The healthcare industry faces a less daunting period of recession compared to many industries (we’ve covered it here and here), but still faces different and tough dynamics during this period. Although demand for healthcare is more inelastic than other products and services, new business in healthcare (development and innovation) requires financing, a particularly scarce commodity [...]
In the last few years, there has been a significant consolidation in the sealants, glues, wound closure and anti-adhesion industry (the "securement industry") as venture-based companies have been acquired and assimilated into larger market-based corporations with critical mass in their sales effort. This represents a welcome development for investors in leading-edge technologies, which are now [...]
For completing our most recent worldwide analysis of the market for sealants, glues, and related products, we assessed their current and potential uses globally. We found the strongest uptake of fibrin sealants in Asia; also in Europe, particularly in Italy where GEM has established a 12-item application list for its high-strength glue product. Approximately 12 [...]
From January 2008 issue of MedMarkets, with excerpts from Report #S145, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues & Wound Closure, 2007-2011." This report has beeen updated by Report #S175, with forecasts for 2009-1013. The market for surgical sealants is expected to grow in double digits over the next five years as aging populations drive increases in caseloads [...]
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