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DARK Daily Laboratory and Pathology News
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Sonic Healthcare to Acquire Belgium’s Second Largest Clinical Pathology Laboratory
Medhold NV will be acquired for about U.S. $316 million
Sonic Healthcare, Ltd., (SHL.AX) of Sydney, Australia, said last Friday that it would acquire 100% of Medhold NV, a clinical pathology laboratory based in Antwerp, Belgium. Sales price is €232 million, which is about U.S. $316 million. Sonic said the acquisition is conditional upon a small number of closing conditions and is expected to close within two weeks.
Medhold NV is Belgium’s second largest laboratory company. It was created in November 2007 by a merger of AML-Raitol and Medish Labo D Van Waes. Waterland Private Equity became a 50% owner at that time. The clinical laboratory company provides clinical laboratory testing and veterinary testing services.
Australia’s Government Launches Review of Clinical Laboratory Testing Fees
Sonic Healthcare stock slides on announcement of Medicare Australia funding changes
In Australia, funding for pathology services and clinical laboratory testing is now undergoing review by the government health service. Last month, when news broke that the Australian Department of Health and Ageing was initiating a review of pathology funding, there was an immediate response by the stock market, as reflected in the lower price for shares of Sonic Healthcare, Ltd. (ASX:SHL), Australia’s largest provider of pathology services and clinical lab testing.
Pathologists and Clinical Lab Professionals Urged to Think in “21st Century” Terms
Sir Muir Gray addresses Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine
“Manage knowledge as though it is money” was the advice that Sir Muir Gray offered pathologists and clinical laboratory scientists attending last week’s Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) conference that took place in Birmingham, England. He was explaining how 20th Century Medicine is evolving into 21st Century Medicine.
Sir Muir Gray is the Chief Knowledge Officer for Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) National Library for Health.
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