Staffing: 2024’s Biggest Lab Operations Challenge
ADLM president Anthony Killeen looks at labs’ staffing struggles in 2024 and what can be done to alleviate them in the coming year
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Digital Pathology and AI: Now and in 2025
Experts Nathan Buchbinder and Julianna Ianni discuss digital pathology and AI trends in 2024—and what the next year may hold
Clinical Lab Data: Unlocking Profit Potential for Health Systems
How labs can better use their valuable data and highlight that data’s benefits to the health systems they serve
Bill Would Require Medicare to Cover New Breakthrough Devices for at Least 4 Years
The bill is designed to provide Medicare patients faster access to innovative technology approved by the FDA.
Lab Companies Team with Nonprofits on Test Development, Access, & Awareness
April was among the busiest months, in recent memory, in terms of both deal volume and significance in the diagnostics industry.
OTC COVID-19/Influenza Test Approval Comes Too Late to Save Lucira Health
No company better embodies the vicissitudes of running a COVID-19-focused diagnostics business during the pandemic period than Lucira Health.
FDA Keeps COVID-19 EUA Pipeline Open While Working toward Transition
HHS secretary takes action to ensure that EUAs remain in effect until the “significant potential” for a COVID-19 PHE no longer exists.
Lab Companies Turn to Product Integrations to Cut Costs, Risks, & Time
Product integration collaborations have become increasingly common, with five such deals being announced between February and mid-March.
Med-Tech Startups Survive SVB Collapse but Face New Concerns
While only time will tell how bad the ultimate damage turns out to be, it appears for now at least that the industry has dodged a bullet.
Illumina Faces Proxy Battle Over Grail Acquisition
Carl Icahn has decided to take his beef with Illumina’s board of directors over the acquisition directly to company shareholders.
Medicare Pay Rates Are Adequate without Major Hikes, MedPAC Says
Agency’s annual report to Congress concludes that providers are doing just fine and don’t need a big bump in pay at this time.
Amazon Closes One Medical Acquisition but FTC Intervention Looms
The deal closed Feb.22, but the FTC has expressed concerns about the acquisition and Amazon’s business practices in general.
What COVID-19 Labs Must Do to Prosper in a Post-Pandemic World
With COVID-19 testing demand all but dried up, labs will have to make—or at least contemplate making—significant changes to their business.
