Direct-to-Consumer Clinical Laboratory Test Developer, EverlyWell, Receives $1 Million in Funding from Shark Tank Investor

Apr 25, 2018 | Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations

Direct-to-consumer medical laboratory testing company gets a major shot in the arm as developers find ready investors and increasing consumer demand Clinical laboratory tests, usually performed without fanfare, were thrust into the limelight during a recent episode of Shark Tank, an American reality TV show on which aspiring entrepreneurs compete for the attention and partnership funds of various investors. EverlyWell, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) company that offers at-home lab tests without...

Quest Diagnostics Leaves the Direct Access Testing Market

Sep 15, 2006 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

By Sylvia Christensen, Managing Editor Dark Daily No laboratory company has pursued the opportunities in direct access testing (DAT) more diligently than Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. Beginning in early 2001, Quest Diagnostics opened six retail locations in strip shopping malls throughout five Midwestern states to support its QuesTest direct access testing initiative. The QuesTest program-and these retail DAT outlets-were highly chronicled as the beginning of a new era in healthcare! Without...
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