Overview of the global western blotting market
Technavio’s market research analyst predicts that the global western blotting market will grow at a CAGR of nearly 6% during the forecast period. Western blotting, also known as protein blotting, is a technique used to identify specific amino-acid sequences in proteins. This technique is being widely used in Proteomics, which is the study of protein structure and functions. Western blotting simplifies functional analyses of proteins and is effective in understanding cell signaling molecules. It also examines the differential expression and post-translational modifications like glycosylation and phosphorylation activities. The recent increase in investments in the R&D of proteomic technologies to develop reliable and accurate solutions has led to an increase in the usage of western blotting.
In 2015, the Americas was the largest geographical segment accounting for a total market share of over 49%. With the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, the US is expected to dominate the global western blotting market during the forecast period. Several awareness programs have been undertaken by the global organizations, providing huge funds, across regions, to deal with HIV/AIDS cases. Such initiatives will lead to the increase in medical research; thereby, leading to the growth of the western blotting market. In addition, most of the R&D centres of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies located in this region have developed vaccinations to treat for HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have allocated significant funds to the Americas to carry out research in the field of biotechnology, focusing on human health.
Competitive landscape and key vendors
The global western blotting market is characterized by the presence of many international and regional vendors. The international vendors have a strong hold over the market, making it difficult for local vendors to compete, especially in terms of quality and pricing. With the increase in the number of laboratories along with rapid technological advances, the competition between the vendors is likely to intensify during the forecast period. Furthermore, many dominant vendors are shifting their R&D and manufacturing facilities to APAC, owing to the low cost of land and labor available.
Key vendors in the market are -
- Bio-Rad Laboratories
- GE Healthcare
- Merck Millipore
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
Other prominent vendors in the market are Abcam, Advansta, AMRESCO, Azure Biosystems, Cell Signaling Technology, Cygnus, KOMA BIOTECH, KPL, Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories, LI-COR, Lumigen, PerkinElmer, Protein Simple, Roche Diagnostics, and Rockland Immunochemicals.
Product segmentation and analysis of the western blotting market
The consumables segment is expected to dominate the western blotting market during the forecast period and is estimated to be valued at about USD 481 million by 2020. The repeated purchase of reagents by various end users like diagnostic laboratories have resulted in the steady growth of the market. Also, the rapid technological advances related to manual and fully-automated western blot instruments have led to the high demand for reagents to detect proteins with high sensitivity and stability.
Segmentation by end user and analysis of the western blotting market
- Academic and research institutes
- Diagnostics
- Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company segment is dominated the western blotting market during the forecast period and accounted for a total market share of more than 43% in 2015. The western blotting technique is widely used in fields like food and beverage and agriculture, which allows the pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to make high investments on R&D. For instance, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Biogen focus on developing drugs using western blotting testing.
Key questions answered in the report include
- What will the market size and the growth rate be in 2020?
- What are the key factors driving the global western blotting market?
- What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global western blotting market?
- What are the challenges to market growth?
- Who are the key vendors in the global western blotting market?
- What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global western blotting
- Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
- What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global western blotting market?
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Table of Contents
PART 01: Executive summary
PART 02: Scope of the report
- Market overview
- Vendor segmentation
- Top-vendor offerings
PART 03: Market research methodology
- Research methodology
- Economic indicators
PART 04: Introduction
PART 05: Market landscape
- Market overview
- Market size and forecast
- Five forces analysis
PART 06: Market segmentation by product
- Global western blotting market by product
- Global western blotting market by consumables
- Global western blotting market by instruments
PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user
- Global western blotting market by end-users
- Global western blotting market by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
- Global western blotting market by academic and research institutes
- Global western blotting market by diagnostic laboratories
PART 08: Geographical segmentation
- Global western blotting market by geography
- Western blotting market in Americas
- Western blotting market in EMEA
- Western blotting market in APAC
PART 09: Market drivers
PART 10: Impact of drivers
PART 11: Market challenges
PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges
PART 13: Market trends
PART 14: Vendor landscape
PART 15: Key vendor analysis
- Bio-Rad Laboratories
- GE Healthcare
- Merck Millipore
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Other prominent vendors
PART 16: Appendix
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