Pharmaceutical markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China rank among the top twenty markets in the world with the potential to move up in ranking rather quickly. (China’s pharmaceutical market, for instance, is expected to show double-digit growth over the next five years.) Developing regions and petro-rich nations will be an integral part of expansion […]

This Kalorama Information report, Companion Diagnostics Markets (A Realistic Assessment of the Opportunities, Challenges, Key Players and Important Trends in Personalized Medicine) is truly a real-world guide to the potential market for companion diagnostics. Essentially the co-development of testing products to enhance the value and efficacy of a therapeutic, companion diagnostics is widely seen as […]

SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), single base pair mutations that occur at a specific site in the DNA sequence, are the most common type of genetic variation between human beings. Because they are responsible for over 80% of the variation between two individuals, SNPs are ideal for the task of hunting for correlations between genotype and […]

2008 has seen no decrease in the opportunities available for outsourcing drug discovery, for a number of reasons. New technologies increase the number of targets and accelerate the identification of active compounds. There is increasing pressure to develop new lead compounds due to the near-term loss of patent protection for many drug product. And there […]

Since the arrival of drug-eluting (called drug-eluding by some) technology a few years ago with the promise of reducing restenosis, questions abound surrounding the future of the stent market: After numerous clinical studies and mixed cost-effectiveness results, how is drug-eluding technology expected to peform in the future? What can companies do to best market this […]

2008 has seen no decrease in attention on wound care products. The aging of the population and a constant demand for products that speed healing and improve outcomes drives the wound care industry. For market watchers, this makes for a dynamic market that has changed in recent years with biological developments. Kalorama Information’s analyst Mary […]

Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are well situated to capitalize on worldwide economic conditions. Customers in the US and in the world under time constraints and tight budgets prefer OTC and are opting to self-medicate where possible. Developing and petro-rich nations are pushing world demand for pharmaceuticals. Pharmacists are favoring OTCs, and are a driving force behind […]

2008 has seen no letdown in the use of wireless technologies in healthcare. The clinical environment is a highly mobile one, and physicians, nurses and other clinical operators have a real need for fast information they can act upon. Wireless technologies fit healthcare well. It’s therefore no surprise that hospitals are dedicating large portions of […]

Lagging FDA approvals led to a brief absence of Rx to OTC switches in the pharmaceutical marketplace, but 2006 and 2007 saw a number of switches, and Kalorama Information believes this product management tactic will continue to be aggressively utilized as companies seek ways to extend revenue life. Kalorama Information’s The Return of the Rx […]

Few areas of pharmaceuticals have seen the fast-moving developments in the marketplace that the vaccine market has in 2007 and 2008. Since Kalorama Information last updated Kalorama Information’s The World Market for Vaccines in the first quarter of last year, new products and better than expected profits have transformed the vaccine marketplace. Approvals that have […]