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This survey of 170 laboratory managers and researchers investigates budgets for these product categories: instruments, equipment, chemicals, life science reagents and kits, glassware, plasticware, and general laboratory supplies over the 2011-2013 period. Budgets for service and repair of instruments and equipment also are presented. Additionally,...

The primary objective of this research is to identify trends for quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, specifically the use of nascent digital PCR (dPCR) technology in comparison with the mature real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) technology. The research strives to compare differences of current and future use between qPCR and dPC...

This customer research measures the physical security demand as perceived among facility/security managers within the financial services industry in the United States. A Web-based survey methodology was utilized. The fieldwork was conducted during July of 2012. The sample consisted of managers (n=100) responsible for physical security in financial ...

Drug delivery is an important area of drug development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. This customer research was completed to understand trends, dynamics, and parameters specific to the delivery of drugs to cancer patients; identify physicians prescribing trends relative to delivery considerations; understand the role of reimburs...

In February 2010, Frost & Sullivan surveyed 157 vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and interventional radiologists on a broad range of issues relating to peripheral intervention procedures. This study is based on their responses to an extensive online questionnaire. The study addresses balloons and stents, atherectomy devices, thrombe...

This study is based on input from 1,155 laboratory personnel who either participate in their laboratory's purchase of antibodies or are users of antibodies. Most survey participants are located in the United States, although participation was open to researchers globally. The objectives of this research are to identify points such as: types of rese...

This study is based on a survey of 151 laboratory professionals working in a variety of laboratory types. They reveal their laboratories' current (2011) budgets and anticipated budget trends (for 2012) in seven product categories, and the top brands in each of these categories. The product categories and the brand with the highest unaided brand rec...

This studys research objective was to gauge the usage of building technologies (BT) within U.S. retail chains with at least five stores. Data was collected in August 2011 using Web-based survey, which sampled 182 U.S. managers. Retailers were familiar with all BT the survey contained, but technologies most commonly employed included fire suppress...

The study investigates investment decisions of healthcare-related laboratory decision makers. It shows that 2011 was tumultuous for the laboratory industry. In comparison, the outlook for 2012 looks only slightly positive. In particular, laboratory decision makers generally expect their funding conditions to either remain the same or minimally impr...