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IVD Industry Background

Boston Biomedical Consultants, Inc. (BBC), headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, just 20 minutes west of downtown Boston, continually seeks talented and motivated individuals. With a concentration in the IVD market, BBC tracks any factor that touches the delivery of healthcare and the demand for IVD testing, whether a test is conducted in a laboratory, physician office/clinic, the Emergency Room, or by the patient at home.

IVD Markets and Industry

In vitro diagnostic testing is fundamental to the practice of medicine, and with the breakthroughs in biotechnology, in the cancer area for instance, highly advanced therapy targeted/tailored to the patient will drive demand for increased molecular-based IVD testing. The ongoing developments in laboratory automation, along with rapid developments in personalized medicine/pharmacogenomics, point of care testing and patient self testing, coupled with buoyant geographic market expansion, will continue to fuel growth in the IVD market. For further information on the fundamentals of IVD testing, refer to:

Currently, upwards of 75% of market revenues are accounted for by the "Top 10" global IVD companies, which are intensely tracked by BBC. Any analyst joining the BBC team would develop a deep understanding of those companies across sub-segments of the industry:

ROCHE
www.roche-diagnostics.com
ABBOTT
www.abbott.com
J&J/LifeScan
www.lifescan.com
J&J/OCD
www.orthoclinical.com
BAYER DIAGNOSTICS
www.bayerdiag.com
BECKMAN COULTER
www.beckmancoulter.com
DADE BEHRING
www.dadebehring.com
bioMERIEUX
www.biomerieux.com
BD DIAGNOSTICS
www.bd.com
SYSMEX
www.sysmex.com
BIO-RAD
www.bio-rad.com


In addition, "pure play" IVD companies with a significant market share in any of the various IVD subsegments and biotechnology start-ups are also covered as part of BBC comprehensive IVD market surveillance. Examples include:

ARKRAY
www.arkray.co.jp
Biosite
www.biosite.com
Chiron Blood Testing
www.chiron.com
Digene
www.digene.com
DPC
www.dpcweb.com
Gen-Probe
www.genprobe.com
Instrumentation Lab
www.ilus.com
Phadia
www.phadia.com
Radiometer
www.radiometeramerica.com

In addition, a multitude of medical and healthcare-related resources are maintained within BBC's library and tracked on a daily basis.