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Mayo Medical Laboratories Enters Pathology Testing Agreement with China’s Kindstar

Jul 25, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Mayo Clinic to support one of China’s largest clinical laboratory companies

In a trans-Pacific Ocean collaboration with major implications, two important players in clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology  testing in their respective countries have inked a multi-year pact. On June 27, 2011, Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minnesota, announced its agreement with Wuhan Kindstar Globalgene Technology, Inc. (Kindstar), of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

In the press release it issued about the agreement, Mayo Clinic said that it would support Kindstar by providing “specialized laboratory support based on provision of knowledge from Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and its reference laboratory, Mayo Medical Laboratories.” Mayo Clinic also said that it will receive equity in Kindstar and had participated in Kindstar’s Series B financing, which raised approximately U.S. $11 million.
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UPMC to Use Digital Pathology Imaging to Provide Anatomic Pathology Consulting Services to China

Nov 11, 2010 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Second-opinion consults will be handled by UPMC’s sub-specialist pathologists


Here’s a unique anatomic pathology collaboration that crosses international borders and will utilize state-of-the-art digital pathology technology to support subspecialty pathologist consultations between the United States and China.

In recent weeks, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) disclosed that it will provide a range of healthcare services to what is only described as “the largest pathology laboratory in Shanghai.” Of particular interest to pathologists and clinical laboratory managers in the United States, is the fact that pathologists at UPMC will provide second opinion anatomic pathology services to this as-yet-unnamed Chinese pathology laboratory.

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