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Esoterix Ready to Launch National Marketing Blitz
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IX No. 13 – September 16, 2002 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It was 1995 when several specialty testing lab companies were acquired by a new company called Esoterix. Immediately the lab industry viewed Esoterix as a “put-together” lab company. However, since 2000, executives at Esoterix have invested $50 million to integrate operat…
Competitive Dynamics In the Laboratory Testing Marketplace
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 18 – December 25, 2000 Issue
This section of the White Paper deals with the marketplace for laboratory services. For brevity and clarity, I will address five components: 1) independent commercial laboratories; 2) hospital-based laboratories; 3) esoteric, reference, and specialty testing laboratories; 4) anatomic pathology lab- o…
Specialty Labs Prepares For Public Stock Offering
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 14 – October 2, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Stock prices for public lab companies zoomed upwards through 2000. For this reason, executives at Specialty Laboratories, Inc. believe it is an auspicious time for their laboratory to bring an initial public offering (IPO) to market. Company officials recently filed a stock r…
Client Service and Sales Fuel Fast Growth at AML
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VI No. 5 – April 5, 1999 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Here’s proof positive that effective management can make a positive difference in the financial performance of clinical labs. Upon taking title to American Medical Laboratories in the spring of 1997, its new owners used an emphasis on “customer-first” service and aggres…
Lab Specialists Acquired By Kroll-O’Gara Company
By Robert Michel | From the Volume V No. 15 – November 9, 1998 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory Specialists of America has demonstrated a multi-year capability to increase revenues and boost earnings. The merger with Kroll-O’Gara provides it with ample capital to intensify its own acquisition program. One key to Laboratory Specialists’ success is its reco…
LabCorp Hosts DARK REPORT For Burlington Site Visit
By Robert Michel | From the Volume IV No. 13 – September 15, 1997 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: During the years of sustained bad financial news that dogged the major laboratories, there was a reluctance to speak publicly about any aspect of the laboratory business. That era seems to be ending, as LabCorp and the other national laboratories become friendlier and more ac…
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