Disruption on the way for Sonic Healthcare

Disruption on the way for Sonic Healthcare. Sonic is the largest pathology company in Australia and Germany, and the third largest in the US. The business generated $3.5 billion in revenue and $340 million in NPAT in 2013 and employs thousands of pathologists, medical scientists and technicians. You wouldn't think a company like Sonic in such a stable industry could be at threat. Then along comes 19-year-old chemical engineer Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos - the biggest blood diagnostic company you've never heard of. A recent $400m venture capital raising effectively gave the company a $US9bn valuation - eclipsing Sonic Heathcare's capitalisation of $6.8bn. It's more than a start up and its run by a young woman with that change-the-world zeal'' seen in the likes of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Theranos's technology is highly disruptive, offering multiple, simultaneous blood-diagnostic tests from just a few drops. Worth reading: (VIEW LINK) & (VIEW LINK)