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Successful Specialty IPO Can Open Door for Others
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 14 – October 2, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s no secret that a handful of laboratory companies would like to complete an initial public offering (IPO). If Specialty Labs’ public offering goes well, expect these lab companies to bring their own stock offerings to the public equity markets. As the number of public…
Is it Early-90s “Deja Vu” For Today’s Lab Industry?
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 14 – October 2, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Stock prices for laboratory and pathology companies have skyrocketed since the new decade of the 2000s dawned on January 1. Is investor optimism warranted by the opportunities ahead in diagnostic testing? Or will history repeat itself if the continuing evolution of American h…
“October 2, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 14 – October 2, 2000 Issue
More clinical laboratories are interested in obtaining ISO-9000 certification. The laboratory divisions of Kaiser Permanente-Southern California and Kaiser Permanente-Northern California are each preparing for an ISO-9000 certification effort. As reported in this iss…
Lab Industry Attracting New Investment Dollars
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 11 – July 31, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Professional investors with access to hundreds of millions of dollars of investment capital are closely scrutinizing the clinical laboratory industry. They are encouraged by the recent financial performance of public laboratory companies. For independent laboratory owners, th…
Several Labs Planning A Public Stock Offering
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 11 – July 31, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: During the past six years, no general clinical laboratory company has undergone an initial public stock offering (IPO). That will certainly change during the next 24 months. There are several private lab companies which want to go public. But this business strategy can only s…
Dr. Bruce Friedman Identifies Market Dynamics Driving Evolution of Lab Information Services
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 11 – July 31, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Probably no one is better positioned to identify the evolution of laboratory information services than Bruce Friedman, M.D., Professor of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. For almost 20 years, he has hosted the pre-eminent meeting in laborat…
“March 27, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 5 – March 27, 2000 Issue
Will lab information system services be a value- added selling point for the national reference labs? Developments at American Medical Laboratories (AML) and Specialty Laboratories would indicate yes. First, AML entered a strategic alliance with Park City Solutions t…
NH Rural Hospital Labs Connecting Via Internet
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 4 – March 6, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Expect the Internet to be a tool for leveling the competitive playing field. Ten rural hospital labs in New Hampshire are now connecting their labs and their outreach physician office clients with a Web-based lab test ordering and results reporting system. The goal is to incr…
“March 6, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 4 – March 6, 2000 Issue
Interesting things are afoot at Esoterix, Inc., the Austin, Texas-based parent company for six specialty laboratories. President and CEO Charles L Dufesche, M.D. recently left. The new CEO is James McClintic. Esoterix has plans to become a public company and has been shopping its IPO…
Lab Network in Florida Becoming Tough Player
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 17 – December 13, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Throughout the 1990s, a growing number of hospital laboratory administrators learned the value of a professionally-managed lab outreach program. In a few markets, these savvy lab leaders moved to the next level: using regional laboratory networks to solidify their local marke…
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