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.实验室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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