Friday, August 29, 2014

Ebola and Its Relation to Pharmaceutical Companies

Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF) is a severe, often-fatal disease in humans and primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees) that has appeared sporadically since it was initially identified in 1976. The virus is one of two members of a family of RNA viruses called the Filoviridae. Ebola is one of the potential bioterrorism agents now targeted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Ebola is one of the world's deadliest diseases, with up to 90% of cases resulting in death, although in the current outbreak the rate is about 55%. The outbreak continues to wreak havoc in West Africa, especially Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, each dealing with hundreds of cases every day. According to WHO reports, the collective death toll has now risen to 2,615 as of August 22, 2014.



Until recently, two pharmaceutical companies were working on R&D and possible vaccine solutions for Ebola. In July 2010, Tekmira, a Canadian pharmaceutical company, was awarded a contract worth up to $140 million as part of the U.S. government’s Transformational Medical Technologies (TMT) program. The contract was for Tekmira to further develop TKM-Ebola, an RNAi therapeutic, to treat Ebola. Unfortunately, after facing a number of difficulties, TMK-Ebola has been put on hold as of July 2014. 

However, more prominent in the media has been ZMapp, a biomedical drug created by California-based Mapp Biopharmaceuticals. This drug was shown to result in 100% cure when administered to monkeys during pharmaceutical trials.  Kent Brantly, a 33-year-old doctor, and 59-year-old aid worker, Nancy Writebol, were two of the early patients of the drug. Both became infected during their stay in Central Africa to combat the deadly virus.

With the rising death toll in Central and West Africa, academic researchers, biotechnology specialists, and pharmaceutical leaders in Boston and elsewhere are offering tantalizing evidence that vaccines against Ebola and other killer diseases can be made faster and cheaper than previously believed.In a study accepted for publication in the journal, "Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics," a Boston research consortium, VaxCelerate, details how it produced a vaccine ready for animal testing against lassa fever, a hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola, for less than $1 million in four months.

VaxCelerate, based within Massachusetts General Hospital’s vaccine center, is part of a broader push by the U.S. government to improve — even transform — vaccine development to better respond to emerging infectious diseases. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense are working with several Boston-area companies and scientists on vaccine initiatives. Also under development are therapies that might help people who have contracted Ebola or who are likely to come into contact with it.

For our relevant reports on Ebola, visit the links cited below.

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Global markets for photonic sensors and detectors to reach nearly $15.2 billion by 2019


The photonic sensor market has gained momentum in the last couple of years and is coming to be seen as one of the significant advances engendering new innovations with noteworthy financial return. Photonic sensors are revolutionizing imaging sensor technology, which is the low-mass and low-volume alternative for bulky conventional sensors. With the amount of advancements occurring in the innovation of photonic sensors and the rise in popularity for items that utilize photonic sensors, this business sector is expected to develop exponentially in the coming five years at a significant growth rate.

BCC Research provides a detailed study of the global photonic sensors and detectors market through its report, Photonic Sensors and Detectors: Technologies and Global Markets. According to the report, the global market for photonic sensors and detectors was worth $6.3 billion in 2013. This is estimated to increase from nearly $7.3 billion in 2014 to nearly $15.2 billion by 2019, registering a five-year CAGR of 15.9% from 2014 to 2019.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL PHOTONIC SENSORS AND DETECTORS MARKET, THROUGH 2019
($ MILLIONS)

 

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Global market for rigid food packaging to reach 37.2 billion pounds by 2019


Rigid plastic food packaging markets takes into account a wide array of structures that can be blown or injection molded, extruded, or thermoformed. Factors like rising global population along with increasing urbanization in developing areas; growing concern regarding usage of certain types of plastics which could impact the plastic, metal, and glass scenario; increasing emphasis on sustainability, recycling and the environment; and higher demand for more convenient packaging will be responsible for the major changes in the rigid plastic food packaging market over the next decade.

BCC Research provides an in-depth study of the global plastic rigid food packaging through its report, Rigid Food Packaging. According to the report, the global market for plastic rigid food packaging reached almost 30 billion pounds in 2013. This is expected to reach 31.1 billion pounds by 2014-end and 37.2 billion pounds by 2019, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7% from 2014 to 2019.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL PLASTIC RIGID FOOD PACKAGING MARKET BY RESIN, 2013-2019
(MILLION POUNDS)
 
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Global market for organic foods and beverages to reach nearly $161.5 billion by 2018

In spite of facing challenges, the global foods and beverages market has proven to grow as a profitable industry, providing ample opportunities stemming from huge export potential from emerging countries like Asia, Latin America and South Africa. With the rising demand due to increasing domestic organic production, growing government support for organic agriculture and initiatives for the development of organic standards and regulations, this industry is expected to grow considerably in the foreseeable future.

BCC Research provides a detailed analysis of the global market for organic foods and beverages through its report, Organic Foods and Beverages: Global Markets. According to this report, the global organic foods and beverages market was estimated to be worth $80.4 billion in 2013. This is expected to reach nearly $161.5 billion by 2018 with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.0% from 2013 to 2018.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL ORGANIC FOOD AND BEVERAGE MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2018
($ BILLIONS)

 
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Monday, August 25, 2014

Global market for permanent magnets to reach $22.9 billion by 2018


Robust growth has been seen in the demand for permanent magnets during the last decade, and it is expected to grow at a considerable rate due to increasing industrial applications such as electric power steering and engines, wind turbines and consumer electronics. Increasingly stringent Chinese trade regulations and rising global demand from the automotive, green energy, and electronic industries is expected to shape significant growth in this market for the foreseeable future.

BCC Research provides an in-depth analysis of the global market for permanent magnets through its report Permanent Magnets: Technologies and Global Markets. According to the report, this market reached $15.1 billion in 2013. This is expected to grow to $22.9 billion by 2018, and register a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.7% from 2013 to 2018.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL PERMANENT MAGNET SALES BY REGION, 2012-2018
($ BILLIONS)
 
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Friday, August 22, 2014

U.S. market for Membrane Technology to reach $3.5 billion by 2019


Membranes are essential to a wide range of applications from potable water, process water, and wastewater treatment to power generation, pharmaceuticals production, food and beverage processing, among other range of products. With a more upbeat economic forecast, both municipal and industrial end users of membrane products are forecast to make near-term capital investments. In the longer term, strong growth is anticipated, as the need for environmental protection and for updated process equipment speed the pace of investment.

BCC Research provides an in-depth study of the U.S. membrane market through its report, Membrane Technology for Liquid and Gas Separations. According to the report, the combined U.S. market for membranes used in gas and liquid separating applications was valued at approximately $2.2 billion in 2013 and is estimated to reach nearly $2.4 billion by 2014-end. BCC Research projects this market to increase to nearly $3.5 billion by 2019 with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% from 2014 to 2019.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
U.S. MARKET FOR MEMBRANE MODULES USED IN GAS AND LIQUID SEPARATIONS, 2002-2019
($ MILLIONS)
 
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Global market for blood-brain barrier (BBB) technology to reach $471.5 million in 2019

BBB technology is a sub-industry of the pharmaceutical sector. It is poised to open up vast untapped potential in the growing central nervous system therapeutic market, where today growth is limited by the complexity of this layer in the brain that prevents the passage of many potentially useful molecules/compounds.

BCC Research provides a detailed report on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) technology in its report, Blood Brain Barrier Technologies and Global Markets. According to this report, the global market for BBB technology amounted to $21.8 million in 2013 and is estimated to reach $38.7 million by 2014-end. This is further anticipated to reach $471.5 million by 2019, which is equivalent to 64.9% CAGR from 2014 through 2019.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL MARKET FOR BBB TECHNOLOGY FOR THERAPEUTICS, 2012–2019
($ MILLIONS)
 
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Global market for terahertz (THz) systems to reach $195.3 million by 2018


BBB technology is a sub-industry of the pharmaceutical sector. It is poised to open up vast untapped potential in the growing central nervous system therapeutic market, where today growth is limited by the complexity of this layer in the brain that prevents the passage of many potentially useful molecules/compounds.

BCC Research provides a detailed report on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) technology in its report, Blood Brain Barrier Technologies and Global Markets. According to this report, the global market for BBB technology amounted to $21.8 million in 2013 and is estimated to reach $38.7 million by 2014-end. This is further anticipated to reach $471.5 million by 2019, which is equivalent to 64.9% CAGR from 2014 through 2019.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL MARKET FOR BBB TECHNOLOGY FOR THERAPEUTICS, 2012–2019
($ MILLIONS)
 

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Global Outlook on the E-Waste Recycling Industry

Global technological innovations occurring around the world has revolutionized the modern society in unthinkable ways. The increasing demand for new and improved electronic products each day has, in turn, led to the birth of electronic waste or e-waste. Only a small percentage of e-waste is recycled worldwide while a large percentage ends up in landfills, or worse, trash cans, resulting in an increase of radiation exposure.

According to a report by UNEP, around 20 to 50 million metric tonnes of e-waste is generated worldwide every year.  In 2005, it was estimated that waste electronic equipment constitutes about 8 per cent of municipal waste in developed countries and is one of the fastest growing waste components. Computers, mobile phones and television contributed to 5.5 million tonnes in 2010 and this is estimated to increase to 10 million metric tonnes by 2015. According to this report, very less information or no data is available from most of the African, Latin American and the Middle Eastern countries. This may be due to the absence of proper waste management systems, lack of awareness about health hazards from e-waste or insufficient resources. 

This report further stated that more than 90 per cent of discarded computers of the developed world are exported to the developing countries like China, Ghana, Pakistan and India, purportedly for recycling. Most of them end up in toxic wastelands where the heavy metals and toxic chemicals are released into the atmosphere.

But the recent e-waste trends are taking a new turn and challenging the existing paradigm. Developing countries are now shipping more e-waste by weight to developed countries than vice versa, according to a recent analysis of United Nations trade data by Josh Lepawsky, an expert on the electronic waste trade.

Since 2003, Empa, having gained experience in Switzerland, has been working on dozens of e-waste projects in Africa, Asia and Latin and South America. The ultimate aim of these projects and programmes is the improvement of living conditions for local residents based on better managed e-waste streams, resource protection, reduced health risks and an improved economic situation.

Growing number of businesses often backed by international donors and lenders, are now exploring ways to create incentives for informal collectors to sell e-waste to formal recycling operations. German Society for International Cooperation has supported an Indian company named e-WaRDD that has piloted a project to incentivize circuit-board collection in Bengaluru, India. Belgium-based non-profit, WorldLoop, receives corporate funding to support a range of electronics recycling programs in Africa that link informal recyclers with state-of-the-art facilities overseas that recycle printed circuit boards, transformers and leaded glass. In 2012, Cleanlites, a recycling company based in the U.S.A., was able to recycle nearly 500,000 pounds of electronic waste.

Manufacturers in China, India and many other low- and middle-income countries are not far behind. They are increasingly viewing e-scrap as a valuable commodity — both for extracting metals and for manufacturing new devices from a product's component parts. That is partly because the value of e-waste has increased in recent years with rising demand in laptops, cellular phones and other electronic devices. It is worth mentioning that policies encouraging sustainable "harvesting" of e-waste resources already exist in Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, according to Michael Biddle, president of the California-based plastics recycler MBA Polymers, which has a facility in China.

The e-waste recycling industry scenario is slowly and gradually changing but with staggering amounts of e-waste increasing each year, sure-shot reforms is the need of the hour. Measures like cradle-to-cradle policy by manufacturers and organizations can provide environmental solution to a great extent. Another measure can be by making manufacturers responsible for recycling or safe disposal of their products at the end of their useful lives.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Global market for catheters to reach $42.4 billion by 2019

The global market for catheters has grown significantly as interventional and less invasive procedures have become more popular, a factor driven by increasing worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Indeed, an aging population, increasing incidences of chronic health conditions, and increasing access to healthcare will shape steady growth in this market for the foreseeable future.

BCC Research provides an in-depth analysis of the global catheters market through its report, Global Market for Catheters. According to the report, this market is estimated at nearly $28.6 billion for 2014. BCC Research expects the market to grow to $42.4 billion by 2019, and register a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.2% from 2014 to 2019.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL CATHETER MARKET, BY REGION, 2014 AND 2019
(%)
 
 
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Global market for sleep aids technologies to $76.7 billion by 2019


Sleep disorders can not only take a toll on personal health but can also have adverse effects on personal relationships and reduce worker productivity. Insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome (RLS), bruxism, narcolepsy and sleepwalking are all serious sleep disorders that bring about negative health consequences. As sleep disorder is a universal problem affecting millions of people of different ages and genders, customers are prepared to spend millions of dollars for their seven to nine hours a day.

The United States is the single largest market for sleep aids such as mattresses, sleep apnea devices, sleep laboratories and medications, with a major share of 65.7% of the global market. The discovery of new mechanisms and chemicals in the brain has provided expanding avenues for research and development (R&D) of products that are likely to alter the course of sleep disorders or modify the outcome. This will, consequently, pave the way for steady growth of this market in the foreseeable future.

BCC Research provides a comprehensive study of the global market for sleep aids and related technologies through its report, Sleep Aids: Technologies and Global Markets. According to the report, this market was valued at $54.9 billion in 2013. This is estimated to reach $76.7 billion by 2019, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.6% from 2014 to 2018.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL MARKET FOR SLEEP AIDS BY PRODUCT TYPE, 2013-2019
($ BILLIONS)
 
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Global market for fiber optic sensors to reach $2.2 billion by 2018


With the ability to operate in harsh environments and imperviousness to electromagnetic interference, fiber optic sensors (FOS) can be applied in conditions in which electronic sensors fail. FOS technology represents a critical feedback technology that will be applied in optical devices and systems, existing and yet to be developed. It will have the greatest market success where the unique attributes of optics cannot be replicated.

BCC Research provides an in-depth study of the global fiber optic sensors market through its report, Fiber Optic Sensors: Global Markets. According to the report, the global market for fiber optic sensors reached nearly $1.7 billion in 2012 and $1.8 billion in 2013. This is expected to increase to $2.2 billion by 2018, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5% from 2013 to 2018.

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SAMPLE FIGURE
GLOBAL VALUE FOR FIBER OPTIC SENSORS BY TYPE, 2012-2018
($ MILLIONS)
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