Author: Bruce Carlson

No better place to be when the FDA announces a final rule on lab testing than at the Executive War College ( #EWC2024 ) in New Orleans. It’s a meeting that gets down to business, because it is about the business of laboratories. Over 1,000 attendees, and the majority of them manage labs. Great place to talk, eat gumbo and beignets, and find out what’s happening on the ground.This year was no exception. Some key points from the meeting:A “Trifecta” for Labs, and not a good one!Payment pressure and new CLIA & LDT regulations formed a trifecta for the lab…

Nothing like a billion new people to help grow a market. That’s the case of infectious disease in vitro diagnostic testing, in the period that our upcoming report covers. Of all the reasons the markets will grow – new threats, improved tech, increased usage, a key reason the market will grow is new people.947,900 million of them to be exact, primarily residing in what we term as “developing nations,” contrasting the advanced economies with established healthcare systems. These newcomers will call places like Indonesia, Senegal, India, Peru, Mexico, and Romania their home. Over this period, the population of the developing…