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...Of these, the bulk was done by just two companies: Quest Diagnostics and Laboratory Corporation of America....
...In December, hackers infiltrated Quest Diagnostics, which boasts the world’s largest clinical lab database, and gained access to 34,000 patient records, including laboratory results....
...Six clinical trials of the technology are under way with a target to secure US regulatory approval next year....
...There are just two large nationwide US testing groups, Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp....
...It was associated with low-margin knee implants, surgical scalpels and laboratory tests that took days or weeks to deliver a result that, even then, might be wrong. But this has begun to change....
...Google itself is also experimenting in medical science through its Google X research laboratory, best-known for developing driverless cars....
...Ten years later, she took part in a clinical trial for a new drug called Harvoni. Within days she knew the treatment was working and after three months doctors declared her effectively cured....
...Quest Diagnostic was the standout performer in the S&P 500, jumping 10.9 per cent to $56.50, after the clinical testing company eked out positive earnings on stronger margins, despite falling sales....
...laboratories business to Quest....
...Quest last year had revenues of $6.7bn and pretax profit of $912m. Glaxo has held shares in Quest since 1999, when Glaxo sold its clinical laboratories business to the New Jersey-based group....
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