Founder Profile
Roche Biomedical Laboratories
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Roche Biomedical Laboratories?
Roche Biomedical Laboratories is a founder of Labcorp Holdings Inc., which was founded in 1995 with National Health Laboratories.
- Company founded
- Labcorp Holdings Inc.
- Founded
- 1995
- Co-founders
- National Health Laboratories
Background
Diagnostics laboratory subsidiary of Swiss healthcare group Roche.
Founding Story
Roche Biomedical Laboratories was Hoffmann-La Roche's US clinical testing subsidiary, based in Burlington, North Carolina. In April 1995 Roche contributed the business plus $186.7 million in cash to National Health Laboratories Holdings in exchange for 49.9% of the combined company, which became Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings. Roche sold its remaining Labcorp shares in 2002. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Labcorp Holdings Inc. 2025 Form 10-K (Labcorp Holdings Inc.)
- SEC Company Facts - Labcorp Holdings Inc. (Labcorp Holdings Inc.)