NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 02/06/12 -- Driven by innovative devices such as capsule endoscopes, the entire gastrointestinal device market grew to $14.6 billion in 2011, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. Capsule endoscopy has been one of the fastest areas of revenue growth for ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 01/25/12 -- With combined sales from the top HIV treatment on the market and several other drugs, Gilead Sciences leads the antiviral market, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information, closely followed by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche and Merck. Led by growth ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 01/17/12 -- The market for stem cell technologies will rise to over $700 million this year, and given some positive trends could reach over one billion dollars, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. The firm cites newly permitted US usage ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 01/09/12 -- Once an experimental procedure for severely obese people, gastric bypass, and particularly banding, have become more common, driving gastrointestinal device sales, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. The number of procedures for gastric banding has increased 22 times ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 12/16/11 -- Pharmaceutical companies are outsourcing drug research more frequently, and when they do they are handing off larger portions of the operation than ever before, reports Kalorama Information. Over a third of clinical trials conducted by pharmaceutical companies are now outsourced ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/11 -- Makers of medical beds used in hospitals, nursing homes and patients' homes will see their best growth come from markets outside the U.S. and Europe, according to Kalorama Information. A new report from the healthcare market research publisher, notes that ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 11/04/11 -- Kalorama Information estimates that digital x-ray system sales will exceed those of traditional x-ray systems used for a medical (non-dental) purpose in 2011. According to the healthcare market research publisher, revenues for digital x-ray systems are the largest component of ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/11 -- Devices that can transmit a patient's vital signs across a hospital building or connect a patient's home with a provider's office are the fastest growing medical devices in terms of revenue earned, according to market research firm Kalorama Information. Revenues ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 10/19/11 -- Companies marketing pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostic products may find the best growth opportunities in China's second tier cities, according to a recently released Kalorama Information report: "China Healthcare Reform and Its Impact on IVD, Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Markets." Kalorama notes ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 10/11/11 -- Rapid IVD tests that are easy-to-use and that can provide results in high-temperature and scarce water conditions may be the next big growth opportunity in in vitro diagnostics (IVD), according to a new report by Kalorama Information. The healthcare market ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 09/23/11 -- New technologies in remote patient monitoring have the potential to combat soaring healthcare costs and personnel shortages, and reduce hospitalization times, according to Kalorama Information. In a new report, the healthcare market research firm values the U.S. market for remote ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 09/16/11 -- Adjustments made to hospital policies regarding the use of wireless devices have created an atmosphere for the increasing use of these systems, according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher says the total market for wireless technologies in healthcare ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 08/19/11 -- Innovations in needle-free drug delivery will become a must as biological drugs become increasingly sophisticated and the traditional delivery methods are no longer suitable, according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher estimates that needle-free drug delivery methods -- ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 08/15/11 -- In an industry facing patent expirations and layoffs, vaccine products continue to offer good news, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. The world market for preventative vaccines totaled $25.3 billion in 2010, up from $22.1 billion in ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/28/11 -- The relatively easy touch with which the Food and Drug Administration has approached mobile medical apps appears reasonable and has not surprised many, according to healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information, which studies mobile medical app markets. The firm had ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/26/11 -- The meeting issue of Clinical Laboratory News, the magazine of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), distributed to thousands of lab technicians, lab managers and exhibiting company representatives attending the annual conference in Atlanta, GA this week, features market ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/21/11 -- Nestlé's recent announcement that it will acquire Prometheus Laboratory in a $567 million deal marks the food giant's entry into the pathology lab testing and pharmaceutical market. But according to Kalorama Information, it's not surprising and there's likely to be ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/14/11 -- When a Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) is suspected, hospitals need results quickly, which is good news for innovative diagnostic test makers, notes healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information. In its recent report, Kalorama predicts the combined world market for testing and ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/13/11 -- Advances in gene therapy and stem cell research are driving the market for orthopedic biomaterials, notes Kalorama Information in its recently published report, "Orthopedic Biomaterials, the World Market." According to the healthcare market research firm, the orthopedic biomaterials market represents ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/06/11 -- Healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information has released a new white paper on the emerging in vitro diagnostics market in 'BRIC nations', available for free on its website. Based on a new market research report published by Kalorama in June, ... read more