Global demand for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products will increase 7.1 percent annually through 2015. The US and other developed economies will remain the dominant markets, while developing world demand grows the fastest. Molecular diagnostics, cellular analysis and pathology products will be the fastest growing technologies.

This study analyzes the $43.8 billion world IVD product industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, and forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by product type (e.g., clinical chemistry, immunoassay, diabetes testing, blood testing, molecular diagnostic, pathology, cellular analysis, microbiology), application, world region and for 14 countries.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 25 industry participants, including Roche, Siemens and Abbott Laboratories.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							     xii

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Economic Factors						       6
		   Recent Economic Trends					       6
		   World Economic Outlook					       8
		World Demographic Patterns					      12
		   Total Population						      13
		   Population 65 Years & Older					      15
		World Health Care Trends					      16
		   World Health Expenditures					      18
		   Hospital Beds						      22
		   Physicians							      24
		   Patient Activity						      26
		      Hospital Admissions					      27
		      Surgical Procedures					      28
		      Outpatient Consultations					      30
		      IVD Testing Volume					      32
		   Regulation							      34

	III.	PRODUCT OVERVIEW						      37
		General								      37
		Demand by Region						      38
		Shipments by Region						      42
		World Trade							      44
		Demand by Product Group						      46
		   IVD Reagents & Consumables					      49
		   IVD Instruments						      51
		Clinical Chemistry Products					      52
		   Demand by Region						      53
		   Demand by Product						      56
		      Reagents & Test Kits					      57
		      Standards & Controls					      62
		      Instruments & Systems					      64
		   Demand by Application					      64
		   Producers							      65
		Immunoassay Products						      66
		   Demand by Region						      67
		   Demand by Product						      69
		      Reagents & Test Kits					      70
		      Instruments & Systems					      74
		   Demand by Application					      76
		   Producers							      77
		Diabetes Testing						      80
		   Demand by Region						      80
		   Demand by Product						      82
		      Reagents							      83
		      Instruments						      86
		   Producers							      88
		Blood Testing Products						      88
		   Demand by Region						      89
		   Demand by Product						      90
		      Reagents & Consumables					      91
		      Instruments & Systems					      96
		   Demand by Application					      99
		   Producers							     101
		      Hematology Products					     101
		      Blood Banking Products					     103
		      Hemostasis Products					     104
		Molecular Diagnostic Products					     106
		   Demand by Region						     107
		   Demand by Product						     109
		      Reagents & Consumables					     110
		      Instruments & Systems					     119
		   Demand by Application					     123
		   Producers							     125
		Pathology Products						     126
		   Demand by Region						     126
		   Demand by Product						     128
		      Reagents & Consumables					     129
		      Instruments & Systems					     130
		   Demand by Application					     131
		   Producers							     132
		Cellular Analysis Products					     132
		   Demand by Region						     132
		   Demand by Product						     134
		      Reagents & Consumables					     136
		      Instruments & Systems					     138
		   Demand by Application					     142
		   Producers							     142
		Microbiology Products						     144
		   Demand by Region						     144
		   Demand by Product						     146
		      Reagents & Consumables					     146
		      Instruments & Systems					     148
		   Demand by Application					     149
		   Producers							     151

	IV.	NORTH AMERICA							     152
		Market Environment						     152
		IVD Product Demand						     155
		United States							     156
		Canada								     162
		Mexico								     168

	V.	WESTERN EUROPE							     173
		Market Environment						     173
		IVD Product Demand						     176
		France								     178
		Germany								     183
		Italy								     188
		Spain								     194
		United Kingdom							     199
		Other Western Europe						     205

	VI.	ASIA/PACIFIC							     212
		Market Environment						     212
		IVD Product Demand						     216
		Australia							     218
		China								     223
		India								     228
		Japan								     235
		Other Asia/Pacific						     241

	VII.	OTHER REGIONS							     248
		Central & South America						     248
		Brazil								     255
		Other Central & South America					     260
		Eastern Europe							     267
		Russia								     273
		Other Eastern Europe						     277
		Africa/Mideast							     282

	VIII.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     289
		General								     289
		Market Share							     291
		Competitive Strategies						     297
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     299
		Licensing & Related Agreements					     304
		Product Development						     312
		Marketing & Distribution					     314
		Manufacturing							     316
		Company Profiles						     318
		   Abbott Laboratories						     319
		   AcroMetrix, see Life Technologies
		   Affymetrix Incorporated					     326
		   Alere Incorporated						     328
		   ARKRAY Incorporated						     333
		   Bayer AG							     337
		   BBInternational, see Alere
		   Beckman Coulter Incorporated					     340
		   Becton, Dickinson and Company				     350
		   Biocare Diagnostics Limited					     357
		   Bioline Group, see Meridian Bioscience
		   bioMerieux SA						     358
		   Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated				     364
		   Concateno, see Alere
		   Danaher Corporation						     369
		   DiaMed, see Bio-Rad Laboratories
		   DxS, see QIAGEN
		   Eurogentec, see Kaneka
		   First Check Diagnostics, see Alere
		   Gen-Probe Incorporated					     372
		   GTI Diagnostics, see Gen-Probe
		   Hologic Incorporated						     378
		   Johnson & Johnson						     381
		   Kaneka Corporation						     387
		   Leica Microsystems, see Danaher
		   Life Technologies Corporation				     390
		   LifeScan, see Johnson & Johnson
		   Matritech, see Alere
		   Meridian Bioscience Incorporated				     395
		   MP Biomedicals LLC						     399
		   Olympus Corporation						     400
		   Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, see Johnson & Johnson
		   Oxoid, see Thermo Fisher Scientific
		   Primus, see Trinity Biotech
		   Prodesse, see Gen-Probe
		   QIAGEN NV							     402
		   Radiometer Medical ApS, see Danaher
		   Remel, see Thermo Fisher Scientific
		   Roche Holding Limited					     407
		   SABiosciences, see QIAGEN
		   Siemens AG							     415
		   SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics, see Alere
		   Sysmex Corporation						     423
		   Tepnel Life Sciences, see Gen-Probe
		   Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated			     430
		   Third Wave Technologies, see Hologic
		   Trinity Biotech plc						     435
		   Ventana Medical Systems, see Roche Holding
		   Veridex, see Johnson & Johnson
		   VircoBA, see Johnson & Johnson


				      LIST OF TABLES

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		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	World Macroeconomic Indicators					       5
	2	World Gross Domestic Product by Region				      12
	3	World Population by Region					      14
	4	World Population 65 Years & Older by Region			      16
	5	World Health Care Indicators					      17
	6	World Health Expenditures by Region				      21
	7	World Number of Acute Care Hospital Beds by Region		      24
	8	World Number of Practicing Physicians by Region			      26
	9	World Number of Acute Care Hospital Admissions by Region	      28
	10	World Number of Surgical Procedures by Region			      30
	11	World Number of Outpatient Consultations by Region		      32
	12	World Number of IVD Tests by Region				      34

		SECTION III -- PRODUCT OVERVIEW
	1	World In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Product Demand by Region	      41
	2	World IVD Product Shipments by Region				      44
	3	World IVD Product Net Exports by Region				      46
	4	World IVD Product Demand by Technology & Type			      48
	5	World Clinical Chemistry Product Demand by Region		      55
	6	World Clinical Chemistry Product Demand by Type			      56
	7	World Clinical Chemistry Product Demand by Application		      65
	8	World Immunoassay Product Demand by Region			      68
	9	World Immunoassay Product Demand by Type			      69
	10	World Immunoassay Product Demand by Application			      77
	11	World Diabetes Testing Product Demand by Region			      82
	12	World Diabetes Testing Product Demand by Type			      83
	13	World Blood Testing Product Demand by Region			      90
	14	World Blood Testing Product Demand by Type			      91
	15	World Blood Testing Product Demand by Application		     101
	16	World Molecular Diagnostic Product Demand by Region		     109
	17	World Molecular Diagnostic Product Demand by Type		     110
	18	World Molecular Diagnostic Product Demand by Application	     125
	19	World Pathology Product Demand by Region			     128
	20	World Pathology Product Demand by Type				     129
	21	World Pathology Product Demand by Application			     131
	22	World Cellular Analysis Product Demand by Region		     133
	23	World Cellular Analysis Product Demand by Type			     136
	24	World Cellular Analysis Product Demand by Application		     142
	25	World Microbiology Product Demand by Region			     145
	26	World Microbiology Product Demand by Type			     146
	27	World Microbiology Product Demand by Application		     150

		SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
	1	North America:  Health Care Indicators				     154
	2	North America:  IVD Product Demand				     156
	3	United States:  Health Care Indicators				     159
	4	United States:  IVD Product Demand				     162
	5	Canada:  Health Care Indicators					     165
	6	Canada:  IVD Product Demand					     167
	7	Mexico:  Health Care Indicators					     170
	8	Mexico:  IVD Product Demand					     172

		SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
	1	Western Europe:  Health Care Indicators				     175
	2	Western Europe:  IVD Product Demand				     177
	3	France:  Health Care Indicators					     180
	4	France:  IVD Product Demand					     182
	5	Germany:  Health Care Indicators				     185
	6	Germany:  IVD Product Demand					     187
	7	Italy:  Health Care Indicators					     191
	8	Italy:  IVD Product Demand					     193
	9	Spain:  Health Care Indicators					     196
	10	Spain:  IVD Product Demand					     198
	11	United Kingdom:  Health Care Indicators				     202
	12	United Kingdom:  IVD Product Demand				     204
	13	Other Western Europe:  Health Care Indicators			     208
	14	Other Western Europe:  IVD Product Demand
		   by Technology & Type						     210
	15	Other Western Europe:  IVD Product Demand by Country		     211

		SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
	1	Asia/Pacific:  Health Care Indicators				     215
	2	Asia/Pacific:  IVD Product Demand				     217
	3	Australia:  Health Care Indicators				     221
	4	Australia:  IVD Product Demand					     223
	5	China:  Health Care Indicators					     226
	6	China:  IVD Product Demand					     228
	7	India:  Health Care Indicators					     232
	8	India:  IVD Product Demand					     234
	9	Japan:  Health Care Indicators					     238
	10	Japan:  IVD Product Demand					     240
	11	Other Asia/Pacific:  Health Care Indicators			     244
	12	Other Asia/Pacific:  IVD Product Demand
		   by Technology & Type						     246
	13	Other Asia/Pacific:  IVD Product Demand by Country		     247

		SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
	1	Central & South America:  Health Care Indicators		     251
	2	Central & South America:  IVD Product Demand			     254
	3	Brazil:  Health Care Indicators					     258
	4	Brazil:  IVD Product Demand					     260
	5	Other Central & South America:  Health Care Indicators		     264
	6	Other Central & South America: IVD Product Demand
		   by Technology & Type						     266
	7	Other Central & South America: IVD Product Demand
		   by Country							     267
	8	Eastern Europe:  Health Care Indicators				     270
	9	Eastern Europe:  IVD Product Demand				     272
	10	Russia:  Health Care Indicators					     275
	11	Russia:  IVD Product Demand					     277
	12	Other Eastern Europe:  Health Care Indicators			     279
	13	Other Eastern Europe: IVD Product Demand
		   by Technology & Type						     281
	14	Other Eastern Europe: IVD Product Demand by Country		     282
	15	Africa/Mideast:  Health Care Indicators				     285
	16	Africa/Mideast:  IVD Product Demand by Technology & Type	     287
	17	Africa/Mideast:  IVD Product Demand by Country			     288

		SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	World IVD Product Sales by Company, 2010			     290
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     301
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     306

		      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	World Health Expenditures, 2010					      22

		SECTION III -- PRODUCT OVERVIEW
	1	World IVD Product Demand by Region, 2010			      42
	2	World IVD Product Demand by Technology, 2010			      49

		SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	World IVD Products Market Share by Company, 2010		     292