Piribo: Innovations in Diagnostics, new publication announcement

September 29, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Health News
Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, has now added a new report called “Innovations in Diagnostics”. http://www.piribo.com/publications/diagnostic/innovations_diagnostics.html

The global diagnostics market is undergoing radical change; novel technologies driven by miniaturization and advances in genomics will enhance the role of diagnostics in the healthcare market, allowing more tests to be performed at the point-of-care and facilitating the shift towards personalized medicine. “Innovation in Diagnostics” examines the advances in the rapidly growing field of molecular technologies that are enabling personalized healthcare to move into mainstream medicine. New opportunities in infectious disease testing, molecular oncology and pharmacogenomics are explored in detail, enabling you to understand the forces that are driving in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) into centre stage of the healthcare arena. Understand the changing relationship between IVD companies and the pharmaceutical industry, assess the convergence of IVDs and medical imaging, and develop an understanding of new technologies that will influence diagnostic product development and drug development programs.

Contents
Introduction to diagnostics
Challenges and opportunities in diagnostic innovation
Molecular technology innovations
Innovation in infectious disease diagnostics
Personalized medicine
Point-of-care testing
Competitive landscape
Chapter 1 Introduction to diagnostics
Chapter 2 Challenges and opportunities in
Chapter 3 Molecular technology innovations
Chapter 4 Innovation in infectious disease
Chapter 5 Personalized medicine
Chapter 6 Point-of-care testing
Chapter 7 Competitive landscape
Chapter 8 Appendix

“Innovations in Diagnostics” is available from Piribo. For more information go to: http://www.piribo.com/publications/diagnostic/innovations_diagnostics.html

Piribo Product ID: RBI104

About Piribo.
Piribo (http://www.piribo.com) is a UK-based independent online store supplying business information on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The website now carries over 3,800 English language titles including, market reports, studies and books and is the UK’s largest online biopharma information store. Subscribers receive a free monthly newsletter and email alerts on new titles in their areas of interest. The company was established in 2004.