Diagnostics provide essential information along the healthcare continuum. Laboratory tests represent 3% of the total healthcare spending, while influencing more than 70% of medical decisions. They are at the basis of 100% of cancer diagnoses.
Driven by trends such as aging populations and the increase of chronic diseases, the role and importance of medical diagnostics are expanding.
By providing fundamental information, we are actively involved in the radical transformation of healthcare. In the near future, discernable trends and the expanded role of diagnostics will improve patients’ quality of life while reducing healthcare costs:
- A shift from treatment to prediction, prevention and diagnosis
- An increasing focus on early detection and prevention
- Scientific innovations such as molecular and genetic testing
- The evolution towards more personalized medicine














