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Table of Contents
Introduction
Executive Summary
Rationale for Testing Decentralization
1. Overview
2. Regulatory Trends
3. Economic Trends
4. Demographic Trends
5. Technological Trends
6. Social Trends
7. Quality of Care
8. Defensive Medicine
9. Quality Control Issues
Lipid Test: Significance and Diagnostic Procedures
1. Cholesterol
2. High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
3. Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
4. Triglycerides
POC Testing Instrumentation
- Abaxis
- Abbott
- Alfa Wassermann
- Awareness Technologies
- Beckman Coulter/Danaher
- bioMeriuex
- Carolina Chemistries
- Horiba
- Inverness
- Medica
- Nova Biomedical
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
- Polimedco
- Randox
- Roche
Current and Emerging Technologies
1. Monoclonal Antibodies
2. Immunoassays
a. Technological Principle
b. Enzyme Immunoassays (EIA)
Overview
ELISA
Dot Immunobinding Assays
Capillary Immunoassays
Particle-Membrane Capture Immunoassay
Enzyme Amplification
c. Fluorescent Immunoassays
Fluorescent Polarization
Time-Resolved Pulse Fluorescence
d. Luminescence
Chemiluminescence
Bioluminescence
e. Latex Agglutination
f. Immunoprecipitation
3. Dry Chemistry
4. Biosensors
5. IT and Automation
U.S.A.
A. Market Overview
1. Business Environment
a. Health Care Expenditures
b. Cost Consciousness
c. Reimbursement
d. Industry Consolidation
e. Managed Care
PPO
HMO
f. Hospitals
g. Admissions
h. Length of Stay
i. Industry Diversification
j. Physician Demographics
k. Aging Population
More Chronic Illness
Disease Incidence
Susceptibility to latrogenesis
Multiple Illnesses Cases
l. Laboratory Regulations
2. Market Structure
a. Hospitals
b. Commercial/Private Laboratories
B. Physician Offices/Group Practices
1. Market Summary
2. Market Structure
3. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
C. Emergency Departments
a. Market Summary
b. Test volume and Sales Forecasts
4. ICUs/CCUs
a. Market Summary
b. Test Volume and Sales Forecast
D. Ambulatory Care Centers
1. Introduction
2. Market Summary
3. Market Structure
4. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
E. Major Suppliers’ Market Shares
Germany
A. Market Overview
B. Market Structure
C. Market Summary
D. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
E. Major Suppliers’ Market Shares
Spain
A. Business Environment
B. Market Structure
C. Market Summary
D. Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
E. Major Suppliers’ Market Shares
List of Tables
Design Criteria for Decentralized Testing Products
Alternative Market Penetration Strategies
A. Internal Development
B. Collaborative Arrangements
C. University Contracts
D. Distribution Strategies for Decentralized
Testing Markets
1. Marketing Approaches
2. Product complexity
3. Customer Preference
4. Established Suppliers
5. Emerging Suppliers
6. Major Types of Distributors
7. Market Segmentation
Potential Market Entry Barriers and Risks
A. Market Maturity
B. Cost Containment
C. Competition
D. Technological Edge and Limitations
E. Patent Protection
F. Regulatory Constraints
G. Decentralized Testing Market Challenges
Company Profile
Abbott
Agilent Technologies
Beckman Coulter/Danaher/Cepheid
Becton Dickinson
Bio/Data
bioMerieux
Bio-Rad
Chrono-Log
Corgenix
Decode Genetics
List of Tables
Diagnostica Stago
Diamedix
DiaSorin
Eiken Chemical
EKF Diagnostics
Fujifilm Wako
Fujirebio
Grifols
Helena Laboratories
Hologic
Horiba
Instrumentation Laboratory/Werfen
Kyowa Medex
Labcorp
Leica Biosystems
Lonza
Nihon Kohden
Polymedco
Qiagen
QuidelOrtho
Roche
SDIX
Sekisui Diagnostics
Siemens Healthineers
Sienco
Sysmex
Takara Bio
Thermo Fisher
Tosoh

List of Tables
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
Cholesterol Tests
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
HDL Tests
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
Triglycerides Tests
U.S.A., Office-Based Physicians
Forecast by Practice Type
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Forecast by Type
U.S.A., Physician Office/Group Practice
Laboratories Forecast by Practice Size
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Tests Reagent Market Forecast
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Estimated Number
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Annual Utilization
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Lipid Test Reagent Market Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers Estimated
Number of Facilities and Patient Visits
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Most Frequent Diagnoses
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers Lipid Test
Reagent Market Forecast
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Diagnostic Products, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Products, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A., Major Suppliers of Immunoassay
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
U.S.A. Major Suppliers of Immunoassay
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Laboratory Performing Diagnostic Tests
Germany, Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
Germany, Physician Offices/Group Practices
Lipid Test Reagent Market Forecast
Germany, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Diagnostic Products, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Products, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Reagents, Estimated Market Shares
Germany, Major Suppliers of Immunoassay
Analyzers, Estimated Market Shares
Spain, Laboratory Performing Chemistry
and Immunoassay Tests
Spain, Ambulatory Care Centers
Lipid Test Volume Forecast
Spain, Ambulatory Care Centers
Lipid Test Reagent Market Forecast
Spain, Major Suppliers of Clinical Chemistry
Diagnostic Products, Estimated Market Shares
Spain, Major Suppliers of Immunodiagnostic
Products, Estimated Market Shares