Cardiac Markers

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Executive Summary

• Scope and Methodology
• Size and Growth of the Market
• Market Trends
  • Positive Trends
  • Negative Trends

Chapter Two: Introduction

• Background
• The Many Faces of CVD
• The Pros and Cons of Early Diagnosis
• Point of View
• The Market Environment for CVD Diagnostics

Chapter Three: Market Dynamics in Cardiac Disease Testing

• Background
• Cardiovascular Diseases and Population Trends in Major World Markets
• Cardiac Disease Diabetes Link
• Cardiac Disease Lipids Link
• Cardiac Disease Coagulation Link
• Cardiac Disease Inflammation Link
• Cardiac Disease Infection Link
• Cardiac Disease Genetics Link
• POC Testing in the Home, POL, and Hospital
  • Self Testing
  • Clinic and Physician Office Lab Testing
  • In the Hospital
  • Home Telemedicine Initiatives
• The Role of In Vivo and Imaging Test Modalities

CHAPTER FOUR: Market Analysis

• Market Overview
• Decentralized Testing
• Lab-Based Testing
• Acute Myocardial Infarction Cell Necrosis Enzymes/BNP
• Coagulation Factors
• hsCRP, Homocysteine, and Inflammation Markers
• Lipids
• Specific Enzymes and Proteins
• Genetic Markers
• Pharmacodiagnostic Testing (PGx)
• Emerging Tests and Technologies
• Commercial Outlook

Chapter Five: Competitors and Innovators

• The Top IVD Companies and Their CVD Offerings
• Abbott Diagnostics
• Bayer HealthCare, Diagnostics Division (Acquired by Siemens Medical)
• Beckman Coulter Inc.
• bioMerieux Inc.
• Dade Behring Inc.
• Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd.
• Diagnostic Product Corporation (DPC) (Acquired by Siemens Medical)
• Instrumentation Laboratory (IL)
• Mitsubishi Kagaku Iatron, Inc.
• Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
• Roche Diagnostics
• CVD Product Innovators
  • Accumetrics Inc.
  • Agen Biomedical Ltd.
  • Alpco Diagnostics
  • Asia-Lion Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
  • Axis-Shield plc
  • Bender MedSystems GmbH
  • Biophysical Corp.
  • Biosite Inc.
  • Celera Diagnostics
  • Cholestech Corp.
  • Clinical Data, Inc. (formerly Novitron International, Inc.)
  • Competitive Technologies, Inc.
  • CompuCyte Corp.
  • Corgenix Medical Corp.
  • diaDexus, Inc.
  • deCODE Genetics
  • Forbes Medi-Tech Inc.
  • Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • IntraCellular Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Ischemia Technologies, Inc./Inverness Medical Innovations
  • LipoScience
  • Myriad Genetics, Inc.
  • Nanogen Inc.
  • Oxford Biosensors Ltd.
  • OXIS International Inc.
  • PlaCor, Inc.
  • Polymer Technology Systems, Inc.
  • PreMD Inc.
  • PrognostiX Inc.
  • Rennesens GmbH
  • Response Biomedical Corp.
  • Source MDx
  • Third Wave Technologies, Inc.
  • ThromboVision, Inc.
  • Trinity Biotech plc/Biopool International/Ameleung