More than a year into the pandemic, many labs and pathologists are still having a hard time securing the supplies they need to provide COVID-19 testing. According to a new nationwide survey by the … [Read more...]
Industry Buzz
Despite Improvements, Supplies Shortages Continue to Hinder COVID-19 Testing
April 4, 2021
Inside the Lab Industry
COVID-19 Surge Lifts Overall Molecular Point of Care Testing Market to $900 Million
April 3, 2021
To the uninitiated, the term molecular point-of-care (POC) testing might sound like an oxymoron. After all, the science of molecular microbiology is all about detecting targeted bits of microbial … [Read more...]
Daily Update
Tests with EUA
April 2, 2021
COVID-19 LAB TESTS RECEIVING FDA EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION ((s) = Serology Test (a) = Antigen Test (t) = Total Antibody Test (m) = Multi-analyte Test) Date Manufacturer(s) Test … [Read more...]
Laboratory Industry Report Newsletter Archive
April 1, 2021
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Current Issue of LIR
April 1, 2021
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M&A Report
Investors Skeptical of Qiagen-Quidel Merger but Believe GenMark Diagnostics Acquisition Rumor
March 5, 2021
With pandemic pain slowly residing and lab companies awash in COVID-19 testing revenues, it’s not surprising that the M&A cauldron is heating up. While volume has yet to rebound to pre-pandemic … [Read more...]
FDA Watch
Agency Clears Record Number of New Medical Devices in 2020
March 5, 2021
Spurred by the pandemic, the FDA authorized more novel medical devices in 2020 than it ever has in any single year. I know what you’re thinking. “Of course, new medical device approvals were off the … [Read more...]
DX Deals
Hologic Leverages Google Cloud Machine Learning to Boost Cervical Cancer Screening
March 5, 2021
Hologic has its head in a cloud. And that’s a good thing. On Feb. 1, the Massachusetts-based medical technology firm announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to … [Read more...]
Inside the Lab Industry
COVID-19 Drives Unprecedented but Ultimately Unsustainable Growth
March 5, 2021
As strange as it may sound, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven unprecedented revenue growth in the diagnostics industry. The fourth quarter of 2020 not only continued but accelerated the climb in … [Read more...]
Health Care Reform:
New Administration May Not Be Enough to Save the ACA
February 26, 2021
Patients, payors and health exchanges await nervously as the drama over the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) continues to play out. It looked like the U.S. Supreme Court had settled the issue … [Read more...]
