The Market for Clinical Nutritional Products

    Published: August 1, 2005 | Price: $2,500.00 – $5,000.00

    This market briefing concentrates on the U.S. market for medical nutritional support—in particular, the enteral and parenteral foods. The continuing development of equipment, medical foods, and feeding procedures that secure the nutrition of critically ill patents has greatly improved recovery and survival in select populations. Advances in the effectiveness and safety of nutritional procedures and techniques have evolved from steady improvements, including the use of antibiotic materials, biosensors, wireless communications, and more efficient pumps and controllers. These new developments have...
    Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) – A Market Briefing

    Published: August 1, 2005 | Price: $795.00 – $1,990.00

    Neurological disease that impacts the sensory pathway can produce severe chronic pain, also known as neuropathic pain. This usually is unrelated to any peripheral tissue injury. This occurs with disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), such as stroke and multiple sclerosis, or with conditions associated with peripheral nerve damage, such as mechanical injury, diabetic neuropathy or herpes zoster infection. On form of neuropathic pain that is just now gaining recognistino is complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as...
    Wound Care Markets, 2nd Edition, Vol I – Skin Ulcers

    Published: July 1, 2005 | Price: $2,995.00 – $5,990.00

    The aging of the population and continued advances in biotechnology drive the skin ulcer portion of the wound care industry, estimated at $3.3 billion globally. A lack of effective treatment options has heretofore added to the increased costs of skin ulcer treatment and has contributed to the growing frustration in the industry. New product manufacturers can capitalize on these concerns by offering products designed to improve healing rates and prevent wound formation within a cost-conscious framework. Besides the always-improving synthetic...
    The U.S Market for Over-the-Counter Cough, Cold, Allergy, and Sinus Medications

    Published: July 1, 2005 | Price: $3,000.00 – $6,000.00

    This report on the U.S. market for over-the-counter (OTC) cough, cold, sinus and allergy (CCSA) medication presents an in-depth analysis of the performance of various CCSA drugs in the U.S. market. The analysis captures the performance of the market players, drug categories, and leading brands in terms of revenues and growth. It also identifies key issues, drivers, challenges, regulations, and trends affecting the marketplace. In addition, the report provides a detailed analysis of consumer demographics and preferences in terms of...
    U.S. Markets in Analytical Chip Technology: Gene, Protein, Tissue, Cell, and Microbiological Microarrays, 2nd Ed.

    Published: June 1, 2005 | Price: $3,500.00 – $7,000.00

    Analytical microchips continue to be among the fastest growing technology segments of the life sciences. The range of applications to which these miniature laboratories may be directed is very broad, covering fields as different as pharmaceutical development, food testing, clinical diagnostics, forensics, and environmental analysis. Moreover, while the number of such products is currently limited, the number of applications is rapidly expanding through the development of significant enabling technologies. This completely updated 2nd edition of Kalorama’s popular 2003 study thoroughly...
    The World Market for Anti-Infectives, Volume III – Antivirals

    Published: June 1, 2005 | Price: $2,500.00 – $5,000.00

    This volume of Kalorama Information’s World Market for Anti-Infectives series focuses on three general product segments of antiviral treatment: Nucleoside Analogs Protease Inhibitors Other Misc. Antivirals The report covers both currently marketed and late stage development antiviral products in detail. For each segment, the report provides an An overview Description of products on the market Description of products in development Market estimates and forecasts through 2009 Market segmentation by infection type Market segmentation by geographic region Market share of leading...
    The U.S. Market for Home Care Products, 4th Edition

    Published: June 1, 2005 | Price: $3,500.00 – $7,000.00

    The U.S. market for home care products and equipment continues to post steady gains, primarily as a result of the aging population and increasing shifts of chronic care patients from hospitals to home. In 2004, an estimated 16 million people received home health care in the United States, and most of these individuals also used associated home care products. Through 2009, the numbers of home care patients will continue to grow as patient lifespans are extended with more sophisticated medical...
    Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery – A Market Briefing

    Published: June 1, 2005 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00

    With the promise of improved outcomes and shorter recovery times and costs, endoscopic surgery has evolved into an accepted surgical discipline in most therapeutic areas. However, spine surgeons in particular have been slow to embrace this new technology over the past decade or so. Challenges specific to the spinal column have made the adoption of minimally invasive surgery difficult, but endoscope manufacturers have begun to take advantage of technological advances in endoscopic visualization and other arrears to optimize the minimal-access...
    Molecular Imaging Agents and Systems – A Market Briefing

    Published: June 1, 2005 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00

    Interest in and use of the technology has exploded in recent years, thanks to advances in cell biology, biochemical agents, and computer analysis. Research groups around the world are joining the effort to use magnetic, nuclear, and optical imaging techniques to study the molecular interactions that underlie biological processes. This market briefing presents an overview of the market for molecular imaging agents and systems. The briefing provides an introduction to molecular imaging modalities and applications, and focuses on imaging agents...
    Synthetic Blood Substitutes and Blood Products – A Market Briefing

    Published: June 1, 2005 | Price: $995.00 – $1,990.00

    In addition to being one of the most important tissues in the body, blood has emerged as a key vector in the transmission of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. With the rising demand for transfusions in a variety of conditions such as anemias, trauma, and high-blood-loss surgeries, supplies have been stretched and the dangers of disease transmission have added significant cost pressures to maintaining a safe supply. One possible solution to ease the crunch, particularly in acute amergency care settings...
    Hispanics and Healthcare: Understanding Demographics, Health Statistics, and Attitudes for More Effective Marketing

    Published: May 1, 2005 | Price: $1,995.00 – $3,990.00

    In the last decade the importance of reaching the Hispanic market has become increasingly apparent to marketing practitioners in all industries. Hispanics have not only increased in numbers to become the largest ethnic minority population in the United States, but also increased in purchasing power, representing an estimated $680 billion in 2004 and expected to grow at an average annual rate of 8%. For many industries, including pharmaceutical and healthcare, Hispanics constitute an unfamiliar segment of the market, but one...
    Markets in Human Reproductive Medicine

    Published: May 1, 2005 | Price: $3,500.00 – $7,000.00

    This study provides a comprehensive analysis of available and emerging reproductive products and technologies related to contraception and infertility treatments. The goal of this study is to provide a comprehensive range of information from detailed product analyses through industry trends, and to quantify and qualify the market for hormonal contraceptives, infertility pharmaceuticals, and for assisted reproductive technologies. The report forecasts the following markets through 2008: The world market oral contraceptives The world market hormonal contraceptive devices The world market infertility...
    The World Market for Anti-Infectives, Volume II – Antibacterials

    Published: May 1, 2005 | Price: $2,500.00 – $5,000.00

    For the past 60 years, antibiotic drugs have changed bacterial infections from the life-threatening scourges they once were into eminently treatable conditions. However, the effectiveness of many antibiotics is waning dramatically, as more and more types of bacteria become resistant to traditional agents. As a result, pharmaceutical companies are taking a second look at the antibiotic market, after more than two decades of relative complacency. In addition to the scientific and technical challenges of new antibiotic development, there are significant...
    The Worldwide Market for Prescription Cardiovascular Drugs

    Published: May 1, 2005 | Price: $3,500.00 – $7,000.00

    The worldwide market for prescription cardiovascular drugs encompasses a wide variety of products that treat the many facets of cardiovascular disease. The field of cardiology is currently experiencing a busy and dynamic period. As a result, the range of therapeutic options available to physicians has expanded significantly in the past few years and the development pipeline promises even more weapons soon. The sheer size and diversity of the current market and the potential of new products make this therapeutic category...
    Informatics in Drug Discovery: The Evolving Information Technology Marketplace

    Published: May 1, 2005 | Price: $3,000.00 – $6,000.00

    Within the world of life science research, informatics plays a key role. A few years ago, this market space was occupied primarily by a few niche players, but over the past five years, established companies have expanded their offerings and hundreds of new software companies have surfaced. In the rapidly changing field of informatics, it is difficult to decode the buzz-words, interpret the extravagant claims, separate true needs from blue-sky wishes. The concerns and strategies of only a year ago...