In the past 100 years, there has been a steady increase in the incidence of serious secondary systemic fungal infections. One of the factors aiding the spread of fungal disease has been the widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, which eliminate or decrease the non-pathogenic bacterial populations that normally compete with fungi. Another has been the […]

The current market for diabetes products is large and growing. Both monitoring and therapeutic products have an excellent market outlook. Diabetes markets have long had major areas of unmet need, and that has not changed during the past several decades. In fact, the number of diabetic patients, especially in the United States, will increase at […]

Schizophrenia is a life long affliction. There is no permanent cure for this illness. However, numerous drugs have made the effective management of the disease a reality. This briefing examines both corrent and emerging therapeutic approaches for the management of schizophrenia. It provides an analysis of the current and future markets for these agents, including […]

This timely overview of direct to consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical marketing examines the numerous issues surrounding DTC practices and markets, using industry and consumer publications as well as interviews with industry experts. The topics examined include: DTC marketing spending by product, DTC marketing spending by company DTC marketing spending by media channel The ROI debate on […]

Computer-based technologies offer significant potential for improving the clinical outcomes of patients. Computer software and hardware, as well as the systems they control, have begun to impact the manner in which surgeons design, plan, simulate and perform surgery. In the last few years, automated and computer-assisted techniques have found increased use in surgical procedures as […]

Neurological catheters, also known as microcatheters, are small devices that can navigate the intricate intracranial vasculature of the brain. These catheters–some on the market, others in development–are used for a variety of applications, including aneurysm occlusion, chronic pain relief, targeted drug delivery, tumor embolization, treating vascular malformations, brachytherapy, and vasospasm therapy. They also promise to […]

The world market for cancer therapeutics is growing at a brisk double-digit pace, with revenues surpassing $40 billion this year. This study looks at each therapeutic approach in turn, reporting and forecasting revenues from 2002 through 2009. Market share by leading competitor in each therapy type is estimated for the year 2004. Therapy types considered, […]

Despite the traditional notion that nothing therapeutic can be accomplished for the 1.5 million Americans with autism and the 2 million more throughout the world, there are pharmacologic approaches to the disease that are providing some help for patients and garnering revenues for drug companies. This Market Briefing reviews the market for drugs used in […]

This report covers clinical and drug discovery assay systems that use cells as the basic source material. Sources of the cells to be studied include peripheral blood, cord blood, bone marrow, urine, cerebrospinal and other body fluids and tissue samples. Cell analysis is not a new laboratory procedure. Clinical diagnostics using cells and tissues is […]

The concept of nucleic acid-based therapeutics is not a new one. For a long time it has been thought that molecules similar to those that make up our genetic structure would make effective therapeutics. It is an idea whose time has come. There are six types of nucleic acid-based therapeutics that have been proposed. Some […]