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Reforms in China Affect IVD Companies’ Q3 2025 Earnings
Most of the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers that serve clinical laboratories worldwide reported facing financial “headwinds” in the China IVD market that affected their third-quarter performance. This was due to policy changes in the country…
What Private Equity Sees in Diagnostics
CEO SUMMARY: Hologic’s acquisition by private equity firms Blackstone and TPG marks one of the year’s largest in vitro diagnostics transactions and a clear vote of confidence in the sector’s resilience. Industry analyst Bruce Carlson unpacks what the buyout …
October 27, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
In yet another shuffling of the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) space, Hologic announced on Oct. 21 that it was being acquired by private equity firms Blackstone and TPG for $18.3 billion. The deal will take Hologic off the Nasdaq, likely in early 2026. TPG and Blackstone lauded Hol…
Fast, $17.5B Deal Lands Waters Corp. in IVD Market
WHEN BECTON DICKINSONÂ (BD) ANNOUNCED ITS INTENT to spin off its in vitro diagnostics (IVD) and life sciences units in February, few observers expected a deal to close just five months later. But now that such an agreement has occurred as of July 14, the buy…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 2 – February 9, 2026
Congress has once again delayed cuts to test reimbursement rates under PAMA, this time until Jan. 1, 2027. Laboratory professionals are urged to lobby Congress to pass the RESULTS act to solve the PAMA cuts problem permanently. Also, patient-driven testing is spurring new opportunities.
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