In an unusual collaboration, laboratory services provider Quest Diagnostics is opening up its database of lab results to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a research program on hepatitis C focused on baby boomers, whose members account for roughly two-thirds of the 3.2... FULL STORY »
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Myriad Genetics' monopoly on testing for two breast cancer genes, the company's stock went tumbling as competitors announced plans to offer the same services at lower prices. FULL STORY »
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Myriad Genetics' monopoly on testing for two breast cancer genes, the company's stock went tumbling as competitors announced plans to offer the same services at lower prices. FULL STORY »
Quest Diagnostics, a Madison, N.J.-based provider of diagnostic information services, has acquired medical center operator Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory business and agreed to serve as Concentra's primary provider of workplace drug toxicology and clinical laboratory testing. FULL STORY »
By Judy Greenwald, Business Insurance | May 09, 2013
Quest Diagnostics Inc. will pay a $70,000 penalty and no longer automatically disqualify job applicants with prior arrests or criminal convictions as part of a settlement agreement with the New York attorney general's office. FULL STORY »
Jim Davis is the new senior VP of diagnostic solutions for Madison, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics. Davis will oversee Quest's diagnostic products, insurer services, clinical trials, health information technology and employer solutions. FULL STORY »
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in the Myriad Genetics gene patenting case, whose outcome could have major financial consequences for healthcare providers and patients and help determine the future affordability of gene-based medical technologies and personalized medicine. FULL STORY »
By Joseph Conn and Melanie Evans | January 07, 2013
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Athenahealth, a health information technology company, announced its second acquisition agreement since September with a $293 million cash deal for Epocrates, a mobile application developer. FULL STORY »
Vitera Healthcare Solutions, a Tampa, Fla.-based provider of electronic health records and practice management software and services, hired Steven Holmquist as senior VP of sales. FULL STORY »
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