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LabCorp builds up specialty testing unit with $241M MEDTOX acquisition

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) is set to acquire toxicology testing company MEDTOX Scientific (NASDAQ:MTOX) for $241 million as the laboratory testing and diagnostics firm builds out its specialty testing offerings. The definitive merger agreement calls for LabCorp to acquire MEDTOX for $27 per share in cash. That represents a 37 percent premium over MEDTOX’s $19.70 closing price […]

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LabCorp strikes deal for Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) has struck a deal to develop and commercialize a new Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic. The Burlington, North Carolina lab services and diagnostics company has licensed rights to an Alzheimer’s diagnostic technology from OPKO Health (NYSE:OPK). The deal gives LabCorp exclusive rights to the OPKO technology in North America and the United Arab Emirates. No […]

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LabCorp completes $85M acquisition of Orchid Cellmark

LabCorp (NYSE:LH), after waiting eight months for regulators’ blessings, had a speedy wrap up of its $85 million acquisition of DNA testing company Orchid Cellmark. Laboratory testing and diagnostics firm LabCorp  secured the greater than 90 percent of shares in Orchid that allowed the company to proceed with a short-form merger, meaning the deal could […]

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LabCorp completes ORCH offer, extends deadline for remaining shares

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) has secured enough shares for its $85 million acquisition of DNA testing company Orchid Cellmark (NASDAQ:ORCH) but the company still wants more shares. Burlington, North Carolina-based LabCorp is extending its offer for the shareholders who did not tender their shares. The shares tendered represent 86.5 percent of Princeton, New Jersey-based Orchid’s outstanding shares, […]

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LabCorp gets FTC OK for $85M Orchid acquisition

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) finally has the regulatory go-ahead to complete its $85 million acquisition of DNA testing company Orchid Cellmark (NASDAQ:ORCH). The laboratory services and diagnostics firm said that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that calls for the company to sell off parts of Orchid’s U.S. government paternity business following […]

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Senate probes LabCorp’s alleged Medicare, Medicaid fraud

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) is under a federal probe investigating whether the laboratory services firm and others defrauded Medicare and Medicaid. The Senate inquiry comes months after a $49.5 million settlement with the state of California over claims that LabCorp overcharged California’s Medicaid program and gave doctors kickbacks for patient referrals. In a November 8 letter to […]

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Here’s how new Roche cancer drug Zelboraf benefits LabCorp

A new Roche (OTC:RHHBY) cancer drug expected to become a blockbuster could also end up being a boon for laboratory and diagnostics firm LabCorp (NYSE:LH). The Roche drug Zelboraf was approved in August by the Food and Drug Administration to treat melanoma patients whose advanced skin cancer cannot be removed by surgery. But Zelboraf works […]

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LabCorp partners with DHMRI to develop clinical research tests

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) will work with the David H. Murdock Research Institute to develop new testing tools that could be used in clinical research worldwide. Under the partnership with the DHMRI announced Wednesday, LabCorp’s clinical trials division, Esoterix, will provide the institute’s clients with access to test development services. New assays discovered and developed at DHMRI […]

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LabCorp to pay $49.5M to settle Medicaid fraud suit

LabCorp (NYSE:LH) is paying $49.5 million to settle a Medicaid fraud lawsuit claiming the company overcharged California’s Medicaid program and gave doctors medical kickbacks for patient referrals. Burlington, North Carolina-based LabCorp disclosed the proposed settlement payment in a securities filing. During today’s second quarter earnings conference call, LabCorp executives did not discuss the lawsuit or […]

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LabCorp’s bid for Clearstone part of global clinical trials strategy

Diagnostics technologies and lab services company LabCorp (NYSE:LH) is acquiring Clearstone Central Laboratories to boost the company’s capabilities and global reach providing services for clinical trials. Burlington, North Carolina-based LabCorp announced the definitive agreement on Wednesday, though the company did not disclose any financial terms of its proposed acquisition of privately held Clearstone. The companies […]