Thursday, 13 November 2014

Growing Dependence and Popularity of the Computational Biology Market

Computational biology refers to the development of techniques for the collection, manipulation, and use of biological data to make discoveries and predictions. The global computational biology market has witnessed significant growth in recent years due to its assistance in the field of biotechnology and medicine. Combing biology and computers, computational biology aids in drug breakthroughs and consequent development during the various stages of clinical trials.

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Extensive use of computational biology in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals driving the market

Lack of innovative drugs and mounting drug failures in later stages of development had taken its toll on the pharmaceutical industry, amounting to massive financial losses. However, adopting computational biology over a period of time has led to not just minimized clinical stage expenditure but also decreased the frequency of drug failures. This has primarily driven the computational biology market. Moreover, enhanced government funding and industrial support, as well as improved computational tools has fueled the growth of the industry. The use of computational biology in modeling and simulation of pediatrics drug development is expected to open many doors for future expansion.

However, factors such as absence of standardization, lack of skilled resources and personnel, shortage of data, and non-verified predictive models are expected to challenge the growth of the computational biology market.

Computational biology market division
The overall market for computational biology is vastly diversified and can be segmented on the basis of four main parameters: applications, services, end users, and geography. Computational biology finds applications in drug development (preclinical), disease modeling and simulation (drug discovery), cellular and biological simulation (pharmacogenomics, transcriptomics, computational proteomics, computational genomics, and metabolomics), human body simulation software, and clinical trials (phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3). The key computational biology services are in-house services and contract services. The major end users are industry/commercial players and academics. The four main regions covered under the global computational biology market are North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World.

Computational biology – Global industry insights

According to a market intelligence company, the global computational biology market was worth US$760 million in 2012 and is expected to be worth US$2,937.3 million by 2018 at a compound annual growth rate of 21.3% from 2012 to 2018. Among the applications of computational biology, drug discovery is the fast-growing segment and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of over 25% between 2012 and 2018. This is mainly due to the fact that using computation biology in drug discovery not only reduces the chance of late-stage drug failure but also minimizes R&D expenditure.
North America led the global computational biology market owing to increasing support from the FDA and intensive R&D activities in the field. However, emergence of small regional players, lower operating cost and rapid growth in the field of computational biology in developing countries such as China and India is expected to propel the Asian markets, making it the fastest growing regional sector.

Oligopolistic nature of the computational biology market
The global computational biology market is highly oligopolistic in nature and the top players enjoy nearly 80% of the total market share. Some of the small and leading companies operating in the industry include Insilico Biotechnology AG, Nimbus Discovery LLC, Accelrys, Schrodinger, Entelos, Leadscope, Inc., Certara, Compugen, Ltd, Genedata AG, Rhenovia Pharma SAS, Chemical Computing Group, Inc., and Simulation Plus, Inc.


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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Healthcare Information System Market to Reach $53.2 Billion by 2019



The healthcare information technology (HIT) system market is poised for tremendous growth in forecast, 2013 - 2019. Today, Information technology (IT) has emerged as a key solution for the healthcare industry facilitating new improvements in terms of safety, quality, and efficiency of healthcare delivery in a lucrative manner. The overall healthcare delivery model is experiencing an unprecedented advancement which is propelled by different initiatives, financial benefits and enhanced administrative efficiencies - all resulting in the evolution of healthcare information system technology. Several healthcare consulting organizations focus on assisting health providers through changes in healthcare delivery, most of which are empowered by IT services.



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Introduction to Healthcare Information System Market
Healthcare information system is a system that manages, stores, and transmits critical clinical information pertaining to the health of patients or work events of a health organization within the healthcare sector. Healthcare information systems are implemented to support the objectives of healthcare effectiveness, quality of care, and administrative deliveries. Due to the existence of IT services, healthcare providers can effortlessly collect, retrieve, store, and transfer their critical medical data electronically with effective point-of-care delivery, within low costs, and minimal time durations.



Healthcare information system market is continually adopting various healthcare IT solutions and with its promising advancements it has gracefully transformed from being paper-based healthcare system into a digitized HCIT market. HCIT provides clinicians the authorization to access patient data, transform files, and make crucial decisions in the best possible manner. These systems have reduced the administrative fuss of wielding patients’ documents and information and streamlined all the processes in the medical field. This, by far, has been the most modest transformation in the healthcare industry in the past decade.



Globally, increase in the geriatric population is playing a crucial role in the demand of healthcare information system market. The aging population has less regenerative abilities and is certainly more susceptible to suffering from sickness, diseases, and syndrome. However, the market also witnesses a handful of various other factors that have led in the growth of the HCIT market. The consecutive paragraph confers the key market drivers, as well as inhibitors performing in this market.



Market Drivers and Inhibitors
Some of the additional key driving factors identified by this market are rising healthcare cost, growing need for integrated healthcare systems, government initiatives including, (pay-for-performance (P4P) program, e-health, health connect, etc.), rise in chronic disorders, financial support from the U.S. government, and increasing investments by healthcare IT players. Moreover, in attempt to reduce medical errors related to maintaining medical documents there has been a rise in the adoption rate of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) that is likely to fuel the growth of this market in the future.
On the contrary, market restraints and risks are substantial. Lack of experienced professionals, interoperability issues, open source software instead of direct software revenues, and high maintenance & service expenses are major disruptors in this market.
Over the last few decades, some technological advances in IT have facilitated enhanced management, gathering, processing, and distribution of data, all achieved by patient consent and monitoring of performance. Also, heavy investments from private and government market players and speedy advancements in the healthcare information system market makes this industry one of the most dynamic industries across the globe.



Regional Analysis
In the segment of geographic analysis, North America is entitled to be the largest healthcare information systems market with a revenue share of 52.1%. This is due to the presence of high healthcare costs and state-of-the-art healthcare infrastructure facilitating the implementation of healthcare information systems in this region.
Successive to North America, Europe accounted to be the next highly grossing market in terms of market share in 2012. It was valued at $11.0 billion in 2012. Additionally, the Asia Pacific healthcare IT market is estimated to increase at the fastest CAGR of 17% in the forecast period. Some of the other rapidly growing markets for healthcare information systems are India, China, Japan, Russia, and the U.S.
Nevertheless, the global healthcare information system market, already substantial, was valued at $35.1 billion and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.1% in the forecast, 2013 to 2019. By 2019 estimates suggest that it will reach an estimated value of $53.2 billion.




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Sunday, 9 November 2014

Pharmacy Automation Systems Market – Technologies, Trends, and Benefits

Pharmacy automation systems benefit hospitals and pharmacies in ways that can best be described as effective and error-free. As demand grows across the globe, there are immense opportunities for vendors in the global pharmacy automation systems market.


Driving and restraining factors of the pharmacy automation systems market

There has been mounting pressure on healthcare providers and pharmacists to reduce medication errors, which has been a leading cause for death across the globe. Deploying more effective technologies such as pharmacy automation systems ensures error-free dispensing of medication as well as patient safety. Medication distribution has also become more complex and difficult with rising number of patient visits – a problem pharmacy automation systems seek to resolve. Rising drug prices and reducing medical reimbursements affects pharmacy costs and the installation of these automated systems helps curb mounting costs. Moreover, pharmacy automation systems also tackle the problem of standardized packaging, labeling and compounding of drugs.

In contrast, lack of awareness regarding the benefits of automated systems in some countries and high cost of implementation are factors that curb the growth of the pharmacy automation systems market.

Pharmacy automation systems: Market segmentation

The pharmacy automation systems industry is relatively fragmented and can be segmented on the basis of technology, end users, and geography. The two chief end-users of pharmacy automation systems are hospitals and retail pharmacists. Although use of the automated systems is greater in hospital pharmacies owing to their ability to invest in expensive high-tech systems, growth in retail pharmacies and drug store chains has seen a rise in demand for pharmacy automation systems especially in emerging countries.

On the basis of technology, the pharmacy automation systems market can be segmented into automated medication dispensing, table-top tablet counters, automated compounding systems, automated packaging and labeling, and storage and retrieval systems. Accounting for 48.3% of the total market share, automated medication dispensing was the largest segment in 2011. The segment was valued at US$2.3 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow at a 6.7% CAGR to US$3.6 billion by 2018. One of the main reasons for this growth is the decentralization of pharmacies in large hospitals in order to improve patient safety and medication distribution.

On the basis of geography, the global pharmacy automation systems market can be divided into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World.

Rising healthcare infrastructure to fuel pharmacy automation systems market in RoW region

North America dominates the global pharmacy automation systems market, accounting for over half of the worldwide industry. One of the primary reasons for this development is increasing errors in dispensing of medication prescription. Medication errors are a leading cause of death in North America, with nearly 10,000 people in Canada and 100,000 in the U.S. dying due to this. With the adoption of pharmacy automation systems, nearly 70% of these errors can be prevented, thereby fueling the growth of the pharmacy automation systems market. In addition to this, pharmacies and healthcare providers in North America have been striving to incorporate advanced and automated technology into medication dispersal, increasing the demand for pharmacy automation systems.

However, with rising healthcare infrastructure and investments by retail pharmacists and hospitals, and growing awareness of automated technologies such as the pharmacy automation systems is expected to boost the market in the Rest of the World region, making it the fastest-growing regional market during the forecast period of 2012-2018.

Competitive landscape

The global pharmacy automation systems market has numerous small and big industry players, making it a highly-competitive market. Some of the key market players include McKesson Corp, Amerisource Bergen Corp, CareFusion Corp, Swisslog Holding Ltd., Health-Robotics SRL, Kirby Lester, OmniCell Inc, and ScriptPro. CareFusion Corp leads the hospital automation segment of the overall pharmacy automation systems market, while ScriptPro is expected to dominate the retail pharmacy segment.

Based on figures provided by a market intelligence firm, the worldwide market for pharmacy automation systems was valued at US$4.7 billion in 2011 and is expected to be valued at US$7.8 billion by 2018, growing at a 7.3% CAGR.




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Global Clinical Trial Management System Market to Value US$1,848.5 million by 2019 - Transparency Market Research

Transparency Market Research has announced the addition of a new research report based on the global clinical trial management to its extensive research report database. The report, titled “Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2019”, states that the global clinical trial management systems market, which was worth US$844 million in 2013, will grow at a CAGR of 14% between 2013 and 2019 to acquire net worth of an estimated US$1,848.5 million by 2019.


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The market of clinical trial management systems (CTMS) covers software solutions that would enable proper management, analysis, and storage of data associated with drugs in clinical systems. The CTMS market is progressing-forward at a huge pace owing to the rise in R&D activities in clinical research, pharmaceuticals and life science industries. CTMS products enable enhanced productivity and effectiveness of clinical trials through advanced and managed processes, thus empowering research centers and organizations and leading to improved research results.

Integration of CTMS products with Hospital Information Systems (HIS) allows quick and accurate documentation, which is also a major reason why the global CTMS market is growing substantially. The rising prevalence of infectious and chronic diseases across the globe is supporting increased investment in research activities, consecutively rising the number of clinical trials and clinical research outsourcing activities. Collectively, these factors are expected to amplify growth opportunities for the global CTMS market.

The report analyzes the global CTMS market on the basis of five major market components – delivery modes of CTMS services, types of CTMS products and services, End-users of CTMS products and services, components of a typical clinical trial management service, and the major regional markets.
Based on the modes of delivery, the report classifies the CTMS market into cloud based clinical trial management systems, On-premise clinical trial management systems, and web based clinical trial management systems. Based on types of CTMS products and services, the report classifies the market into enterprise based CTMS services and products, and site based CTMS services and products. Most prominent end-users of the global CTMS market, as analyzed by the report, include pharmaceuticals, healthcare providers, and clinical research organizations. Market analysis of the various components that form a typical clinical trial management system, i.e. hardware, software and services, is also included in the report.

The report states that the sub-categories web based CTMS and pharmaceuticals are the largest share holders of the global CTMS market in their respective categories.

North America leads the CTMS market in terms of regionally active geographic markets; in 2013, this market had a net worth of approximately US$514.4 million. Through 2019, the CTMS market in this region is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 13.6%, enabling this market to acquire a net worth of US$ 1,107.5 million by 2019.



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Computational Biology Market to hit $2,937.3 million by 2018

Albany, New York, August 04, 2014 – According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research titled on "Computational Biology (Pharmacodynamics, Cellular Modeling, Computational Genomics, Proteomics, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacokinetics, Human Simulation Software, Drug Discovery & Development) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the global computational biology market was valued at $760 million in 2011. It is further predicted to rise at a CAGR of 21.3% from 2012 to 2018 and reach an estimated value of $2,937.3 million by 2018.

The past decade has imparted considerable changes in the field of cell biology. Today, computers are being used for examining the mechanism and overall functions taking place in the cell biology. Computational biology precisely serves the same purpose. It is a field of science that is being considered extremely useful and crucial in the healthcare industry, especially for professionals in the pediatric clinical research. 

Computational biology uses databases, sequencing, and supercomputers to test the hypothesis of biology. It uses these processes to predict the behavior of molecules and accordingly prepare the algorithm and study analysis. These molecules are taken from lead optimization and drug identification processes.



Owing to a broad use of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to minimize the growing incidences of drug failures and R&D expenditures, the computational biology market is expected to exhibit a notable growth over the forecast period. The market for computational biology is in high demand also because of its ability to reduce extensive use of humans in pediatric trials, trials on orphans with diseases or tests on pregnant women. Such challenges are considered to be superseded through the use of simulation and modeling techniques. Worldwide, scientists are constantly striving to understand the alternatives to interpret the biological interactions of drug on the body, and vice-verse. This research is also termed as pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics respectively. Apart from this, the study of computational biology has been effective for orphan diseases as well.

Furthermore, the drug discovery market is the fastest growing sector within this industry. It is anticipated to rise at a CAGR of more than 25% in the forecast period. The upsurge in drug failures in late stage of clinical trials has compelled several pharmaceutical companies to invent new methods of drug discovery. Through drug discovery, manufacturers can now reduce the costs of R&D and also minimize the chances of late stage failure of affected drug candidates – all with the help of computational biology technology. The occurrence of drug failure in higher stages of drug development can now be minimized with the use of simulation tools and advanced computational software programs.

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This report by Transparency Market Research provides analysis of this market by two main types of research – studies-cellular modeling and disease modeling research. Both these markets are further analyzed and bifurcated with the use of simulation techniques ranging from drug development to drug discovery.

In terms of geography, this market is divided into four major regions including North America, Asia, Europe, and RoW (Rest of the world). North America occurred to be the largest market in the year 2011 due to an effective environment created by the US FDA and pharmaceutical R&D sectors. However, Asia is expected to be the next fastest growing region in the world due to the presence of lower operating costs and emergence of medium-sized regional players in the developed markets.



The computational biology is still in its nascent stage and therefore, the industry is undergoing challenges of resource crisis. Nevertheless, due to numerous advantages discussed above, the industry would overcome all the barriers and grow leaps and bounds in the near future.


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