Birmingham-based Molecular Designs Opens Cutting-Edge Facility

By MArti WeBB slAy

When Molecular Designs and Streamline Scientific co-founders Ty Thomas, MD and Chad Austin, MD established their first lab, it was based on a desire to better serve the patients in their medical practice.

“We started our own physician office lab in 2012,” Austin said. “We were frustrated with the lab market and wanted to could eliminate the time gap. We thought if we figured out how to do it ourselves, we could cut time, provide better patient care, and end up saving money. It turned out we could actually make money doing it.”

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