This 154-page report provides assessments of such technologies as molecular diagnostics, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, immunoassays, microtitration plates, IT, lasers, synthetic red cell substitutes, genetically engineered blood components, blood preservation, autologous blood transfusion/freezing and their potential applications for blood banking.

The report also presents strategic assessments of current and emerging suppliers of blood banking products, including their sales, product portfolios, marketing tactics, technological know-how, new products in R&D, collaborative arrangements, and business strategies.

Table of Contents

Current and Emerging Technologies
Molecular Diagnostics
a. Overview
b. NAT
Blood Group Genotyping
a. PCR
b. PCR-RFLP
c. AS-PCR or PCR-SSP
d. Multiplex PCR
e. Real Time PCR
f. Sanger DNA Sequencing
g. Pyrosequencing
b. Microarrays
- BeadChip Array
- BloodChip
- Genome Lab SNP Stream
- Fluidic Microarray Systems
- TaqMan OpenArray
- MALDI-TOF-MS
- Mini-Sequencing
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies
Immunoassays
a. Technological Principle
b. Chemiluminescence
c. Enzyme Immunoassays (EIA)
- Overview
- ELISA
- EMIT
- Electrochemical
d. Radioimmunoassays (RIA)
e. Immunoprecipitation
f. Affinity Chromatography
Microtitration Plates
IT and Automation
Lasers
Robotics
Synthetic Red Cell Substitutes
Genetically Engineered Blood Components
a. Albumin
b. Factor VIII
c. Alpha-2 Antiplasmin
d. Antithrombin III
e. Factor IX
f. Von Willebrand's Factor
g. Fibrinogen
h. t-PA
Blood Preservation
Autologous Blood Transfusion/Freezing
Competitive Profiles
- Abbott
- Beckman Coulter/Danaher
- Becton Dickinson
- Biokit
- BioMerieux
- Bio-Rad
- CellMark Forensics/LabCorp
- Diagast
- DiaSorin
- Fujirebio
- Grifols
- Hologic/Gen-Probe
- Immucor
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostic
- Proteome Sciences
- Quest
- Quidel
- Roche
- Siemens
- Tecan
- Thermo Fisher