The report provides test volume and sales forecasts; compares features of major automated and semi-automated analyzers; profiles leading and emerging competitors; and identifies specific product and market opportunities facing suppliers during the next five years.
Blood Typing and Grouping Tests
ABO, Antibody Panels, Antibody Screening/Indirect Antiglobulin, Antigen Typing (C, c, Duffy, E, e, I, i, Kell, Kidd, Le a, b, MN, P, S, s), Antiglobulin (Direct, C3 + IgG, IgG, C3), Crossmatching (Immediate Spin, Full Crossmatch), Rh (D, Du)
Infectious Disease Screening Tests
AIDS (HIV NAT, HIV-1/2), Cytomegalovirus, Hepatitis (HAV NAT, HBV NAT, HBs Ag, Anti-HBc, HCV NAT, HCV, ALT/SGPT), HTLV-I/II, Parvovirus B19 NAT, Syphilis, West Nile Virus NAT.
Competitive Assessments
- Strategic assessments of major suppliers and emerging market entrants, including their sales, M&A, product portfolios, marketing tactics, and new products in R&D.
 
Market Segmentation Analysis
- Test volume and sales forecasts for over 40 blood typing, grouping and infectious disease screening tests, including NAT.
 
Current and Emerging Products
- Analysis of current and emerging blood typing, grouping and infectious disease NAT screening assays.
 - Review of automated and semi-automated molecular and immunohematology analyzers.
 
Technology Review
- Assessment of current and emerging technologies, and their potential applications for the blood banking market.
 - Comprehensive lists of companies developing or marketing new technologies and products, by test.
 
Blood Group Genotyping
PCR, PCR-RFLP, AS-PCR or PCR-SSP, Multiplex PCR, Real Time PCR, Sanger DNA Sequencing, Pyrosequencing
Microarrays
BeadChip Array, BloodChip, Genome Lab SNP Stream, Fluidic Microarray Systems, TaqMan OpenArray, MALDI-TOF-MS, Mini-Sequencing
Strategic Recommendations
- New product development opportunities for blood typing, grouping and infectious disease NAT assays and instrumentation with significant market appeal.
 - Alternative market penetration strategies.
 - Potential market entry barriers and risks.
 
Companies Mentioned
- Abbott
 - Beckman Coulter/Danaher
 - Becton Dickinson
 - Biokit
 - bioMerieux
 - Bio-Rad
 - Diagast
 - DiaSorin
 - Fujirebio
 - Grifols
 - Hologic
 - Immucor
 - LabCorp
 - Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
 - Proteome Sciences
 - Quest Diagnostics
 - Quidel
 

