SYNLAB in the UK & Ireland
This timeline shows the development of SYNLAB UK & Ireland up until the present day, including investments, acquisitions and the launch of new ventures.
- 1991
- 1998
- 2004
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2015
2015- 2016
- 2017
- 2020
- 2021
- 2021
Foundation of SYNLAB GmbH
Foundation of SYNLAB GmbH – Together with a number of partners, Dr. bartl Wimmer establishes synlab GmbH as an ‘association of freelance laboratory physicians’ in Augsburg
Foundation of Labco SA
Foundation of Labco SA – A group of French biologists establish Labco SA with 9 groups of laboratories in France. The project had been launched in 2001.
Synergy Health
Synergy Health, the award winning and world-leading company in outsourced health-related industries (founded in 1991), purchases Isotron, along with JMJ Laboratories.
synlab UK
synlab UK Begins as synlab Clinical Trail Ltd in London, synlab’s first UK contract.
JMJ
JMJ Laboratories renamed Synergy Health Laboratory Services.
Integrated Pathology Partnerships
Integrated Pathology Partnerships (iPP) established to work in partnership with the NHS to deliver transformed pathology testing services in the UK.
Labco invested into the first UK laboratory
Labco invested into the first UK laboratory. The Pathology laboratory in Huthwaite to provide a high quality but competitive service to the largest independent provier of dialysis care in the UK
Southwest Pathology Services (SPS)
Southwest Pathology Services (SPS) formed as a joint venture between Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and iPP.
Genon Laboratories
Synergy Health purchases Genon Laboratories, a UKAS accredited food testing Laboratory established in 2006 by a team of highly skilled molecular biologists and immunologists.
Labco Spain
Labco Spain invested into iPP for access to pathology laboratories in the UK.
synlab Clinical Trial Ltd
synlab Clinical Trial Ltd relocated to Hammersmith Medicines Research.
Christie Pathology Partnership (CPP)
The Christie Pathology Partnership (CPP) established, a joint venture between synlab and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.
Pathology First
Pathology First formed as a joint venture between iPP, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and private sector partners.
Screensafe UK
Screensafe UK (a laboratory services company founded by the President of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists 27 years earlier) acquired by Synergy Health Laboratory Services.
Cinven acquires SYNLAB
Cinven acquires SYNLAB, combining forces in the UK to form SYNLAB group.
SYNLAB acquires Synergy
SYNLAB acquires Synergy Health Laboratory Services including Genon Laboratories (jointly ‘SHLS’) from Synergy Health.
SYNLAB acquires Geneius
SYNLAB acquires Geneius Laboratories, Lextox Drug and Alcohol Testing, and Veterinary Pathology Group (VPG) comprising of 4 UK laboratories and 1 in the Republic of Ireland.
SYNLAB agrees to sell Analytics & Services business to SGS
SYNLAB, the leading medical diagnostic services provider in Europe, announces the signing of an agreement to sell its Analytics & Services (A&S) unit to SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.
SYNAB – Viapath
SYNLAB has formed a new pathology partnership with Guy’s and St Thomas’, and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts to deliver and transform NHS pathology services across South East London.
SYNLAB Goes Public
SYNLAB is now listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
