Point of care (POC) diagnostics comprises of diagnostic
tests that are performed at the patient site. POC diagnostics provides fast
results which in turn help in faster patient management. The present POC
diagnostics market already sports a number of products with several new
products in the development stage. The worldwide diagnostics market is
experiencing an urgent need for inexpensive POC tests for the diagnosis of
infectious diseases.
Such tests are of significant help where the available
laboratory capacity is limited. Development and introduction of new POC
diagnostic methods demand effort and coordination among researchers, healthcare
practitioners, and product manufacturers. POC tests bypass the need for
high-end diagnostic systems for the diagnosis of infections and other
healthcare needs such as blood glucose measurement. Diagnostics play a vital
role in taking treatment decisions and consume a significant portion of the
overall healthcare costs. Thus, in resource-limited areas, POC diagnostics may
help in taking efficient treatment decisions with minimum costs.
The overall POC diagnostics market can be classified on
the basis of prime technologies used in its applications such as biosensors,
electrodes, continuous testing, rapid HIV tests, drug testing, and patent
analysis. The major product segments of this market are blood glucose
monitoring systems, pregnancy and fertility diagnosis systems, blood chemistry
and electrolyte systems, drug and alcohol analysis systems, cholesterol measurement
systems, homeostasis measurement systems, tumor markers, urine chemistry
systems, and some others.
North America is the leading geographical market for
POC diagnostics and is followed by Europe. Improvement in the healthcare
infrastructure and increase in healthcare expenditure of emerging countries of
Asia-Pacific will also contribute to the demand for POC diagnostic products.
Some of the major players in this industry are Abbott
Laboratories, Beckman Coulter, Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Company, Nipro
Diagnostics, Johnson & Johnson, and Siemens Medical Solutions.
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