Life Sciences

The treatment of rare diseases requires the use of specialized drugs. Patient populations for rare diseases are most often quite small, consequently the products treating them earn the designation orphan drugs. These drugs must undergo the research, development, and clinical trials that all drugs do, yet the investment into the development is great...

The US molecular diagnostics market is growing at 12.5% CAGR and is set to reach close to $6.5 billion by 2021. PCR, next-generation sequencing (NGS), microarray, and fluorescent in situ-hybridization (FISH) are the dominant technologies in this space with PCR holding more than 75% of the market. Roche, Cepheid, Qiagen, Abbott, and Thermo Fisher do...

13 Sep 2016  |  North America  |  Market Research

US Next-generation Sequencing Services Market

$1,000 Genome Pricing and Throughput to Drive More and Larger Sequencing Projects

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The next-generation sequencing (NGS) services market includes all sequencing services conducted with next-generation or third-generation platforms that use newer technology than traditional capillary electrophoresis (CE) sequencing. Services include project scoping, NGS sample preparation tasks (i.e., library prep and target enrichment), and NGS-ba...

25 Jul 2016  |  North America  |  Market Research

US Hospital Cybersecurity Market—2015–2021

Healthcare Gears Up to Combat the Growing Risk of Cyber Attacks

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The report describes and defines the market for various types of solutions (products and services) deployed by US hospitals to protect the security of enterprise information technology (IT) systems and the privacy and security of patient information; covers key factors driving the need to deploy these solutions in response to dynamic industry shift...

Mobile Health (mHealth) can play a vital role in European healthcare systems by improving communication between providers and patients and enabling patients to participate more actively in their health and wellness. At both EU and country levels, various pilot projects have demonstrated positive outcomes—both qualitative and quantitative—result...

Frost & Sullivan reviews key themes and industry trends from the 5th Annual Digital Health Summer Summit and BIO International held in June 2016. Major topics covered include the use of virtual and augmented reality in medical education and clinical care; new digital health technologies to improve mental health; investor perspectives on the market ...

01 Jul 2016  |  Europe  |  Market Research

Western Europe Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Market

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Point-of-care testing is an integral part of the IVD market that is rapidly evolving into a preferred testing mode in the EU region. POCT is a segment that presents growth opportunities for a cross-section of players, ranging from OEMs to data integrators to technology vendors. The stakeholders need to be abreast of the challenges posed by the indu...

The drastic increase in the number of clinical trials performed worldwide is leading to a sharp rise in R&D expenditure incurred by life sciences companies. To overcome this challenge, companies are targeting clinical trials to achieve higher efficiencies, which will bring new drugs faster to market and reduce R&D cost burden. The solution lies in ...

With regards to wearables and healthcare, strong customer demand and surging sales are only part of the story. The other side of the narrative captures the tale of a highly volatile marketplace where, due to intense competition, there is a revolving door of company entries and exits. Accordingly, Frost & Sullivan’s team, through its tracking of w...