Quest/Unilab
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Diagnostic testing services firms complete merger Feb. 26 following an 11-month delay due to Federal Trade Commission concerns that the deal would lead to higher prices for clinical lab service customers in Northern California. A consent order with the agency requires that Quest divest assets worth $4.5 mil. to LabCorp - including leases for 46 patient services centers and four contracts with physician groups in Northern California. The $827 mil. cash and stock purchase of Unilab by Quest was first announced in April 2002 (1"The Gray Sheet" April 8, 2002, p. 19)...