However itis not necessarily limited to these determinations

The term clinical chemistry usually refers to determiningthe concentration or activity of a protein, carbohydrate, lipid, electrolyte,enzyme or small molecule in easily-collected bodily fluids such as blood, serum,plasma or urine. But for the sake of defining the subject to a reasonablesize, the more traditional scope of clinical chemistry will be the subject ofthis study. Specifically, this studyexamines the markets for small lab and highly-automated, large lab platforms, aswell as accessory equipment such as reagents, supplies and manufacturers'original equipment manufacturer (OEM) additional equipment. The emphasis is onthose companies and products that are actively developing and marketingchemistry analyzer products for the clinical setting, including hospitals,independent labs, physician's offices and clinics. Particular attention is paid to those areas of the clinicalchemistry instrumentation sector that are showing the greatest growth or themost innovation.

Clinical Laboratory Testing Volume 1: Reagents and Instruments Clinical laboratory analysis for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) testing is one of themost important sectors of medical care. By all accounts, it is very mature,large and diverse-crossing the $33 billion mark in 2006-and employing over100,000 laboratory workers, and spawning an industry for reagents andinstruments comprised of thousands of companies worldwide. The term clinicallaboratory analysis usually refers to determining the concentration or activityof a protein, carbohydrate, lipid, electrolyte, enzyme or small molecule ineasily collected body fluids such as blood, serum, plasma or urine. However, itis not necessarily limited to these determinations. Within this area, the report covers thosesegments that are highly active in terms of innovation and growth. Specifically,this global clinical laboratory markets report examines the markets for smalllab equipment all the way up to highly-automated, large lab platforms, as wellas accessory equipment such as reagents, supplies and manufacturers' originalequipment manufacturer (OEM) additional equipment. The emphasis in this analysisis on those companies and products that are actively developing and marketinglaboratory analyzer products for the clinical setting, including hospitals,independent labs, physician's offices and miscellaneous clinics.

This studyconcentrates on the clinical laboratory instrumentation industry market segmentand the companion reagents sector in the U.S and around the world. The regionalmarkets and their differences are examined, including Europe, Asia (Japan, Chinaand India) and the rest of the world (ROW). Particular attention is paid tothose areas of the clinical laboratory instrumentation and reagents sector thatare showing the greatest growth or the most innovation. Clinical Laboratory Testing Volume 2: Business Strategies Clinical laboratory testing is generally categorized as either of two generalareas-clinical testing and anatomical pathology testing. As such, clinical laboratory analysis is one of the most importantsections of medical care. The purpose of this report is to describe the specificsegments of the clinical laboratory analysis business.