Genetic testing firm Tm Bioscience (Toronto, Canada), best known for its Tag-It assays and analyte specific reagents (ASRs), is exploring a possible sale or merger, and it might make a perfect holiday gift for a large commercial laboratory looking to strengthen its pipeline and presence in high-margin esoteric and genomic testing.

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December 2006 - Table of Contents

LIR December 2006 (full PDF issue)

A Booming ’06 for Lab M&A, but With Smaller Buys

Tm Bioscience on the Block

Carilion Labs Nears Close on Presbyterian, More Acquisitions Coming

Panacea Pharmaceuticals Spins Off Reference Lab

Lab Industry M&A Brings Focused Consolidation in ‘06

After $500k in Overflow Testing, Tennessee Building New Crime Lab

New Zealand Lab Workers to Strike for Higher Wages

Consumers Open to, but Skeptical of Retail Health Clinics

New Cancer Lab to Open in the Bahamas

Lab Stocks Rise 7%; Medtox Up 21%

Growth in Hospital Testing