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BIOTECHNOLOGY REAGENTS CONTENTS 1. METHODOLOGY 1 Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1 Disclaimers 2 Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3 2. OUTLOOK 4 Reagents Market Players Witnessing Paradigm Shift 4 3. MARKET DYNAMICS 4 Highly Automated Instrumentation Restricts Use of Reagents 4 Software-Intensive Nature and High System Complexity Impedes Use of Automated Instruments 5 Demand for Diverse Products Spurs Growth 5 Increasing Use in Industrial Sector 5 Molecular Biology and Protein Synthesis Reagents - the Fastest Growing Segments 6 Obtaining Data from Enzyme Functions 6 New Economy Sees the Entry of Directed Evolution Enzymes. 6 4. A PEEK INTO BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY 7 Growing by Leaps and Bounds 7 Human Genome Mapping - A Colossal Milestone 7 High Growth Applications Spur Industry Growth 8 Biochips- Promising Future 9 Convergence of Distinct Technologies 9 Growing Collaboration between Biotech and Pharma Companies 10 5. PRODUCT FACTS 10 Cell & Tissue Culture Reagents 10 DNA Synthesis & Sequencing Reagents 11 Electrophoresis Reagents 11 Flow Cytometry Reagents 11 Immunoassay Reagents 11 Liquid Chromatography Reagents 12 PCR Reagents 12 Protein Synthesis & Sequencing Reagents 12 6. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 12 Invitrogen Plans to Acquire Applied Biosystems 12 BD Acquires Cytopeia 13 Affymetrix Acquires USB 13 Multispan & Promega to Co-Develop Assay Tools 13 GE Healthcare to Take Over Whatman 14 Medical Solutions to Take Over Autogen 14 Sysmex and bioMerieux Agree to Establish a Joint Venture 14 Roche Acquires Ventana Medical 15 Beckman Coulter Introduces Two IOTest® Reagents 15 Applied Biosystems Announces New Reagents 15 Applied Biosystems Launches TaqMan® Cells-to-CT™ Kit Solutions 16 Applied Biosystems Launches iTRAQ® Reagents 16 PerkinElmer Launches Series 275 HRes™ LC System 16 Sigma-Aldrich Introduces Imprint™ ChIP Kit 17 Stratagene Introduces Expanded QPCR, QRT-PCR Reagents Line 17 Biomatrica Launches PCRboost™ - A New Reagent 17 BioMérieux to Shutdown Boxtel Facility 18 Abbott Inks Agreement with Premier 18 Beckman Coulter Acquires Dako’s Flow Cytometry Instrumentation Business 18 PerkinElmer Takes Over ViaCell 18 Sigma-Aldrich in Alliance with Sangamo BioSciences 19 Fitzgerald Industries Takes Over Cortex Biochem’s Immunoreagent Business 19 Agilent Technologies Acquires Stratagene 19 Dendritic Signs Supply Agreement with EMD Biosciences 20 Roche Takes Over NimbleGen 20 Roche Takes Over BioVeris 21 Roche Acquires 454 Life Sciences 21 Sysmex & Roche Diagnostics Extend Distribution Agreement 21 Invitrogen and Biocon Inks Exclusive Marketing Agreement 22 PerkinElmer Acquires Remaining Stake in PerkinElmer India 22 Promega Enters Into Alliance with Guangzhou Institute 22 Adaltis Acquires Shanghai Hua Tai Biotechnology 23 ABR-Affinity Inks Distribution Agreements with Genesis & Good Biotech 23 ScienceXperts & Invitrogen Develop Flow Cytometry Software 23 Beckman Coulter Launches Cell Signal Transduction Reagents 24 Sigma-Aldrich Launches LentiExpress™ Technology 24 Abbott Unveils New Assays and Reagents 24 Applied Biosystems Introduces New Master Mix Reagent 25 Promega Designs Advanced Luciferase Assay 25 Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Expands Test-Base for Infectious Diseases 25 7. MAJOR PLAYERS 26 Abbott Diagnostics (USA) 26 Applied Biosystems (USA) 26 Beckman Coulter, Inc. (USA) 26 Becton Dickinson and Company (USA) 26 BioMérieux SA (France) 27 Chemicon International, Inc. (USA) 27 EMD Biosciences, Inc. (USA) 27 Fitzgerald Industries International (USA) 27 GE Healthcare (UK) 28 Invitrogen Corporation (USA) 28 Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (USA) 28 PerkinElmer, Inc. (USA) 28 Promega Corporation (USA) 29 Roche Diagnostics Ltd. (Switzerland) 29 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. (USA) 29 Sigma - Aldrich (USA) 29 8. MARKET ANALYTICS 30 9. THE UNITED STATES 39 Market Overview 39 Escalating Demand for Biomedical Research Reagents and Kits 39 Application-Oriented Products Herald a Technological Upheaval 39 Competition - Highly Prevalent 39 Review of US Cell/Tissue Culture Supplies Market 40 Immunoassay Reagents 40 Issues Affecting the US Immunodiagnostics Market 41 Technological Innovations Play a Vital Role 41 Chromatography Reagents Market to Register Strong Growth 41 Molecular Biological Reagents 42 Rapidly Growing Market 42 DNA Sequencing: Gaining Prominence 43 10. CANADA 45 11. JAPAN 46 12. EUROPE 48 a. France 51 b. Germany 52 c. Italy 54 d. The United Kingdom 55 e. Rest of Europe 56 13. ASIA-PACIFIC 57 Biotechnology - A Burgeoning Market 57 Impact of IPR on Biotechnology Market 57 Asia-Pacific - A Lucrative R&D Base 58 Focus on Key Biotechnology Markets 58 India 58 China 59 Korea 59 14. LATIN AMERICA 61 EXHIBITS Table 1: Global Biotechnology Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 2: Percentage Breakdown of Global Biotechnology Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 3: Global Cell/Tissue Culture Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 4: Percentage Breakdown of Global Cell/Tissue Culture Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 5: Global DNA Sequencing/Synthesis Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 6: Percentage Breakdown of Global DNA Sequencing/Synthesis Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 7: Global Electrophoresis Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 8: Percentage Breakdown of Global Electrophoresis Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 9: Global Flow Cytometry Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 10: Percentage Breakdown of Global Flow Cytometry Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 11: Global Immunoassay Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 12: Percentage Breakdown of Global Immunoassay Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 13: Global Liquid Chromatography Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 14: Percentage Breakdown of Global Liquid Chromatography Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 15: Global Polymerase Chain Reaction Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 16: Percentage Breakdown of Global Polymerase Chain Reaction Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 17: Global Protein Synthesis Reagents Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 18: Percentage Breakdown of Global Protein Synthesis Reagents Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 19: Market Shares of Leading Immunoassay Reagents Producers in the US - 2004 Table 20: Market Shares of Chromatography Reagents by Application/Technique in the US - 2007 Table 21: Market Shares of Molecular Biology Reagents by End Use - 2004 Table 22: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 23: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 24: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 25: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 26: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 27: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 28: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Region in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 29: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 30: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 31: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 32: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in France: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 33: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 34: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 35: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 36: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 37: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 38: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 39: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 40: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 41: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 42: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 43: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 44: Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million) Table 45: Percentage Breakdown of Biotechnology Reagents Market by Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2012 COMPANIES PROFILED