LabCorp (Burlington, NC) has quietly snapped up another independent laboratory: Peterson Laboratory Services (PLS) of Manhattan, Kansas. PLS was formerly owned and managed by medical directors Peggy Peterson, D.O., and John Bambara, M.D.; and Susan Speaks, M.D., Ph.D. and Tarek Salem, M.D. Word of the acquisition comes only a few months after PLS’s designation of LabCorp as its primary reference lab. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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January 2007 - Table of Contents

LIR January 2007 (full PDF issue)

Competitive Bidding Demo in Holding Pattern Awaiting OMB’s OK

Sonic to Acquire American Esoteric Laboratories for $180M

LabCorp Buys Kansas Lab

What Does ’07 Hold for LabCorp? LIR’s Interview With New CEO Dave King

Lab Industry Awaits First Domino of Competitive Bidding Project to Tip

Spotlight on Pap Testing: Monolayer Testing to Take 100% of Market in ’07?

BD Closes on $350m TriPath Acquisition

Luminex to Buy Tm Bioscience for $37.9M

Aetna Contracts With Genomic Health for Oncotype DX

Lab Stocks Rise 4%; Clarient and Genomic Health Soar 27%

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