Description
Wound care has come into its own in the last five years and is now recognized as a specialty. The field has become so diverse and dynamic that studying “the wound care market” as a whole is no longer instructive. As technologies begin to be commercialized and products hit the market, segmentation by application is the key to understanding market potential.
This Kalorama specialty report will focus on the products that are currently on the market for wound care for skin ulcers and it will also detail the products in development. The objective of the report is to present the current state of wound care management and products for skin ulcers, and forecast future revenues and growth rates through 2007 with a base year of 2002.
Key market drivers are the level of competition within the market and technological innovations coming to the market. Future competitiveness of companies will depend largely on their ability to develop and market products with a higher therapeutic ratio.
This is the first volume of a series that will look at specific wound areas within the wound care treatment market. Subsequent volumes will examine, in turn, the wound care markets aimed at Burns (Volume II) and Surgical and Trauma Wounds (Volume III).
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Scope and Methodology
- Size and Growth of the Market
- Trends Affecting the Market
Competitive Outlook
CHAPTER TWO: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
- Functions of Skin
- Normal Integument
- Subcutaneous Tissue
- Effects of Aging on the Integumentary System
- Types of Wound Healing
- Defense Against Injury
- Mononuclear Phagocyte System
- Inflammatory Response
- Wound Healing Process
- Primary Intention
- Secondary Intention
- Tertiary Intention
- Delays of Wound Healing
- Complications of Wound Healing
- Hypertrophic Scars and Keloid Formation
- Contracture
- Dehiscence
- Excess Granulation Tissue
Adhesions
CHAPTER THREE: SKIN ULCER TYPES
- Pressure or Decubitus Ulcers
- Diabetic or Neuropathic Ulcers
- Arterial Ulcers
Venous Ulcers
CHAPTER FOUR: TREATMENTS
- Overview
- Anti-Infectives
- Market Segment Conclusion
- Skin Ulcer Management
- Compression Dressings
- Cleansing
- Debridement
- Market Segment Conclusion
- Moist Dressings
- Alginates
- Hydrocolloids
- Hydrogels
- Films
- Foams
- Market Segment Conclusion
- Biological Dressings
- Artificial Skin
- Collagen
- Growth Factors
- Market Segment Conclusion
- Pressure Relief Devices
- Market Segment Conclusion
- Miscellaneous Skin Ulcer Treatments
Market Segment Conclusion
CHAPTER FIVE: MARKET SUMMARY AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Market Analysis
CHAPTER SIX: INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS AND MARKET ISSUES
- New Products
- Reimbursement
- Novel Treatments
- Purchasing Environment
- In Development
- Addressing Unmet Need
- Guidelines
- Wound Care Clinics
Demographics, Incidence
CHAPTER SEVEN: COMPANY PROFILES
- Overview
- 3M Health Care
- Bertek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Carrington Laboratories, Inc.
- ConvaTec, Ltd.
- GlaxoSmithKline Plc
- Healthpoint, Ltd.
- Hill-Rom Company, Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
- Pfizer, Inc.
Smith & Nephew, plc
APPENDIX: COMPANY DIRECTORY
