Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Purpose of the report
What is the Life Sciences field?
- Main industrial domains and related applications
- Overview of the main markets in Life Sciences field
- Pharmaceutical industry
- In Vitro Diagnostic industry
- Medical Device industry
Includes definitions, facts & figures, top 10 players…
Presentation of the gold standard techniques used today in Life Sciences
- Culture and Sample preparation techniques
- Amplification (PCR)
- Detection (Optical, electrical, magnetic…)
Impact of microtechnologies on Life Science technologies
- Impact of microtechnologies on gold standard techniques
- What are BioMEMS & Biochips?
- Detailed analysis of microtechnology-based devices for Life Science
applications:
- Drivers in Life Science markets MST may answer
- Regulation aspects (FDA, CE…)
- Existing applications and future MST products in the Life Science markets
- Players and products example
- Examples of companies' success stories
BioMEMS market size potential 2005 - 2012
- Pressure and flow sensors
- Accelerometers
- Gyroscopes
- Microphones
- Microfluidic devices
Why semiconductor devices and MEMS could be useful for Life Sciences applications?
- MST added-value in the Life Science markets
- MST materials and their added value for Life Science applications
- Packaging techniques and their added value
- Value chain analysis for biochips
Conclusions
- Synthesis and challenges for the future
- Key ingredients to succeed in this field
Annexes
The world of Biology - Definitions
- Cell, DNA, Proteins,… Who' s who?
- Biology and Micro/Nano Technology comparative scale
- Molecular Biology, a complex world
- Levels for Molecular Biology analysis: The OMICS World
- Main technologies and applications
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