Piribo.com: Global Wound Care Market Set to Hit $12.5bn by 2012 predicts new report

June 24, 2008 - PRLog -- Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, has now added a new report that forecasts the global wound care market will see double digit growth to 2012.

“Global Market for Advanced Wound Care Products 2008” is available at http://www.piribo.com/search/results.html?k=esp1073&x=0&y=0 says that the market worth $4.6bn in 2007 will reach $12.5bn by 2012. This growth is being driven by an ageing population, the rise in the incidence of diabetes worldwide and a steady advancement in technology and products that are more clinically efficient and cost-effective than their conventional counterparts.

The advanced wound care segment encompasses a wide range of disparate technologies that fall into three main categories:

- Moist wound dressings (hydrogels, hydrocolloids, alginates, foams and transparent films);
- Antimicrobial dressings which deliver substances such as silver to the wound;
- Biological products such as skin substitutes, tissue-engineered products and growth factors.

In addition, a growing number of wound-healing devices such as negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) are becoming more prominent. The sector also includes a variety of other treatments such as oxygen therapy, electrical stimulation, low level laser therapy (LLLT) and therapeutic ultrasound.

The 400 page report provides:

-Extensive competitive comparison and evaluation of 78 major and emerging companies
-Evaluation of wound care markets in context
-Critical appraisal of the research & innovation

” Global Market for Advanced Wound Care Products 2008 - A complete review of this fast growing, highly innovative sector ” is available in pdf format from Piribo. For more information, go to: http://www.piribo.com/publications/medical_devices/wound_...


Piribo product ID: ESP1073

About Piribo.24'06'
Piribo (http://www.piribo.com/publications/medical_devices/) is a UK-based independent online store supplying business information on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The website now carries over 9,000 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.

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About Piribo.
Piribo (http:www.piribo.com) is a UK-based independent online store supplying business information on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.