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BioInformatics, part of the Science and Medicine Group, is the leading research and advisory firm serving the life science and diagnostic industries. Our expertise includes primary quantitative and qualitative research in addition to secondary research and published reports. We own a proprietary, international community of more than 55,000 scientists and biomedical researchers to provide insights that grow businesses and move markets. Our multi-disciplinary team is comprised of industry veterans, market research experts, and survey statisticians.
Branding in the Life Sciences
“A word about scientists. I want to emphasize at the outset that, contrary to popular belief, scientists are not detached observers of nature and the facts they discover are not simply inherent in the natural phenomena they observe. Scientists construct facts by constantly making decisions about what they will consider significant, what experiments they should […]
Pittcon Hits Chicago
From March 5 – 9, the BioInformatics/SDi team was out in force visiting with clients and staying abreast of the analytical instrument industry’s latest developments. Pittcon is the world’s leading annual conference on laboratory science. Pittcon was attended by almost 13,000 people from industry, academia and government from around the world and featured more than […]
The Importance of Branding in Scientific Markets
This is the first in a series of posts about the importance of branding and Measuring Brand Health. Over the years, we have collected tens of thousands of responses from scientists about the techniques they use, and the products they buy. Invariably, we are told that “quality” or “reliability” are, by far, the most important […]
The 2017 Market for Laboratory Equipment
One of the broadest categories covered in our recently released 2017 SDi Global Assessment Report: The Laboratory Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry is laboratory equipment segment. We define this segment as being comprised of lab centrifuges, transfection solutions, water purification systems, extraction techniques, gas generators, concentrators and evaporators, fume hoods, incubators, biological safety cabinets, […]
Modest Growth for Lab Automation in 2017
Recently, Mike Tice, our VP of Consulting Services gave a special presentation to companies exhibiting at SLAS 2017 here in DC, so lab automation is a subject near and dear to our hearts. Lab automation refers to a collection of technologies that are involved in making faster and more efficient repetitive laboratory tasks. As we […]
The Life Science Market Through 2020
In our 2017 SDi Global Assessment Report: The Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry, Life Science is one of the ten major categories we cover and one of the most important. Life Science constitutes the largest market segment accounting for a quarter of the total analytical instruments market. In 2016, the Life Science market grew […]
The 2017 SDi Global Assessment Report is Here!
Strategic Directions International (SDi), a division of BioInformatics LLC, today announced the release of the 2017 Global Assessment Report: The Laboratory Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry. The 800+ page report details the size, growth and depicts market share for 82 separate categories of laboratory instruments and consumables. In addition projections are made on the […]
Mass Spectrometry: Momentum Continues
With 2016 sales of $3.8 billion, we project the mass spectrometry market is on track for solid growth this year, buoyed by new innovations and detection capabilities across several vendors’ product lines. The market’s growth will be fueled by applications in life science, food safety and clinical research. Quadrupole LC/MS demand accounts for about one-third […]
Chromatography Market: Steady Growth Ahead
Chromatography sales reached nearly $8.5 billion in 2016, having rebounded from weak growth due to currency effects in the previous year. In 2017, moderate sales increases are expected to continue. We project this market segment will be fueled by the rise of clinical chromatography, as well as increased regulations in the pharmaceutical and food industries, […]
Uncertainty Reigns
In our 2017 IBO Review & Forecast issue, we report that instrument and laboratory product companies, just like other industries, felt the effects of 2016’s high degree of uncertainty. Political developments, such as Brexit and the US election, as well as economic questions, including growth expectations for China and the possibility of higher US interest […]