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Illnesses related to aging contribute to a large proportion of the surgeries, especially eye related surgeries. Over 900,000 cataract surgeries were performed in 2009, farming one of the largest surgical procedures in Japan. Compared to other developed nations, Japan sees a high incidence of cataract removal surgeries. The Japanese diet and lifestyle has significantly lowered [...]

Clearstate’s size and share diagnostics imaging equipment database is compiled from installation and sales data collected from over 1,300 healthcare facilities across 6 countries in Southeast Asia. Our databases is designed to provide granular segmentation information on unit installation and penetration of key brands by type, region and facility size. Our large sampling frame of [...]

Being the world’s most populous nation, a staggering 30 million surgical procedures are expected to be performed in China in 2010. With increasing efforts by the Chinese government to provide accessible healthcare, Clearstate expects the number of surgical procedures performed to cross 40 million by 2014. China’s large population and strict one child policy, coupled [...]

India IVD market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 16% to reach a market size of USD 398 mil in 2009. All product segments are expected to grow in excess of 10%, with molecular diagnostics predicted to grow the fastest at 25%. In Molecular Diagnostics, an estimated 266,600 tests were conducted in [...]

Clearstate’s size and share diagnostics imaging equipment database is compiled from installation and sales data collected from over 1,300 healthcare facilities across 6 countries in Southeast Asia. Our databases is designed to provide granular segmentation information on unit installation and penetration of key brands by type, region and facility size. Our large sampling frame of [...]

A recent Clearstate study revealed that the thermometer market in South-East Asia reached USD 5 mil in 2009, from approximately 2 million units sold. Interest in thermometry surged last year compared to typical years, due to a regional outbreak of H1N1 influenza. Driven by public awareness initiatives across the region, the spike in thermometer demand [...]

The APAC ophthalmic pharmaceutical markets reached USD 2.6 billion in 2008-09, With Japan taking up nearly 70% of the total market. Japan’s ophthalmic market was the first to be developed, when such international suppliers as Pfizer and Alcon entered the market some 30 years ago. Besides Japan, the International suppliers entered the ophthalmic markets in [...]

The IVD segments covered by Clearstate’s study included clinical chemistry, immunochemistry, haematology, coagulation, urinalysis, microbiology, critical care and molecular diagnostics. In 2008, this market experienced a rapid growth of ~14%. This market is set to continue with its rapid pace of growth of 10%-15% in the next few years, reaching an estimated USD 1.2 – [...]

In a recently concluded Clearstate study, the South East Asia market for home-use blood pressure monitors was estimated at roughly USD 13 million in 2008, from approximately 570,000 units sold. Though sales slowed in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, they are expected to pick up again. Double-digit growth—on average, at a compound annual [...]

Clearstate’s tracking of diagnostic imaging devices markets in India reveals that the market reached an estimated USD380 million in 2008. According to Clearstate’s annual tracking of demand trends in 1,150 healthcare facilities across India, ultrasound was the largest diagnostic imaging segment in the country in 2008. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, computed tomography (CT) and radiology [...]