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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.
The State of the Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry
In this article we discuss some of the product categories covered by the SDi Global Assessment Report 2018: The Laboratory Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry. The SDi Global Report is comprised of ten major sections, each devoted to a major class of instrumentation. Here’s what manufacturers can expect in 2018. Chromatography: Mobile and High […]
Oncologists Embrace the Liquid Biopsy for Precision Cancer Treatment
On Friday March 16, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took action to advance innovative personalized medicine for Medicare patients with cancer. CMS announced it has finalized a National Coverage Determination that covers diagnostic laboratory tests using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for patients with advanced cancer. This decision is likely to accelerate […]
BioInformatics Inc. Acquires IMV Publishing
BioInformatics Inc., the leading market research firm supporting the analytical instrumentation and life science industries, and owner of The Science Advisory Board®, is pleased to announce the acquisition of IMV Publishing. This latest acquisition by BioInformatics Inc. creates an integrated business information and media group delivering high-value content to the market’s buyers and sellers using […]
Role of Chromatography in Cannabis Testing
In our Global Assessment series, we’ve already covered many exciting technologies and topics, such as portable spectroscopy machines, NGS, Triple quadrupole ICP-MS, atomic spectroscopy, and their respective roles in the industry. Today our analyst, Ivan, will give us some insight into the role of chromatography in cannabis testing.
Outlook for 2018: The Analytical and Life Science Instrument Industry
Strategic Directions International (SDi), a division of BioInformatics Inc., just released the SDi Global Assessment Report 2018: The Laboratory Analytical & Life Science Instrumentation Industry. In this article we discuss some of key trends we observed in 2018 and our analysis of where the industry will find opportunities for growth in 2018. The 800+ page […]
Precious Metal Analysis with Atomic Spectroscopy- A Touchstone for Today!
The day you’ve all been waiting for has FINALLY arrived: The gold standard of market research, the 2018 SDi Global Assessment Report, is officially available!
The Next Generation of Next Generation Sequencing Technology
Last week, we highlighted key advantages of Portable Molecular Spectroscopy. While portable spectrometers make it possible to analyze unknown materials, analyzing unknown and unexplored information from DNA is just as crucial. Recently, scientists have been able to gather much information from our exons, the parts of DNA that are considered coding regions for proteins. However, […]
The Analytical & Life Science Instrument Industries: Looking Ahead to 2018
The overall analytical and life science instrument market is now valued at over $56 billion, and only continues to grow in strength. When looking ahead to 2018, we predict that the overall market size for the analytical and life science instrument industries will grow to $58.7 billion, with the growth rate staying consistent with 2017 […]
Measuring Brand Health
Scientists often claim to be rational in their purchase decisions and consider only price, availability or quality. But for more than 20 years we at BioInformatics LLC have argued that brand awareness, perceptions and loyalty have a very influential role in scientists’ decisions about which instruments and consumables they will purchase for their labs.
Agilent Technologies: Growing Through Change
Agilent Technologies is one of the world’s largest providers of laboratory solutions, with $4.5 billion in annual revenues. Agilent is the second largest supplier of analytical and life science instruments, according to IBO’s list of the top 30 industry companies in 2016 (see IBO 4/15/17). IBO named Agilent its Company of the Year for 2017 […]