AACC releases guidance on kidney injury lab testing

/by Bruce Carlson

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) released guidance on lab testing for acute kidney injury (AKI) patients that proposes new diagnostic thresholds for whether a patient has AKI with creatinine testing. One of the major recommendations is to propose that clinicians use the 20/20 AACC acute kidney injury criteria to determine whether a patient […]

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Infographic: Kalorama Information’s Guide to Diagnostic Biomarkers

/by Daniel Granderson

This infographic is based on the report The World Market for Diagnostic Biomarkers (Tumor, Cardiac, Infectious Disease, AutoImmune, Others) by leading medical market research publisher Kalorama Information. Purchase the report for more insights on the past, present, and future of this important market.  

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Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth: 5 Years of Growth Forecast for $54 Billion Market

/by Daniel Granderson

  Before COVID-19, the telehealth industry was evolving slowly with slight gains annually.  Today, the pandemic has thrust the world into a new era of remote life, including managing, monitoring and treating patients and their health conditions at a pace never experienced before.  As a result of COVID-19, the global market for patient monitoring and […]

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3 Growth Trends in $472 Billion Global Medical Device Market

/by Daniel Granderson

  COVID-19, mergers & acquisitions, and innovation spurred notable gains in the sale of medical devices in 2020   The global market for medical devices rose to $472 billion in 2020, increasing 5.1% for the year over 2019, according to new data published in The Global Market for Medical Devices, 11th Edition, the latest report […]

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At-Home Testing Expanding Reach Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic

/by Daniel Granderson

Over the years, the increasing introduction of transportable, portable, and handheld medical instruments has resulted in the migration of point-of-care (POC) testing from the hospital environment to a range of medical and non-medical environments including the workplace, home, disaster care and most recently, convenience clinics. In the face of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, the […]

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Point of Care Test Market is Ravaged, and Helped By Pandemic

/by Daniel Granderson

Kalorama Information reported a mixed result with point of care testing, defined by tests that can deliver a result meaningful during a patient visit with a provider or on their own.  In 2020, sales of POC testing reached $29,316 million, according to Kalorama Information, a sister publication to Lab Pulse.  That’s up double digits from […]

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Watch the Companies That Make Cell and Gene Therapies For Pharma, Says New Report

/by Daniel Granderson

There’s much talk about cell and gene therapy but a new report from a leading market research firm says that there’s a growing market over nearly two billion dollars for companies that make the cell and gene therapies. In 2020, the total global cell and gene therapy BCMO market reached $1,842 million. Over the following […]

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Global Biomarker Test Product Sales to Reach $63 Billion in 2027

/by Daniel Granderson

Total global sales of biomarker test products are projected to reach nearly $63 billion in 2027 with the majority of sales coming from the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, according to new data by leading medical market research publisher Kalorama Information in the report The World Market for Diagnostic Biomarkers (Tumor, Cardiac, Infectious Disease, […]

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Global IVD Procedures to Grow to 111.3 Billion Annually…Here’s Why

/by Bruce Carlson

There are currently 76.1 billion in vitro diagnostics (IVD) procedures annually worldwide.  Global IVD procedure volumes are forecast to grow by several billion more through 2025, as revealed in IVD Procedure Volumes 2020-2025: Immunoassays, POC, Chemistry, Molecular, Microbiology and Other Tests, a recent report by Kalorama Information. IVD procedures range from glucose to procedures including […]

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FDA Approves Novel Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma

/by Bruce Carlson

Modern developments in cell and gene therapy products are transforming the treatment of cancers and genetic diseases, and in the process they have helped create a multi-billion dollar global industry that is poised to more than double over the next ten years, according to 2020 estimates by leading medical market research firm Kalorama Information as […]

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