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BLOOD PROCESSING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT CONTENTS 1. METHODOLOGY 1 Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1 Disclaimers 2 Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3 2. GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK 4 3. MARKET DRIVERS 4 Growth Propellers 4 Other major Growth Drivers 4 4. MARKET LEADERS 5 5. BLOOD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 6 Blood Collection Market Overview 6 Blood Squeeze Gets Tighter 6 Collection and Supply of Transfusable Products: Core Component of Blood- Products & Services Industry 6 Factors Driving Demand for Source Plasma 7 Blood Products Derived from Plasma 7 6. CONCERNS FACING THE BLOOD INDUSTRY 8 Industry Grappling with Blood Safety & Availability Issues 8 Changes in Blood Collection Procedures to Overcome Blood Shortage Problems 8 Hazards Involved in Blood Donations 8 Blood Transfusion Risks 9 7. KEY TRENDS IN THE MARKET 9 Automation Tapping into Blood Market 10 Blood Conservation: Best Anti-AIDS Measure 10 Blood Decontamination: Improves Blood Safety & Availability 11 Development of New Techniques to Ensure Safer Blood Supply 11 Pooled Testing: Economical Alternative for HIV Tests 11 Out-of-Hospital Transfusions: An Emerging Phenomenon 11 Out-of-Hours Blood Banking at Satellite Hospitals 12 Haemonetics Pioneers Automated Technology in Blood Processing 12 Blood Centers Receive Approval to Shift to Haemonetics’ Automated Equipment 12 First Fully Automated Blood Bank System from Immucor 13 Penetration of Automated Equipment in the Plasma Market 13 Automated Blood Processing Systems in Open Heart Surgeries 13 Automated Systems in Cancer 14 The Red Blood Cell Collection Opportunity 14 Robots in Blood Banking 15 Hematology Instruments and Reagents Market Elicits Rosy Future 15 Lancets - The Most Preferred Blood Collection Device 15 EU Passes New Regulations 16 8. PRODUCT FACTS 16 Blood Administration Sets 16 Blood Bank Freezers 16 Blood Bank Refrigerators 16 Blood Cell Processors 17 Blood Cell Washer Bags 17 Blood Collection Needles 17 Blood Collection and Micro Collectors 17 Blood Collection Tube Adapters 17 Blood Donor Sets 18 Blood Filters 18 Blood Grouping Analyzers 18 Blood Lancets 19 Blood Warming Coils/Pouches 19 Blood Grouping Reagents 19 Coagulation Reagents 19 Hematology Reagents 19 Hematology Stains 19 Control Plasmas 19 Hematocrit Centrifuges 20 Microscopic Slides 20 Sedimentation Tubes 20 Slide Stainer 20 Specimen Labels 20 Test Tube Racks 20 Vials 20 9. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 20 ThermoGenesis Makes 510(k) Appeal to FDA 20 ThermoGenesis To Deliver Technology To SCP for Research 21 Haemonetics Acquires Infonale 21 ViaCell Integrates Automation into Closed Blood Processing System 21 HTL-Strefa Wins 12 Million Contract 21 Biosafe Receives US FDA 510(k) Clearance for SEPAX 22 HMD To Expand Production Capacity 22 Quotient BioResearch Acquires Alba Bioscience 22 Fresenius Kabi to Acquire Kyorin’s Blood Volume Replacement Operations 22 Haemonetics Acquires Assets of IDM 23 Baxter Divests Transfusion Therapies Business 23 Immucor’s Galileo Echo Receives FDA Clearance for Marketing 24 ThermoGenesis Submits Application to US FDA for New AutoXpress™ System 24 Haemonetics Introduces Cymbal, a Novel Portable Blood Collecting System 25 BD Introduces BD Venflon Pro Safety IV Catheter 25 10. MAJOR PLAYERS 26 Fenwal Inc. (USA) 26 Beckman Coulter Inc. (USA) 26 Becton, Dickinson and Company (USA) 26 Fresenius Kabi AG (Germany) 26 Haemonetics Corp (USA) 26 Immucor Inc. (USA) 27 Pall Corporation (USA) 27 Terumo Corporation (Japan) 27 11. GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS 28 12. THE UNITED STATES 59 Reforms in Health Care Sector 59 Infectious Diseases - Major Perils of US Blood Supply 59 US Blood Supply Market - Safest in the World 59 Blood Donated and Transfused Every Year 60 Blood Donors 60 Places of Blood Donation 61 Criteria for Blood Donation 61 Tests Done on Donated Blood 61 Procedures for Blood Storage and Usage 61 Cost of Blood 62 Peak Demand for Blood Donors 62 Screening of Donors 62 Introduction 62 Donation Process 62 Education 62 Details About Health Background 63 Physical Examination 63 Donation Stage 63 Deferral Process 64 Role of FDA in the US Blood Industry 64 13. CANADA 67 14. JAPAN 69 15. EUROPE 71 a. France 74 b. Germany 76 c. Italy 78 d. The United Kingdom 80 e. Rest of Europe 82 16. ASIA-PACIFIC 85 China 85 17. LATIN AMERICA 87 18. REST OF WORLD 90 Egypt 90 Saudi Arabia 90 EXHIBITS Table 1: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Worldwide Blood Bank Apheresis Market - 2007E Table 2: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Worldwide Therapeutic Apheresis Market - 2007E Table 3: Leading Players by Annual Sales in the Worldwide Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market - 2006 Table 4: Global Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 6: Global Blood Administration Sets Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 7: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Administration Sets Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 8: Global Blood Bank Freezers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 9: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Bank Freezers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 10: Global Blood Bank Refrigerators Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 11: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Bank Refrigerators Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 12: Global Blood Cell Processors Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 13: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Cell Processors Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 14: Global Blood Cell Washer Bags Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 15: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Cell Washer Bags Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 16: Global Blood Collection Needles Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 17: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Collection Needles Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 18: Global Blood Collection & Micro Collectors Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 19: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Collection & Micro Collectors Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 20: Global Blood Collection Tube Adapters Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 21: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Collection Tube Adapters Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 22: Global Blood Donor Sets Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 23: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Donor Sets Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 24: Global Blood Filters Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 25: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Filters Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 26: Global Blood Grouping Analyzers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 27: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Grouping Analyzers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 28: Global Blood Lancets Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 29: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Lancets Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 30: Global Blood Sample Mailers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 31: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Sample Mailers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 32: Global Blood Sampling Kits Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 33: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Sampling Kits Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 34: Global Blood Tube Mixes Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 35: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Tube Mixes Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 36: Global Blood Warming Coils/Pouches Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 37: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Warming Coils/Pouches Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 38: Global Cleaning Solutions Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 39: Percentage Breakdown of Global Cleaning Solutions Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 40: Global Donor Blood (Blood Bank) Mix Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 41: Percentage Breakdown of Global Donor Blood (Blood Bank) Mix Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 42: Global Blood Grouping Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 43: Percentage Breakdown of Global Blood Grouping Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 44: Global Coagulation Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 45: Percentage Breakdown of Global Coagulation Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 46: Global Hematology Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 47: Percentage Breakdown of Global Hematology Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 48: Global Hematology Stains Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 49: Percentage Breakdown of Global Hematology Stains Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 50: Global Control Plasmas Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 51: Percentage Breakdown of Global Control Plasmas Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 52: Global Hematocrit Centrifuges Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 53: Percentage Breakdown of Global Hematocrit Centrifuges Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 54: Global Microscopic Slides Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 55: Percentage Breakdown of Global Microscopic Slides Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 56: Global Sedimentation Tubes Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 57: Percentage Breakdown of Global Sedimentation Tubes Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 58: Global Slide Stainers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 59: Percentage Breakdown of Global Slide Stainers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 60: Global Specimen Labels Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 61: Percentage Breakdown of Global Specimen Labels Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 62: Global Test Tube Racks Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 63: Percentage Breakdown of Global Test Tube Racks Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 64: Global Vials Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 65: Percentage Breakdown of Global Vials Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 66: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 67: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 68: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 69: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 70: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 71: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 72: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Region in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 73: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 74: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 75: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 76: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in France: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 77: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 78: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 79: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 80: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 81: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 82: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 83: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 84: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 85: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 86: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 87: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 88: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 89: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 90: Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Rest of World: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 91: Percentage Breakdown of Blood Processing Supplies and Equipment Market by Product Segment in Rest of World for the Years 2008 & 2012 COMPANIES PROFILED