DUBLIN, February 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kgn63t/global_ivd) has announced the addition of the "Global IVD Products and Test Market - Strategic Volume and Pricing Analysis - Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering.

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Since the recession of 2008?2009, the Global IVD Products and Test market has been witnessing a significant increase in acquisitions by the global vendors. Most of the IVD vendors are acquiring small and medium companies to stay ahead of the competition. For instance, in 2010, Abbott Laboratories acquired STARLIMS Technology and Alere Inc. acquired stocks of Axis-Shield plc. In addition, Gen-Probe Inc. acquired GTI Diagnostics and Warburg Pincus LLC acquired Thoratec Corp. in 2010. These acquisitions by the leading vendors will enable them to develop a variety of offerings for the Global IVD Products and Test market, which is expected to boost their revenue during the forecast period.

According to the report, one of the major drivers is the increased focus of the leading vendors on emerging countries such as the BRIC countries. One of the major reasons for this increased focus is the significant increase in the growth of chronic diseases in patients in these countries, which is likely to foster a demand for IVD testing.

Further, the report states that one of the major challenges is the emergence of counterfeits of the leading brands of IVD products, which are especially common in the Blood Glucose Test Strips segment. These counterfeits are likely to give incorrect blood glucose values, resulting in errors in medication dosages, thus putting patients' lives at risk.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. List of Abbreviations

3. Introduction

4. Market Research Methodology

5. Scope of the Report

6. Market Landscape

7. Market Growth Drivers

8. Drivers and their Impact

9. Market Challenges

10. Impact of Drivers and Challenges

11. Market Trends

12. Market Segmentation

13. Volume Analysis

14. Pricing Analysis

15. Geographical Segmentation

16. Key Leading Countries

17. Vendor Landscape by Sales

18. Vendor Landscape by Volume

19. Buying Criteria

20. Key Vendor Analysis

21. Other Reports in this Series

Companies Mentioned:

• 23andMe Inc.
• A. Menarini Diagnostics S.r.l.
• ARKRAY Inc.
• Abbott Laboratories
• Affymetrix Inc.
• Agilent Technologies Inc.
• Alere Inc.
• Arrayit Diagnostics Inc
• Astra Biotech GmbH
• Axis-Shield plc
• BG Medicine Inc.
• Beckman Coulter Inc.
• Becton Dickinson and Company
• Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
• Bruker BioSciences Corp.
• Caliper Life Sciences Inc.
• Celera Diagnostics LLC
• Cepheid Inc.
• China Medical Technologies Inc.
• Dako A/S
• Danaher Corp.
• DiaSorin S.p.A.
• ELITech SA
• Eiken Chemical Co. Ltd.
• Enzo Biochem Inc.
• Epigenomics AG
• F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
• Fujirebio Diagnostics Inc.
• GE Healthcare
• Grifols SA
• Horiba Ltd.
• IRIS International Inc.
• Idaho Technology Inc.
• Illumina Inc.
• Innogenetics NV
• Instrumentation Laboratory Company
• International Technidyne Corp.
• Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc.
• Life Technologies Corp.
• Linkage Biosciences Inc.
• Luminex Corp.
• Magellan Biosciences Inc.
• Millipore Corp.
• Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp.
• Nanosphere Inc.
• Nanosphere Inc.
• Nova Biomedical Corp.
• Novartis AG
• OPTI Medical Systems Inc.
• OptiGene Ltd.
• Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc.
• PerkinElmer Inc.
• Phadia AB
• Polymedco Inc.
• QIAGEN N.V.
• Quidel Corp.
• Radient Pharmaceuticals Corp.
• Radiometer A/S
• Randox Laboratories Ltd.
• Seegene Inc.
• SensiGen LLC
• Sequenom Inc.
• Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Siemens Healthcare
• Spartan Bioscience Inc.
• Sysmex Corp.
• TessArae LLC
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
• Tosoh Corp.
• Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
• Transgenomic Inc.
• TrimGen Corp.
• Trinity Biotech plc
• TrovaGene Inc.
• Ventana Medical Systems Inc.
• Veridex LLC
• Vermillion Inc.
• Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd.
• and Werfen Life Group SA.
• bioMerieux SA

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