The Supreme Court of Toxicology
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
GTCR is a Chicago investment firm which has been putting millions of dollars into the reference laboratory business in a contrarian bet that going forward, it would be a growth industry. Among its holdings are American Medical Laboratories, an esoteric reference lab, Associated Pathologists Laboratories, a reference lab in Nevada, and Dynacare, a company that specializes in joint ventures between reference labs and hospital labs. Its properties have grown and other financial investors seem interested in the lab business these days.
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