TOP 10 LAB STORIES OF 2017

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 17 – December 11, 2017 Issue

1. CMS Sticks by Decision to Deeply Cut Medicare Part B Lab Test Fees SHORT OF A MIRACLE, the clinical laboratory industry is less than three weeks from the single most financially-disruptive event of the past 30 years. On Jan. 1, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service…

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New Company Ready to Heat Up Slow Digital Pathology Market

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 11 – August 3, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There’s a new competitor in the digital pathology marketplace with ambitious plans to deliver a fully-integrated pathologist workflow solution. Inspirata, Inc., of Tampa, Florida, made its debut in March at an international pathology conference. In this exclusive i…

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Leica, Aperio, Myriad, AMP, Hologic, Gen-Probe

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 12 – August 27, 2012 Issue

LEICA BIOSYSTEMS TO ACQUIRE APERIO FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY YEARS, a global leader in histology systems and products has announced that it will acquire one of the leading digital pathology companies. This time it is Leica Biosystems of Nussloch, German…

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Business Advantages From Whole Slide Imaging

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 5 – March 29, 2010 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Whole slide imaging (WSI) is a niche product today, but it offers the potential to redefine the practice of pathology. That’s the opinion of pathologists presenting at a digital pathology workshop last month. One pathologist explained how WSI significantly improves collabor…

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FDA Advisory Panel Convenes To Assess Whole Slide Imaging

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 15 – November 02, 2009 Issue

Editor’s Note: Guest writer Martin Perry attended the FDA’s advisory panel on digital pathology conducted earlier this month. He is CEO of The Perry Group and has extensive experience in imaging and healthcare. He offers his insights from the FDA proceedings on digital pathology imaging….

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Aperio, Cerner Interface Digital Path and Path LIS

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 4 – March 16, 2009 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For pathologists watching the market acceptance of digital imaging and digital pathology systems, another milestone has been reached. The nation’s largest health IT companies are beginning to develop interfaces between their anatomic pathology laboratory informatio…

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Momentum Continues for Digital Pathology

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 16 – December 01, 2008 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Last month, digital imaging in pathology gained additional momentum with the latest FDA clearance. Aperio Technologies, Inc., now has FDA clearance to market its slide scanning system for reading digital progesterone receptor (PR) slides on a computer monitor. Aperio plans to…

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iTunes Business Model For Digital Path Scans

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 13 – September 29, 2008 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: If BioImagene’s CEO is to be believed, the company is ready to deliver a digital pathology system that is robust and affordable, even in settings with just two or three pathologists. One key to the BioImagene strategy is “per scan” pricing that avoids the need for upfro…

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Is Digital Path Imaging Ready for Prime Time?

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 9 – July 7, 2008 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Digital pathology imaging systems are finding uses in all phases of drug discovery (discovery, pre-clinical, clinical trials), as well as education, research, and clinical. One hurdle to widespread adoption of fully digitized, whole-slide pathology imaging systems is FDA clea…

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Siemens Acquires Dade, Builds IVD Powerhouse

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 11 – August 6, 2007 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In just 15 months, Siemens AG has pulled out its checkbook three times to spend more than $14 billion to acquire major in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies. When it closes the purchase of Dade Behring, Siemens will be in the first rank of global IVD manufacturers. It has also…

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