Contract Manufacturers are finding opportunities with managers located at OEM corporate headquarters or main manufacturing/assembly operations as they take a hard look at costs and seek outsourcing for cost efficiency. Once satisfied with outsourcing only a small part of operations, OEM companies are now looking to CMs for finished products and finished computer systems. The […]

In five years, Kalorama Information believes that given the role of pharmacists currently and the demands of the US healthcare system, pharmacists will be prescribing in at least six states in five years, creating a trend that will spread to many other states in following years. The state of Florida allows some independing prescribing off […]

Retail clinics, also known as convenience clinics, represent a disruptive innovation into the U.S. health care market, which evolved from and is uniquely positioned to benefit from the health care system’s shortcomings. These clinics present a new opportunity for retail outlets to earn more revenue from rents and ‘indirect’ revenues from sales to the retail […]

For food ingredient companies willing to enter the non-food market, there is over a billion dollars of market potential awaiting them. In addition to increasing the profitability of their traditional product lines, producers of ingredients can potentially expand their markets by moving their products or byproducts into the healthcare sector, where drug producers or manufacturers […]

Complete offer of Vol. I – III Wound Care series. This includes the three volumes in one PDF file. Vol. I: Skin Ulcers Vol. II: Burns Vol. III: Surgical and Trauma Wounds

It can be said that pharmaceutical companies face a ‘new era.’ in the coming years. Old strategies will not produce the same results. A wave of generic competition is poised to affect most brands. Drug companies have had to cut research budgets, leading to a dearth of new products on the market. This means there […]

Abundant opportunities are available for electronics and advanced systems companies who enter the outsourcing medical device manufacturing market; but the market is competitive and information has been hard to obtain. Contract Manufacturers(CMs) are finding opportunities with managers located at the corporate headquarters or main manufacturing/assembly operations as they take a hard look at costs and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Orthopedic biomaterial products, which can be organic or synthetic in nature, are implanted into or near a bone fracture to facilitate healing or to compensate for a lack or loss of bone tissue. Biomaterials used in orthopedic surgery include autografts, allografts, xenografts, ceramics, polymers, bone growth factors and synovial fluid substitutes. Among the prominent applications […]