Healthcare

The packaging industry plays a major role in the pharmaceutical market. It not only provides containment and drug safety, but also ensures identity, convenience of handling, and delivery. It needs to balance complex considerations. Pharmaceutical packaging firms are some of the industry’s most innovative companies, as has been evident in the last...

This issue of Vital Signs, released on December 5, 2014, discusses LabCorps acquisition of Covance, MedImmunes acquisition of Definiens, the Google X cancer and heart attack detector, and VWRs acquisition of two fluid handling components companies.

The Affordable Care Act has created an upswing in the number of patients entering the US healthcare system, boosting the volume of routine and specialized testing performed in laboratories. This market insight analyzes the instrumentation and reagent segment activity within the US hemostasis market. Key trends and a comparative analysis between the...

The laboratory information management systems (LIMS) market in the United States has been a mature space for many years. The evolution of laboratory needs has spurred innovation in this industry, forcing vendors to change their approach toward consumers. Consumers have the option of choosing between thick-client (Web-enabled) solutions, thin-client...

The study covers the eHealth initiatives across the emerging markets in Asia-Pacific. Government initiatives and incentives that encourage technology adoption in healthcare are key drivers for private sector investment in the Asia-Pacific eHealth industry. However, inadequate infrastructure and regulatory framework development have adversely affect...

This market insight discusses the rheumatoid arthritis pharmaceutical drugs currently in the global market as well as those in the development stage. It offers a competitive analysis of the drugs and a forecast of their impact on the market. Drugs in the development stage are segmented by clinical trial phase as well as by drug class. The study cov...

Significant investment in health technology has helped improve the quality of healthcare services but has done little to reduce costs and make healthcare more accountable in the developed countries of Asia-Pacific. This insight explores future challenges that Japan and South Korea might face in terms of seamless healthcare integration.

This market insight provides a first-of-its-kind analysis of market sizing and revenue forecasts through 2016 for the prevalent Ebola virus. The number of people infected nears 10,000 globally, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) have deemed this the worst outbreak due to the death toll neari...

The report is expected to support the strategic decision makers in the In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) market that are either planning to expand or enter Thailand. The forecast of the major segments can help the diagnostic companies decide their next five years business plan. Segments in the market include molecular diagnostics, immunochemistry, and mic...