The advent of DNA sequencing technology has had a vast impact on the field of drug development. It has played a key role in the success of the Human Genome Project which has made it an essential tool for genetic analysis. Advanced technological developments in microarrays, bioinformatics and similar tools have increased the scope of applications and services.

This report covers regional markets, products and services while evaluating them over the next five years, and profiles almost 40 companies involved in the DNA sequencing market.


Key features of this report

- It analyzes the market data (revenues) of DNA sequencing tools and services in North America, Europe, Asia and rest of the world that includes Middle East, Africa, Russia, Latin America and Australia.

- Key market drivers and restraints for the parent segments and evaluation of respective sub segments with respect to market dynamics.

- Covers microarray, DNA sequencing kits, chromatography, mass spectrometry, DNA amplification and many others within the tools market along with their sub segments. The services market includes high throughput sequencing , shot gun sequencing , re-sequencing, sample process and primer walking, single pass analysis and bacterial identification.

Scope of this report

- Understand the emerging technologies and the growth associated for evaluation of potential of the type of products and services.

- Understanding the product developments on which companies are focusing to evaluate new technological trends.

- For evaluation of growth prospective for DNA sequencing applications and determining lucrative markets.


Key Market Issues

- Funding from public institutes is encouraging market players to focus on the development of the DNA sequencing technology.

- The withdrawal of certain drugs from the market due to their lack of efficacy among the worldwide patient population has created a need to address variations in diseases and drug responses on an individual basis.

- Next generation sequencing may hinder the growth of the market for first-generation DNA sequencing technology especially in the drug discovery and development sector.



Key findings from this report

- The DNA sequencing market growth is highest in the Asian and North American region, with Europe having the second largest market.

- North America constitutes the major market share with next-generation sequencing attracting the new participants in the region.

- The existing market participants are strategically positioning their DNA sequencing technologies by differentiating the specificity of the type of their tools and services.

- Agilent Technologies, CLC Bio, and Life Technologies Corporation are some of the major DNA sequencing companies engaged in collaborative partnerships in the past couple of years.

Key questions answered

- What are the important DNA sequencing markets and their growth over the period 2009-14?

- What are the major technologies and services that have emerged in different areas such as microarray, PCR, re-sequencing, high throughput sequencing?

- In which areas are the companies focusing while forming strategic alliances with other market players?

- What is the current potential of DNA sequencing applications with respect to drug development and discovery?


Table of Contents



179 pages

Publication Date : January 2010