The demand for pharmaceuticals grows higher each year, as the global population ages and diseases once associated with so-called developed regions, become more prominent in other areas. As medical knowledge elucidates the underlying causes and mechanisms of various diseases in fine detail, approaches to disease treatment are shifting. With the rise of precision medicine, medical […]

In vitro diagnostic testing costs little to the healthcare system and contributes much to clinical practice, which is part of the reason there is so much interest in the industry. It is a $69.2 billion-dollar market, with lots of players. A dozen large multi-test category players compete, hundreds of other concerns that may produce a […]

Los Angeles, CA 8/15/19—The August 15, 2019 issue of Instrument Business Outlook (IBO) featured the winners of the annual IBO Design Awards for excellence in the industrial design of analytical and portable instruments, as well as laboratory equipment. The winners of the 2019 Awards demonstrate how innovative industrial design can enhance a product’s functionality and the end-user’s experience. The […]

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 […]

The customer experience of a life science brand can begin before a customer makes a purchase or interact with a sales representative at a conference. Many different marketing materials could be the first touchpoint a customer has with your brand: catalogs and pamphlets sent to department mail boxes,  downloadable product guides, or online ads about […]

The National Bureau of Statistics of China released its preliminary data on the second quarter of 2019. GDP growth was estimated at 6.2%, which marks the lowest quarterly growth for the country since 1992. China has been one of the best sources of growth for analytical instrumentation for decades, so the question arises: Is this a […]

portable instrumentation market

Portable analytical instruments allow pharma companies and governments to do their job with maximum accuracy, efficiency and mobility.  And it’s big business. The total portable instrumentation market was just under $1.5 billion in 2018, according to our latest report.  The 2019 Market for Portable Instrumentation: In the Lab & In the Field expects future growth […]

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 […]