HBI Deals+Insights / M&A/IPOs
UK lab group Viapath has been nationalised, after Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts bought out its private sector partner Serco following the loss of a £2.25bn outsourcing contract in which Synlab remains the preferred bidder. Could Synlab's expected success be the first of a slew of new outsourcing contracts for big lab platforms? HBI talks to a consultant to find out more.