Healthcare

The annual global cost of mental illnesses is set to rise to a whopping $6 trillion in 2030, from $2.5 trillion in 2010. Furthermore, the global treatment gap in 2004 for disorders such as depression and anxiety was more than 50% (half of the patients went untreated). Unfortunately, the situation has still not changed significantly. A growing body...

3D printing (3DP) will have a strong commercial impact across major consumer segments of the global healthcare sectors, an industry that necessitates efficient production of primarily complex or personalized products. The opportunity to customize drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and medical devices drives an era of personalized medic...

Readers of Lab Manager Magazine were invited to participate in an online survey in July 2016. To qualify for survey participation, readers had to play a role in their laboratory’s purchasing process, be familiar with their laboratory’s product budgets, and represent a laboratory that either uses or plans to use products in 1 or more of the 7 sp...

The insight analyzes the innovations expected to play a major role in shaping the global orthopedic devices industry over the next few years. The demand for patient-specific implantation/surgeries is rising, along with the demand for better procedural efficiencies. This is becoming a driver for the emergence of new technologies. Therapies and proce...

The healthcare industry is evidencing a significant paradigm shift. Beyond the impressive advances in life sciences that have led to a plethora of new diagnostics and therapeutics opportunities, existing technologies associated with other fields of research are remarkably empowering healthcare. This fact is particularly evident by looking through...

TechVision's latest research service from the medical imaging technology cluster highlights the emerging trends and innovations in ultrasound imaging. Although the use of ultrasound for medical applications have been in use for a few decades now, the last few years have witnessed a rapid expansion of their applications, and a surge in the intensity...

Development of nanotechnology-based medical devices enables major cost reduction across the medical device value chain, as it offers very high bargaining power to suppliers of medical device OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). This research service (RS) analyzes the need for adoption of nanotechnologies in the medical devices industry, which a...

Fluctuations in consumer purchasing behavior across the world, emerging fashion trends shaping consumer perceived value, and high preference for personalized products are factors that are responsible for opportunities for 3D printing within the personal care industry. This research service (RS) evaluates the role played by 3D printing technologies ...