2016 Stem Cell Research Report - Products, Opportunities, Tools, & Technologies

Dominant Market Players Utilised Acquisition Strategies to Grow and Capture Market Share - Research and Markets

DUBLIN, July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Stem Cell Research Products - Opportunities, Tools, & Technologies" report to their offering.

Large companies selling stem cell research products include:

- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- BD Biosciences, a Division of Becton Dickinson
- Merck KGaA
- Miltenyi Biotec
- STEMCELL Technologies
- Lonza Group
- Clontech (a Takara Bio Company)
- GE Healthcare Life Sciences.

While several of these dominant market players have utilized acquisition strategies to grow and capture market share, Merck KGaA has had a particularly strong commitment to this approach, acquiring several other massive major players within the stem cell research products marketplace, including Milllipore on February 26, 2010, for $7.2 billion, and Sigma-Aldrich on September 22, 2014, for $17 billion. Dozens of mid-sized suppliers of stem cell research products also exist, as well as over 100 small specialty providers.

Currently, the following compose the majority of stem cell research product sales worldwide:

- Primary antibodies to stem cell antigens
- Bead-based stem cell separation systems
- Fluorescent-based labeling and detection
- Stem cell protein purification and analysis tools
- Tools for DNA and RNA-based characterization of stem cells
- Isolation/characterization services
- Stem cell culture media and reagents
- Stem cell specific growth factors and cytokines
- Tools for stem cell gene regulation
- Stem cell services and mechanisms for in vivoand in vitro stem cell tracking
- Expansion/differentiation services for stem cell media and RNAi
- Stem cell lines

Key report findings include:

- Market size determinations, with 5-year projections for the stem cell research products market (2016-2020)
- Year-over-year analysis of stem cell grant rates, patent rates, clinical trial rates, and scientific publication rates
- Stem cell funding sources, trends, and amounts (domestic and international)
- Stem cell research applications, including priorities by segment
- Relative demand for stem cell products, by stem cell type
- Breakdown of stem cell product categories
- Competitive analysis of leading stem cell research product companies
- Online trends for stem cells, including Google Trends and Google Adwords
- Social analytics for stem cells, including activity on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and more
- Communications strategies for accessing the marketplace
- End-user survey of stem cell scientists

Companies Mentioned

- BD Biosciences, a Division of Becton Dickinson
- Buck Institute
- Cellular Dynamics International (CDI)
- Clontech (a Takara Bio Company)
- DNAVEC Corporation
- GE Healthcare Life Sciences.
- Google
- Harvard University
- iPS Academia Japan
- Kyoto University
- Lonza Group
- Merck KGaA
- Miltenyi Biotec
- RIKEN Center
- STEMCELL Technologies
- SYGNIS
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- ToolGen, Inc.
- U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- University of Wisconsin
- WARF

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