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Memphis Path Lab JV Purchased By AEL
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 14 – October 11, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Memphis Pathology Labs’ two hospital owners and their JV partner, MDS, surprised many with the sale of the lab venture to American Esoteric Laboratories (AEL). It’s the end of a successful joint venture between several hospitals and a commercial laboratory company. It als…
ChromaVision Targets National AP Market
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 12 – August 30, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Three new business strategies are moving ChromaVision into different segments of the laboratory testing marketplace. The company has built a new laboratory facility and will support local pathology groups with advanced diagnostic technology. It is also expanding its presence …
Digene, Kaiser Northern California, ARUP Labs, Bio-Reference Labs, Specialty Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 9 – June 28, 2004 Issue
DIGENE ENJOYS GROWTH OF 39% IN RECENT MONTHS FUELED BY RECOGNITION that HPV plays a key role in causing cervical cancer, demand for Digene Corporation’s hc2 High-Risk HPV DNA test is increasing at impressive rates. For fiscal third quarter 2004, Digene reported revenue gr…
National AP Firms Target Gastroenterology Groups
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 9 – June 28, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s a trend as yet invisible to the radar screens of most pathology groups. A new crop of specialty AP companies is targeting gastroenterology. In the past 36 months, several have posted phenomenal growth in both specimen volume and revenue. The heightened competition for …
Specialty Laboratories, Cytyc, Quest Diagnostics, DakoCytomation, Abbot
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 6 – April 26, 2004 Issue
SPECIALTY LABORATORIES SHOWS VOLUME GROWTH DURING CALENDAR 2003 If the financial performance of Specialty Laboratories, Inc. in fourth quarter 2003 is an accurate measure, it appears the company has moved past its troubling problems of 2002. For fourth quarter 2003, Special…
New Esoteric Lab Firm Does Two Acquisitions
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 6 – April 26, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Armed with $70 million, American Esoteric Laboratories (AEL) wants to build a national laboratory that offers a full menu of esoteric tests. It is building a primary laboratory in Dallas, which has one of the nation’s best air transport hubs. ThromboCare Laboratories and Vi…
“April 5, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 5 – April 5, 2004 Issue
There’s a new national lab company ready to compete. This week American Esoterix Laboratories, Inc. (AEL) announced it was open and ready for business. Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, it has already completed two lab acquisitions (ThromboCare Laboratories and …
AmeriPath Reports on 2003, Its First Year as a Private Firm
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 5 – April 5, 2004 Issue
WILL BUSINESS BE BETTER for AmeriPath, Inc. as a private company than it was as a publicly-traded firm? Its 2003 financial report indicates some interesting challenges, many common to all laboratories. First, a look at basic numbers. AmeriPath’s net revenues grew from $478.8 milli…
IMPATH Has a Buyer: Genzyme Pays $215 Mil
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 4 – March 15, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two unexpected things happened in IMPATH’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy action. First, it attracted a buyer willing to pay the premium price of $215 million for its assets. Second, the buyer was not another laboratory company. Rather, it is a new entrant into the oncology diagnost…
More Firms Now Offer Web Lab Info Products
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 2 – February 2, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since our last vendor directory in winter 2001, the number of companies selling browser-based systems for laboratory testing ordering and results reporting has doubled! That’s a sign that laboratories recognize the need to have an Internet strategy and are taking steps to d…
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