This new 165-page report from the author contains 14 tables, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the POC drugs of abuse testing market, including trends, dynamics, size, growth, regulatory requirements, technological trends, competitive landscape, and emerging opportunities for instrument and consumable suppliers. This report will help diagnostic product suppliers develop effective business, R&D and marketing strategies for the global POC abused drugs market.
Rationale
The growing economic pressures on hospitals, coupled with advances in diagnostic technologies, intensifying competition among suppliers and physicians, and changing consumer demands are shifting diagnostic testing from hospitals and commercial laboratories closer to the patient.
Market Segmentation Analysis
Competitive Assessments
Strategic Recommendations
Methodology
This report is based on a combination of primary and secondary sources of information, including review of the latest technical and business publications, manufacturer product literature, industry analyst reports, and the authors proprietary data files.
Rationale
The growing economic pressures on hospitals, coupled with advances in diagnostic technologies, intensifying competition among suppliers and physicians, and changing consumer demands are shifting diagnostic testing from hospitals and commercial laboratories closer to the patient.
Market Segmentation Analysis
- Review of three POC market segments, including their dynamics, trends, structure, size, growth and major suppliers.
- Five-year test volume and reagent sales forecasts for drugs of abuse procedures by market segment:
- Physician Offices/Group Practices
- Emergency Rooms
- Ambulatory Care Centers
- Analysis of drugs of abuse procedures
Competitive Assessments
- Assessments of major POC suppliers and emerging market entrants, including their sales, product portfolios, marketing tactics, joint ventures, and new products in R&D.
Strategic Recommendations
- Specific opportunities for new instruments and reagent systems with potentially significant market appeal during the next five years.
- Design criteria for POC testing products.
- Alternative business expansion strategies.
- Potential market entry barriers and risks.
Methodology
This report is based on a combination of primary and secondary sources of information, including review of the latest technical and business publications, manufacturer product literature, industry analyst reports, and the authors proprietary data files.
Table of Contents
IntroductionExecutive Summary
Rationale for Testing Decentralization
1. Overview
2. Regulatory Trends
3. Economic Trends
4. Demographic Trends
5. Technological Trends
6. Social Trends
7. Quality of Care
8. Defensive Medicine
9. Quality Control Issues
Worldwide Market and Technology Overview
1. Overview
2. Test Methodologies
3. Amphetamines
4. Barbiturates
5. Benzodiazepines
6. Cannabinoids/Marijuana
7. Cocaine
8. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
9. Methadone
10. Methaqualone
11. Opiates
12. Phencyclidine
Worldwide Business Environment
U.S.A.
A. Market Overview
1. Business Environment
a. Health Care Expenditures
b. Cost Consciousness
c. Reimbursement
d. Industry Consolidation
e. Managed Care
? PPO
? HMO
f. Hospitals
g. Admissions
h. Length of Stay
i. Industry Diversification
j. Physician Demographics
k. Aging Population
? More Chronic Illness
? Disease Incidence
? Susceptibility to latrogenesis
? Multiple Illnesses Cases
l. Laboratory Regulations
2. Market Structure
a. Hospitals
b. Commercial/Private Laboratories
B. Physician Offices/Group Practices
1. Market Summary
2. Market Structure
3. Drugs of Abuse Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
C. Ancillary Hospital Locations
1. Introduction
2. Emergency Departments
a. Market Summary
b. Drugs of Abuse Test volume and Sales Forecasts
D. Ambulatory Care Centers
1. Introduction
2. Market Summary
3. Market Structure
4. Drugs of Abuse Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
c. Reimbursement
d. Industry Consolidation
e. Managed Care
? PPO
? HMO
f. Hospitals
g. Admissions
h. Length of Stay
i. Industry Diversification
j. Physician Demographics
k. Aging Population
? More Chronic Illness
? Disease Incidence
? Susceptibility to latrogenesis
? Multiple Illnesses Cases
l. Laboratory Regulations
2. Market Structure
a. Hospitals
b. Commercial/Private Laboratories
B. Physician Offices/Group Practices
1. Market Summary
2. Market Structure
3. Drugs of Abuse Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
C. Ancillary Hospital Locations
1. Introduction
2. Emergency Departments
a. Market Summary
b. Drugs of Abuse Test volume and Sales Forecasts
D. Ambulatory Care Centers
1. Introduction
2. Market Summary
3. Market Structure
4. Drugs of Abuse Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
Design Criteria for Decentralized Testing Products
Alternative Market Penetration Strategies
A. Internal Development
B. Collaborative Arrangements
C. University Contracts
D. Distribution Strategies for Decentralized
Testing Markets
1. Marketing Approaches
2. Product complexity
3. Customer Preference
4. Established Suppliers
5. Emerging Suppliers
6. Major Types of Distributors
7. Market Segmentation
Potential Market Entry Barriers and Risks
A. Market Maturity
B. Cost Containment
C. Competition
D. Technological Edge and Limitations
E. Patent Protection
F. Regulatory Constraints
G. Decentralized Testing Market Challenges
List of Tables
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
Drugs of Abuse Tests
U.S.A., Physician Office/Group Practice
Laboratories Forecast by Practice Size
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Forecast by Type
U.S.A., Office-Based Physicians
Forecast by Practice Type
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Drugs of Abuse Test Volume Forecasts
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Drugs of Abuse Reagent and Instrument Sales Forecast
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Estimated Number
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Annual Utilization
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Drugs of Abuse Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Drugs of Abuse Reagent and Instrument Sales Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers Estimated
Number of Facilities and Patient Visits
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Most Frequent Diagnoses
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Drugs of Abuse Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Drugs of Abuse Reagent and Instrument Sales Forecast
