Abstract
The trend toward cost-effective skin ulcer treatment remains embedded in
management programs that emphasize prevention and early intervention. New
wound care products and devices are entering the market with lightening speed,
all striving for the best clinical outcomes. Kalorama' s Wound Care Markets,
3rd. Edition, Vol. I: Skin Ulcers. represents the third time that Kalorama
has rexamined this aspect of the wound care market, and the study analyzes the
market using the following product segments and subsegments:
- Anti-Infectives
- Skin Ulcer Management
- Compression Dressings and Bandages
- Wound Cleaners
- Debridement
- Moist Dressings
- Alginates
- Films
- Foams
- Hydrocolloids
- Hydrogels
- Negative Wound Pressure Therapy
- Biological Dressings
- Artificial Skin
- Collagen
- Growth Factors
- Others
- Pressure Relief
- Miscellaneous Treatments
For each segment and subsegment, the report gives current market size and
forecasted revenues years 2007 through 2011. Competitive market
share information is provided by leading manufacturer for each major
segment in the year 2006. Historical data are provided for each of the
years 2001 through 2005. The study also details research developments,
industry trends, and relevant epidemiologic and demographic data.
Since the last edition of Kalorama Information' s Wound Care Markets Series,
there have been shifts in the market for treatment of skin ulcers. Up-to-date
information was obtained from attendance at the world-renown Symposium on
Advanced Wound Care and the Wound Healing Society meeting in Tampa,
Florida. Background information was obtained from a comprehensive search of
published literature and reports obtained from various government, business,
medical trade, and international journals and company reports and releases.
Key information from published literature was used to conduct interviews with
over 62 industry executives and product managers to validate and obtain
expert opinion on current and future trends in the wound care industry.
Interviews were also used to confirm and/or adjust market size and market
share estimates, as well as in formulating market projections.
All market data pertain to the U.S. market at the manufacturers' level. Data
are expressed in current U.S. dollars.
Marketing directors, product managers, business development executives in the
wound care industry, investment specialists considering investments in this
area and consultants and advertising agencies who service wound care clients
are among those who will find this study a useful resource.
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