was recently launched by two former executives from Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. Thomas Golubic is MPL’s President and William Nouri is Vice President and Lab Operations Di…

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New Technologies Bring New Issues for Pathologists

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XVI No. 3 – February 19, 2007 Issue

TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE MOVING through the lab industry like a buzz saw through balsa. Three briefings in this issue provide examples. In two briefings, we address the topic of false positive results generated in part because of innovations in molecular testing. In the third briefing, we expla…

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RedPath Integrated Pathology Raises $4 Million From Investors

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 15 – November 6, 2006 Issue

IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc. is in the midst of raising money for expansion. On September 25, 2006, it announced a $4 million equity financing commitment from NewSpring Capital of Philadephia, Pennsylvania. RedPath represents an in…

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Focus Diagnostics, Inc. To Be Acquired by Quest

By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Another national laboratory company loses its independence and consolidation of the lab industry continues. Last Friday it was announced that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated would acquire the laboratory testing and diagnostic…

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Hospital Labs Produce Moderate Cost Increases

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XI No. 14 – October 11, 2004 Issue

ALL PATHOLOGISTS AND HOSPITAL LAB ADMINISTRATORS who feel beat up about endless budget cuts should take heart. During the period 2000-2002, the cost of laboratory services in hospitals increased by 18%. That is something to brag about—and here’s why! The lab services cost increase was less than …

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Sysmex Anticipates Major Shifts In Laboratory Testing Market

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 9 – June 28, 2004 Issue

“Innovating from our core technologies will lead Sysmex into very different areas of laboratory testing.” —John Kershaw CEO SUMMARY: Sysmex America, Inc. surprised many this year when it hired its own sales and service team and begin distribu…

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Anatomic Path Trends Portend Deep Changes

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 1 – January 12, 2004 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Our biannual review of trends shaping the anatomic pathology profession reveals that a wide range of influences are active. The nation’s healthcare system is undergoing fundamental changes in how it views the quality of health services and how it will favor top-performing p…

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Looking at Fast-Growth And Slow-Growth Areas In Diagnostic Testing

By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 14 – October 20, 2003 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: This exclusive intelligence briefing predicts how specific new technologies may drive changes in the laboratory-testing marketplace during the next five years. The key message is that change is expected to be incremental, not disruptive—given the technology known to be in d…

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