2023 Ranking of the World’s Top 13 IVD Corporations

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 10 – July 22, 2024 Issue

BASED ON 2023 DIAGNOSTICS-RELATED REVENUE, four in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers continued to lead the global IVD market just as they did in 2022. They are: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Roche Holdings, Abbott Laboratories, and Danaher Corporation. Th…

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July 22, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 10 – July 22, 2024 Issue

Some hospitals failing to comply with the federal price transparency regulation have been fined. The website of CMS.gov lists 15 hospitals and the amount each was fined. On June 6, 2022, the first fines were levied against Northside Hospital of Atlanta ($883,130) and Northsid…

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Global IVD Companies Report First Quarter 2024 Earnings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 9 – July 1, 2024 Issue

IN THEIR INITIAL FINANCIAL REPORTING F…

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Most IVD Firms Increase Q3 2023 Base Business Revenue

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 17 – December 4, 2023 Issue

Most in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies reported increases in base business during the third quarter (Q3) 2023. The numbers, in the single digits, softened the blow from the continuing drop-off in COVID-19 test sales. Manufacturers of tests and laboratory instruments are launching ne…

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IVD Companies Launch New Assays, Analyzers, Automation

By Donna Marie Pocius | From the Volume XXX, No. 12 – August 21, 2023 Issue

Steep declines in SARS-CoV-2 test revenue were reported by the top in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies in Q2 2023 earnings compared to a year earli…

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2022 Ranking of the World’s Top 12 IVD Corporations

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue

WHILE THE TOP FOUR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) MANUFACTURERS kept their collective hold on the market compared to 2021, the big surprise was that Thermo Fisher Scientific’s…

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Despite COVID-19 Losses, IVD Executives Remain Upbeat

By Donna Marie Pocius | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue

Continuing declines in COVID-19 test revenues was a common theme during the first quarte…

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Public IVD Companies Report Q4, Full-Year 2022 Earnings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX No. 3 – February 13, 2023 Issue

YEAR-END AND Q4 EARNINGS REPORTS FROM MAJOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES pointed to a welcome sign of core diagnostic business rebounding.  That’s the good news for IVD firms. The bad news? All of the SARS-CoV-2 testing revenue that th…

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Top Public IVD Companies Report Q3/Q4 2022 Earnings

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 17 – December 12, 2022 Issue

IT WAS A MIXED BAG OF THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS for the nation’s largest in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers, with COVID-19 testing volume a contributing factor.  Fluctuating demand for SARS-CoV-2 testing proved perplexing, as some IV…

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December 12, 2022, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 17 – December 12, 2022 Issue

Is it time to allow consumers to do at-home testing for influenza? Given the already-raging influenza season—flu-related hospitalizations doubled the week of Nov. 20 compared to a week earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—the STAT medical news site ra…

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