The annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference includes presentations from major medtech companies describing their experience in 2021 and expectations for 2022. Here are some highlights from the in vitro diagnostics companies that presented on the first two days of the meeting.

Quidel will pay $6bn for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics. Labcorp will acquire Personal Genome Diagnostics for $575m.

The performances of the leading medtechs in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic were impossible to compare and certainly unrepresentative of normal business cycles and competitive activity. Elective care was largely put on hold and emergency needs boosted exceptional demand for certain product types. More than anything else, 2020 tested management skills and planning.

The performances of the leading medtechs in the first year of the COVID pandemic were impossible to compare and certainly unrepresentative of normal business cycles and competitive activity. Elective care was largely put on hold and emergency needs boosted exceptional demand for certain product types. More than anything else, 2020 tested management's planning skills.