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Concateno - Fast growing drug screening provider eyes more deals

July 2007

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  • Epic Code:
  • COT
  • Price:
  • 177.5p
Following our piece on drug screening business Concateno in last month’s issue, we met up with chairman Keith Tozzi and chief executive Fiona Begley and they reinforced our belief that the company has a very bright future ahead. The great thing about Concateno, which provides services to help employers identify staff who abuse alcohol and / or illegal drugs, is that it operates in a niche of the life sciences industry that is growing at a rate of 30% a year. On the back of this and several strategically important acquisitions, house broker Collins Stewart has put out an aggressive set of forecasts, which point to eps nearly quadrupling over the next four years. However, this doesn’t factor in future acquisitions, with ...

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