Entries by Bill Kelly

2019 in Review: The Life Science & Analytical Instrument Industry

It’s been another busy and exciting year here at BioInformatics, now part of Science and Medicine Group. Together with our sister brands, Instrument Business Outlook, IMV Medical Information, Kalorama Information and Strategic Directions International, we’ve been helping clients achieve success through our quantitative and qualitative custom research services, our market research reports and industry data […]

Winners of the 2019 Life Science Industry Awards for Innovation

BioInformatics Inc., part of Science and Medicine Group, the leading research and advisory firm serving the life science tools market, announced the winners of the Life Science Industry Awards for the most innovative new products in 2019.   Here are the 2019 Winners of the Life Science Industry Awards – Innovation:   Most Innovative New […]

The World Market for Biomarkers

Our colleagues at Kalorama Information have just published their latest report, The World Market for Biomarkers. Biomarkers are biological or biochemical molecules, genetic changes, or other characteristics that can be measured; they indicate or predict a condition, risk, or likely biological response. Biomarkers can be used for a range of diagnostic applications including predicting disease […]

World Market for Liquid Biopsies

The Fast Growing Market for Liquid Biopsies Liquid biopsies are a set of minimally invasive diagnostic methods that analyze tumor-derived materials that can be found circulating in biological fluids, to provide information for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of cancer. While tissue biopsies and imaging techniques remain the current standards of care in the diagnosis […]

Customer Service & Tech Support in the Life Science Market

The role and impact of customer service and technical support in the life science market has changed. At many companies, customer service and technical support activities traditionally lacked the glamour associated with developing innovating new technologies and products for research. Today, however, competitive forces, technological advances and heightened customer expectations have propelled service and support […]

Bioprocess innovation: Why Not?

BioInformatics Inc. is frequently called upon by clients to explore the market for instruments and equipment used in bioprocessing. In our conversations with scientists we’ve come to learn why innovations occur at such a slow pace in bioprocessing and drug development despite the rate of technological and scientific advancements. Biotechnology and electronics are two high-tech […]

Continuous Upstream Bioprocessing

Continuous manufacturing has greatly benefited consumer societies. Assembly lines are obvious examples for discrete manufacturing, while process industries rely on automation to transform raw materials into products continuously, without stopping even for the next process step. For the expression of therapeutic proteins, continuous upstream processing involves culturing cells within a bioreactor based on hollow fiber […]

DTC Laboratory Testing Market Totaled $208 Million in 2018

Consumers are directing healthcare in many ways, but ordering clinical testing was, until recently, the exclusive purview of physicians. That’s changing as many services now exist for patients to order tests without a physician’s okay. The global direct to consumer (DTC) laboratory testing market totaled $208 million in 2018, according to our colleagues at Kalorama […]

The Continuously Evolving Life Science Sales Rep

Recently we released our report, Maximizing Sales Rep Effectiveness for the Life Sciences. The report was based on a survey of almost 1,000 life scientists from around the world at both academic and pharma/biotech accounts. Our clients use this report in a variety of ways – from sales training to benchmarking the performance of their […]

New Products Kept Coming in 2018

In this article, we take a look back at the second half of a busy 2018. BioInformatics Inc. is know by many for our report catalog, but we’re also very proud of our ability to deliver Voice of Customer research to our clients’ New Product Development (NPD) initiatives. To stay on top of market developments […]