IVD (in vitro diagnostic) market worth $29 billion in 2007:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The world in vitro diagnostic market is forecast to rise to $29 billion by 2007, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan. World In Vitro Diagnostics Technologies Markets (www.healthcare.frost.com) notes that lab automation has made significant progress in recent years, but the fact that the workload of this portion of the IVD system is often ad hoc, it is a difficult section to automate. This inevitably leads to bottlenecks in the production process, say F&S analyst Kelly Westfall. The market is currently worth some $20 billion.