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Quest Diagnostics names 5 new executives, 1 new executive role
Quest Diagnostics appointed five executives, with one filling a new role for the company. -
Diagnostic lab sales rep guilty of $4.6M fraud
Diagnostic lab sales representative Steven Monaco was convicted on 18 counts for leading a $4.6 million fraud and kickback scheme, the Justice Department said April 19. -
Fulgent Genetics acquiring Inform Diagnostics for $170M
Genetic testing company Fulgent Genetics has agreed to acquire pathology lab Inform Diagnostics for $170 million. -
Medical lab worker wins $450K in disability discrimination suit
A former lab technician who was fired from Covington, Ky.-based Gravity Diagnostics won $450,000 in a jury trial for a suit that alleged the lab discriminated against him over a mental health condition, The New York Times reported April 17. -
Pathware names former Veran exec CEO, nabs $7M series A funding
Medical technology company Pathware named former Veran Medical Technologies executive TJ Meyer its new CEO and landed $7 million in series A funding. -
Pathologists' pay jumps 6%, and 5 more stats to know
Pathologist pay jumped nearly 6 percent from 2021 to 2022, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022," released April 15. -
FDA authorizes first COVID-19 breath test
The FDA granted emergency use authorization to InspectIR for its COVID-19 Breathalyzer, the first COVID-19 breath test, CNN reported April 15. -
South Carolina lab earns College of American Pathologists accreditation
Premiere Medical Laboratory Services in Greenville, S.C., earned accreditation by the College of American Pathologists. -
Blood tests can detect signs of mental health disorders, researchers say
Biomarkers associated with some mental disorders can be measured in routine blood tests, according to a study published April 6 in Science Advances. -
Summit Health opens physician-owned clinical testing lab
Berkeley Heights, N.J.-based Summit Health opened a 50,000-square-foot clinical testing and pathology medicine lab in Woodland Park, N.J., New Jersey Business Magazine reported April 12. -
Oregon attorney general files lawsuit against Chicago COVID-19 lab
Chicago-based Center for COVID Control and its main lab, Doctors Clinical Lab, was sued by the Oregon attorney general, USAToday reported April 7. It is the latest in a string of lawsuits filed against the company. -
Charles River Labs acquires Explora BioLabs for $295M
Charles River Laboratories has acquired vivarium research services provider Explora BioLabs for $295 million, ContractPharma reported April 6. -
New lab blood test can assess organ damage from COVID-19
Eurofins Viracor Laboratories is offering a new blood test that can assess organ damage from COVID-19, Kansas City Business Journal reported recently. -
Discovery may lead to blood test for early lung cancer detection
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have shown that a predictive model can detect early lung cancer from a blood sample. -
Quest Diagnostics adds diabetic retinopathy screening to patient service centers
Quest Diagnostics is partnering with Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems to expand its offering of diabetic retinal imaging services. -
North Carolina lab to pay $11.6M settlement for fraudulent billing allegations
Clinical lab Radeas is paying $11.6 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare for unnecessary drug testing, the Justice Department said March 31. -
Owner of defunct lab convicted of drug test kickback scheme
Richard Reid, co-owner of Bellevue, Wash.-based Northwest Physicians Laboratory, was convicted of five felonies in connection with a kickback scheme for medical testing, the Justice Department said March 30. -
Positive drug tests for workers highest in 20 years, Quest Diagnostics finds
Positive drug test rates for the U.S. workforce hit a 20-year high in 2021, according to a Quest Diagnostics study. -
Lab access to blood collection tubes threatened by shortage
Healthcare has grappled with a shortage of sodium citrate blood collection tubes — those with a light blue top — since June 2021. But according to an FDA update earlier this year, all blood collection tubes are now in short supply. -
HealthTrackRx expands its PCR lab technology to Georgia
Denton, Texas-based PCR clinical lab HealthTrackRx opened a location in Marietta, Ga.
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