This new 340-page report from the author contains 36 tables, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the POC lipid testing market, including trends, dynamics, size, growth, regulatory requirements, technological trends, competitive landscape, and emerging opportunities for instrument and consumable suppliers. This report will help diagnostic product suppliers develop effective business, R&D and marketing strategies for the global POC lipid testing market.
Rationale
The growing economic pressures on hospitals, coupled with advances in diagnostic technologies, intensifying competition among suppliers and physicians, and changing consumer demands are shifting diagnostic testing from hospitals and commercial laboratories closer to the patient.
Market Segmentation Analysis
Competitive Assessments
Strategic Recommendations
Methodology
This report is based on a combination of primary and secondary sources of information, including review of the latest technical and business publications, manufacturer product literature, industry analyst reports, and the author's proprietary data files.
Rationale
The growing economic pressures on hospitals, coupled with advances in diagnostic technologies, intensifying competition among suppliers and physicians, and changing consumer demands are shifting diagnostic testing from hospitals and commercial laboratories closer to the patient.
Market Segmentation Analysis
- Review of three POC market segments, including their dynamics, trends, structure, size, growth and major suppliers.
- Five-year test volume and reagent sales forecasts for lipid tests by market segment.
Competitive Assessments
- Assessments of major POC suppliers and emerging market entrants, including their sales, product portfolios, marketing tactics, joint ventures, and new products in R&D.
Strategic Recommendations
- Specific opportunities for new instruments and reagent systems with potential significant market appeal during the next five years
- Design criteria for POC testing products
- Alternative business expansion strategies
- Potential market entry barriers and risks.
Methodology
This report is based on a combination of primary and secondary sources of information, including review of the latest technical and business publications, manufacturer product literature, industry analyst reports, and the author's proprietary data files.
Table of Contents
IntroductionExecutive Summary
Rationale for Testing Decentralization
1. Overview
2. Regulatory Trends
3. Economic Trends
4. Demographic Trends
5. Technological Trends
6. Social Trends
7. Quality of Care
8. Defensive Medicine
9. Quality Control Issues
Lipid Test: Significance and Diagnostic Procedures
1. Cholesterol
2. High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
3. Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
4. Triglycerides
POC Testing Instrumentation
- Abaxis
- Abbott
- Alfa Wassermann
- Awareness Technologies
- Beckman Coulter/Danaher
- bioMeriuex
- Carolina Chemistries
- Horiba
- Inverness
- Medica
- Nova Biomedical
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
- Polimedco
- Randox
- Roche
Current and Emerging Technologies
1. Monoclonal Antibodies
2. Immunoassays
a. Technological Principle
b. Enzyme Immunoassays (EIA)
? Overview
? ELISA
? Dot Immunobinding Assays
? Capillary Immunoassays
? Particle-Membrane Capture Immunoassay
? Enzyme Amplification
c. Fluorescent Immunoassays
? Fluorescent Polarization
? Time-Resolved Pulse Fluorescence
d. Luminescence
? Chemiluminescence
? Bioluminescence
e. Latex Agglutination
f. Immunoprecipitation
3. Dry Chemistry
4. Biosensors
5. IT and Automation
U.S.A.
A. Market Overview
1. Business Environment
a. Health Care Expenditures
b. Cost Consciousness
c. Reimbursement
d. Industry Consolidation
e. Managed Care
? PPO
? HMO
f. Hospitals
g. Admissions
h. Length of Stay
i. Industry Diversification
j. Physician Demographics
k. Aging Population
? More Chronic Illness
? Disease Incidence
? Susceptibility to latrogenesis
? Multiple Illnesses Cases
l. Laboratory Regulations
2. Market Structure
a. Hospitals
b. Commercial/Private Laboratories
B. Physician Offices/Group Practices
1. Market Summary
2. Market Structure
3. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
C. Emergency Departments
a. Market Summary
b. Test volume and Sales Forecasts
4. ICUs/CCUs
a. Market Summary
b. Test Volume and Sales Forecast
D. Ambulatory Care Centers
1. Introduction
2. Market Summary
3. Market Structure
4. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
E. Major Suppliers’ Market Shares
Germany
A. Market Overview
B. Market Structure
C. Market Summary
D. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
E. Major Suppliers’ Market Shares
Spain
A. Business Environment
B. Market Structure
C. Market Summary
D. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
E. Major Suppliers’ Market Shares
Design Criteria for Decentralized Testing Products
Alternative Market Penetration Strategies
A. Internal Development
B. Collaborative Arrangements
C. University Contracts
D. Distribution Strategies for Decentralized
Testing Markets
1. Marketing Approaches
2. Product complexity
3. Customer Preference
4. Established Suppliers
5. Emerging Suppliers
6. Major Types of Distributors
7. Market Segmentation
Potential Market Entry Barriers and Risks
A. Market Maturity
B. Cost Containment
C. Competition
D. Technological Edge and Limitations
E. Patent Protection
F. Regulatory Constraints
G. Decentralized Testing Market Challenges
Company Profile
- Abbott
- ADI/American Diagnostica
- Agilent Technologies
- Alere/Biosite/Inverness
- Axis-Shield
- Beckman Coulter/Danaher
- Becton Dickinson
- Bio/Data
- Biomerieux
- Bio-Rad
- Cepheid
- Chrono-Log
- Corgenix
- Decode Genetics
- Diadexus
- Diagnocure
- Diagnostica Stago/Trinity Biotech
- Diamedix
- Diasorin
- Eiken Chemical
- EKF Diagnostics
- Fujirebio
-Grifols
- Helena Laboratories
- Hologic/Gen-Probe
- Horiba
- Instrumentation Laboratory
- International Technidyne/Nexus DX
- Kreatech/Leica
- Kyowa Medex
- Lonza
- Mackay Life Sciences
- Matritech
- Nihon Kohden
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
- Polartechnics
- Polymedco
- Qiagen
- Roche
- SDIX
- Sequenom
- Siemens
- Sienco
- Sysmex
- Takara Bio
- ThermoFisher
- Tosoh
- Wako
- Zycare/Alere
List of Tables
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
Cholesterol Tests
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
HDL Tests
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
Triglycerides Tests
U.S.A., Office-Based Physicians
Forecast by Practice Type
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Forecast by Type
U.S.A., Physician Office/Group Practice
Laboratories Forecast by Practice Size
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Tests Reagent Market Forecast
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Estimated Number
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Annual Utilization
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Lipid Test Reagent Market Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers Estimated
Number of Facilities and Patient Visits
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Most Frequent Diagnoses
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers Lipid Test
Reagent Market Forecast
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Diagnostic Products, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Products, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Immunoassay
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A. Major Suppliers of Immunoassay
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Laboratory Performing Diagnostic Tests
Germany, Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
Germany, Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Test Reagent Market Forecast
Germany, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Diagnostic Products, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Products, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Immunoassay
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
Spain, Laboratory Performing Chemistry
and Immunoassay Tests
Spain, Ambulatory Care Centers
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
Spain, Ambulatory Care Centers
Lipid Test Reagent Market Forecast
Spain, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Diagnostic Products, Estimated Market Shares
Spain, Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Products, Estimated Market Shares
Companies Mentioned
- Abbott
- Accriva
- Agilent Technologies
- Axis-Shield
- Beckman Coulter/Danaher
- Becton Dickinson
- Bio/Data
- bioMerieux
- Bio-Rad
- Cepheid
- Chrono-Log
- Corgenix
- Decode Genetics
- Diagnostica Stago
- Diamedix
- DiaSorin
- Eiken Chemical
- EKF Diagnostics
- Fujirebio
- Grifols
- Helena Laboratories
- Hologic
- Horiba
- Instrumentation Laboratory/Werfen
- Kyowa Medex
- Leica Biosystems
- Lonza
- Nihon Kohden
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
- Polymedco
- Qiagen
- Roche
- SDIX
- Sekisui Diagnostics
- Sequenom
- Siemens Healthineers
- Sienco
- Sysmex
- Takara Bio
- Thermo Fisher
- Tosoh
- Wako
