Nanotechnology and drug delivery

Approximately 99 per cent of medicinal molecules don’t reach their targets and subsequently, stay in the body of the patient. As these molecules can sometimes be very toxic – particularly in the case of those designed to target cancers – research is being undertaken into more effective ways of safely transporting and delivering drugs. A challenge for nanotechnology in this research is to create a device which can carry a drug payload to it’s target, be monitored throughout it’s journey and deliver, without being attacked and destroyed by the body’s natural defences. This calls for something which possesses stealth design characteristics and a plausible device is described here in this movie. This is one of a selection of intriguing movies which are available for free download from the EPSRC Nanotechnology Image Library at : www.nanoscience.dept.shef.ac.uk You may also be interested in navigating to the “Soft Machines” site belonging to Professor Richard Jones – who features in this movie – for up-to-date discourse on all things nano. Here’s the link : www.softmachines.org
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Nanotechnology In Healthcare: Market Outlook For Applications, Tools And Materials, And 40 Company Profiles-Aarkstore Enterprise

Nanotechnology In Healthcare: Market Outlook For Applications, Tools And Materials, And 40 Company Profiles-Aarkstore Enterprise

This report covers different regional application markets, while evaluating them over the next five years. It provides information about the largest regional markets and factors influencing them, while defining the opportunities they present.

Key features of this report

• •Provides an analysis of market data (revenues) of healthcare nanotechnology applications in North America, Europe, Asia and Rest of World that includes Middle East, Africa, Russia, Latin America and Australia.
• Studies key market drivers and restraints for the main market and evaluation of respective sub segments with respect to market dynamics.
• Discusses drug delivery and formulations, biocompatible implants, regenerative medicine and wound care and diagnostics under the applications market along with related sub segments.

Scope of this report

• Understanding the existing and emerging applications of healthcare nanotechnology and their relative and forecast market sizes
• Understanding the product/technological developments on which the companies are focusing for their growth.
• Understanding the different nanotechnology based tools and their importance in the development of new products and applications

Key Market Issues

• Nanotechnology initiatives by developing countries are helping in the development of new products and applications.
• The delay in commercialization due to strict regulations and manufacturing difficulties is inhibiting product reach.
• Stability of nanoparticles inside the biological tissues is an important issue to be considered to reduce contamination by drugs.
• The development of biodegradable nanostructures will be a growth driver in future since they eliminate the issue of excretion.

Key findings from this report

• The healthcare nanotechnology market growth is largest in North America, at .75bn in 2009, followed by Europe at .65.
• The nanotechnology drug delivery market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 21.7% for the period 2009-14, to reach almost bn by 2014.
• Biocompatible implants and coatings and diagnostics comprise some of the major applications which are estimated to experience high growth between 2009 and 2014, 42% and 21.8% respectively.

Key questions answered

• What are the important healthcare nanotechnology markets and their growth over the period 2009-14?
• What are the major applications that have emerged in different areas such as drug formulations and delivery, biocompatible implants and coatings, regenerative medicines and wound care and diagnostics?
• In which areas are the companies focusing while forming strategic alliances with other industry players?

Table of Contents
Nanotechnology in Healthcare
Executive summary 16
Market overview 16
Healthcare nanotechnology market dynamics 16
Nanomaterials & nanotools for the healthcare market 17
Healthcare nanotechnology application market 18
Company profiles 19
Chapter 1 Market overview 22
Summary 22
Introduction 23
Market definition 23
Healthcare nanotechnology business processes 24
Healthcare nanotechnology applications 24
Healthcare nanotechnology application prospects 25
Opportunity matrix 26
Challenge matrix 28
Patent analysis 29
Chapter 2 Healthcare nanotechnology market dynamics 34
Summary 34
Introduction 35
Regional markets 36
North America 37
Europe 38
Asia 38
RoW 39
Competitive landscape 39
R&D activities by applications 41
New product launches 42
Collaborations & agreements 43
Market drivers 56
Nanotechnology research initiatives in developing nations 56
Innovations are increasing 56
Reduced toxicity 56
Market inhibitors 57
Delay in commercialization 57
Stability and other