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Largely Untapped Potential Drives Future Growth of Chinese Diabetes Diagnostics Markets

Posted on: Monday, 4 December 2006, 03:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46334) has announced the addition of "Chinese Diabetes Diagnostics Markets" to their offering.

This analysis is available through our Pharmaceutical and Clinical Diagnostics Growth Partnership Services program. With this program, clients receive industry-leading market research such as this, along with technical and econometric data as well as many interactive features including Analyst Inquiry Time and Client Councils.

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research service:

- Laboratory diabetes diagnostics

- POCT diabetes diagnostics

Technologies

The following technologies are covered in this research:

- Automation: Laboratory automation can be defined broadly as any device, software, or process that improves the efficiency of the laboratory.

- Integration: The act of integrating various automated tasks into a continuous process.

- Total Lab Automation (TLA): The definition of TLA is the combination of several instruments, consolidated instruments, workcells, integrated workcells, or integrated modular workcells that are coupled to a specimen management and transportation system as well as a process control software component to automate a large percent of laboratory work.

- Point-of-Care Testing (POCT): Pathology investigation by or on behalf of the treating medical practitioner on-site. It is a diagnostic testing conducted close to the site where clinical care is delivered.

Market Overview

Large Untapped Potential Drives Future Growth of Chinese Diabetes Diagnostics Markets

Increasing incidences of diabetes in China leading to higher volumes of diagnostic tests is the primary driver for the growth of the Chinese diabetes diagnostics markets. These markets grew by 6.8 per cent from 2004 to 2005 and are expected to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8 percent from 2005-2012. Considering that only about 15.0 per cent of the Chinese diabetic population of 30.0 million is diagnosed with this disease and also that an alarmingly high 85.0 percent remains undiagnosed, these markets present massive untapped opportunities, remarks the analyst of this research service.

Laboratory diagnostics have long prevailed as the golden standard for diabetes diagnosis, contributing to nearly 85.0 per cent of the total diabetes diagnostics market revenues in 2005. The majority of hospital laboratories in China - about 60.0 per cent - continue to favor these methods due to their proven ability and effectiveness. However, emerging point-of-care testing (POCT) diagnostics are generating substantial interest, largely due to their shorter turnaround time and could well challenge the position of laboratory testing as the preferred method of diabetes diagnostics.

POCT Diagnostics Set for Strong Growth

Although POCT diagnostics currently account for a very small share of the total diabetes diagnostics tests performed, they are expected to be used in much higher proportions by 2012 and could eat into the shares of laboratory testing. This emerging segment contributed to 15.0 per cent of the total diabetes diagnostics market revenues in 2005. This relatively low figure can perhaps be attributed to the fact that POCT has predominantly been used in the inpatient departments of hospitals, since the bulk of POCT meters are placed at hospitals critical wards. In fact, the POCT segment derived 95.0 per cent of its total revenues through instruments placed in such locations.

However, these meters are expected to increasingly find their way into physician's clinics and laboratories as POCT instruments meet with greater acceptance in terms of their quality and accuracy, says the analyst. The diagnosis of diabetes in patients admitted for a different disease, unrelated to diabetes, has also bolstered the growth of revenues in this segment.

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Source: Business Wire

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