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The Impact of Nanotechnology on the Life Sciences and Healthcare Market to 2015

Publication Date December 2007
Publisher Nanoposts
Product Type Report
Pages 154
ISBN Number not applicable
Product Code TTC00006
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Summary

One of the most active and important current areas of research and application of nanotechnology is in the field of life sciences and healthcare. Many industry and business analysts now expect nanotechnology to revolutionize the pharmaceutical, medical devices, diagnostics and imaging sectors with annual markets of billions of pounds likely within five-ten years. Nanotechnologies for Life Sciences and Healthcare includes:

  • Analysis of key nanotechnologies and commercialization activity thereof
  • Analysis of impact of nanotechnology on the life science and healthcare markets to 2015
  • Analysis of most promising product areas in Pharmaceuticals, Drug Delivery, Medical Supplies and Devices, Implants, Coatings, Wound Care, Diagnostics, Non-Invasive Therapy, Imaging and Tissue Engineering.
  • Profiles of companies and research centres developing nanotechnologies for commercial application in Life Sciences and Healthcare

Content

  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Pharmaceuticals
    • 2.1 Formulation
      • 2.1.1 Technology Providers
        • 2.1.1.1 Company 1 The Netherlands: Fluorescently Encoded Microparticles For Multiple Analysis And Design Of Drug Delivery
        • 2.1.1.2 Company 1 Usa: Pharmaceutical Formulations Of Nanoparticulate Systems
        • 2.1.1.3 Company 2 Usa: Formulation Of Pharmaceutical Compounds At The Nanoscale
        • 2.1.1.4 Company 3 Usa: Fluoropolymer Materials Platform For Drug Therapy
        • 2.1.1.5 Company 4 Usa: Nanotechnology To Accelerate The Chiral Drug Development Process
        • 2.1.1.6 Company 5 Usa: Dna Nanoparticle Technologies To Produce Safe And Effective Dna Drugs
        • 2.1.1.7 Company 6 Usa: Cell Based Electrophysiology Chip For The Discovery Of Drugs For Ion Channel Diseases
        • 2.1.1.8 Company 1 Germany: Drug Profiling Using Smart Materials
        • 2.1.1.9 Company 2 Germany: Nanoemulsions
        • 2.1.1.10 Company 1 Israel: Water-Based Materials Using Nanotechnology To Enhance Bioavailability And Solubility Of Existing And New Drugs
        • 2.1.1.11 Company 1 France: Supercritical Fluids For Enhancing Solubility And Bioavailability
        • 2.1.1.12 Company 1 Australia: Dendrimer Nanotechnology Products For Pharmaceuticals
        • 2.1.1.13 University 1 Usa: Novel Method And Formulation Of Drugs To Treat And Reduce The Spread Of Respiratory Infections
    • 2.2 Drug Delivery
      • 2.2.1 Technology Providers
        • 2.2.1.1 Company 1 Usa: Nano-Device Platform For Various Encapsulation Applications
        • 2.2.1.2 Company 2 Usa: Responsive Nanoparticles For Drug Delivery
        • 2.2.1.3 Company 3 Usa: Nanoscale Cochleate Drug Delivery
        • 2.2.1.4 Company 4 Usa: Nanoencapsulated Anti-Cancer Drugs
        • 2.2.1.5 Company 5 Usa: Nanoparticle Cancer Treatment And Therapeutic Vaccines
        • 2.2.1.6 Company 6 Usa: Nanotechnology-Based Delivery Platforms For Vaccines And Therapeutics
        • 2.2.1.7 Company 7 Usa: Marine Extracted Nano Injectors For Delivering Drugs Into The Epidermis Skin Layer
        • 2.2.1.8 Company 8 Usa: Porous Nanoparticles For Various Encapsulation Applications
        • 2.2.1.9 Company 1 Belgium: Nanoscale Therapeutic Anti-Bodies
        • 2.2.1.10 Company 1 Canada: Nano Carriers
        • 2.2.1.11 Company 1 Germany: Nanocrystals For Drug Delivery
        • 2.2.1.12 Company 2 Germany: Drug Delivery Coatings
        • 2.2.1.13 Company 3 Germany: Nanocapsules
        • 2.2.1.14 Company 4 Germany: Characterization Of Dynamic Colloidal Structures
        • 2.2.1.15 Company 5 Germany: Nanocapsulation Of Different Oily And Water-Soluble Substances
        • 2.2.1.16 Company 1 France: New Treatments For Cancer Based On Nano And Bio
        • 2.2.1.17 Company 1 Japan: Nanoparticle Anti-Cancer Agents
        • 2.2.1.18 Company 1 Israel: Nanoencapsulation For Delivery Of Active Ingredients
        • 2.2.1.19 Company 1 Switzerland: Micro-Needle Arrays
        • 2.2.1.20 Company 1 Australia: Nanopores For Brachytherapy, Inhalation, Transdermal And Implant Delivery Methods
        • 2.2.1.21 University 1 Australia: New Micro Spraying Systems For Drug Delivery
        • 2.2.1.22 University 2 Australia: Delivery Systems Based On Coated Nanomaterials
        • 2.2.1.23 University 1 Uk: Creation Of Nutritional, Clinical Nutrition And Drug Delivery Systems Based On Carbohydrates
        • 2.2.1.24 University 2 Uk: Carbon Nanotubes For Life Science Applications
        • 2.2.1.25 University 3 Uk: Nanoparticle Coated Microcrystals
        • 2.2.1.26 University 4 Uk: Smart Materials For Encapsulation
        • 2.2.1.27 University 5 Uk: Novel Chemical Method Of Making Hollow Spherical Silica Shells
        • 2.2.1.28 University 6 Uk: Stealth Particles' Fabricated And Coated With Surfactants And Phosolipids
        • 2.2.1.29 University 7 Uk: Controlling The Delivery Of Small Molecules From Nanoporous Solids
        • 2.2.1.30 University 8 Uk: Controlled Release From Layered Materials
        • 2.2.1.31 University 9 Uk: Smart Materials For Encapsulation
        • 2.2.1.32 University 10 Uk: Anti-Microbial Nanoencapsulation
        • 2.2.1.33 University 11 Uk: Anti-Microbial Encapsulation
        • 2.2.1.34 University 1 Malaysia: Nanocomposite Controlled Release
  • 3 Medical Supplies And Devices
    • 3.1 Implants
      • 3.1.1 Technology Providers
        • 3.1.1.1 Company 1 Usa: Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles For Bone Graft Substitutes
        • 3.1.1.2 Company 1 Israel: Stimulation Electrodes Using Nanotechnology
        • 3.1.1.3 Company 1 Australia: Sol Gel Coatings For Synthetic Bone Graft Substitutes
        • 3.1.1.4 Company 2 Australia: Implantable Life Supporting Devices Using Novel Biocompatible Polymeric Materials
        • 3.1.1.5 Company 1 Germany: Nano-Titania Implants
        • 3.1.1.6 Company 1 Switzerland: Nanocoating Of Drug Eluting Stents And Orthopaedic Implants
        • 3.1.1.7 Research Centre 1 Italy: Dental Implant Coated By A Nanostructured Titanium Oxide Film
        • 3.1.1.8 University 1 New Zealand: Stetch Receptors For Prosthesis
        • 3.1.1.9 University 1 Uk: Nanocoatings For Medical Implants
        • 3.1.1.10 University 2 Uk: Anti-Microbial Resistant Surfaces For Medical Implants
    • 3.2 Medical Device Coatings
      • 3.2.1 Technology Providers
        • 3.2.1.1 Company 1 Usa: Nanoscale Plasma Coating For Medical Devices
        • 3.2.1.2 Company 2 Usa: Light Activated Anti-Microbials
        • 3.2.1.3 Company 3 Usa: Silver Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Surface Treatment For Medical Devices
        • 3.2.1.4 Company 4 Usa: Coatings For Medical Devices
        • 3.2.1.5 Company 1 Germany: Easy-To-Clean Hydrophobic Coatings
        • 3.2.1.6 Company 2 Germany: Biocompatible Nanocoatings
        • 3.2.1.7 Company 3 Germany: Bioactive Coatings
        • 3.2.1.8 Company 4 Germany: Nanostructured Surfaces And Textures
        • 3.2.1.9 Company 5 Germany: Sol-Gel Based Multifunctional Coatings For Medical Applications
        • 3.2.1.10 Company 6 Germany: Anti-Fouling Nanocoatings
        • 3.2.1.11 Company 1 Canada: Passive, Nano-Film Hydroxyapatite Coating For Drugeluding Stents
        • 3.2.1.12 Company 1 Australia: Anti-Biofilm Compounds
        • 3.2.1.13 Company 1 Uk: Anti-Microbial Metal Ion Delivery From Water Soluble Glass
        • 3.2.1.14 Company 1 France: Nanocoatings For Surface Functionalization
        • 3.2.1.15 Research Centre 1 Germany: Modification And Characterization Of Polymeric, Metallic And Ceramic Material Surfaces
        • 3.2.1.16 University 1 Uk: Hydrogels And Nano-Carriers
        • 3.2.1.17 University 2 Uk: Method For Disinfecting Small Water Lines
        • 3.2.1.18 University 3 Uk: Nanotechnology For Hygienic Surfaces
        • 3.2.1.19 University 4 Uk: Non-Stick Nanoparticulate Coating That Prevents Bacteria And Other Living Cells From
        • 3.2.1.20 University 1 Australia: Nanostructured Anti-Bacterial Surfaces
    • 3.3 Wound Care
      • 3.3.1 Technology Providers
        • 3.3.1.1 Company 1 Usa: Nanosilver And Nanogold Gels For Anti-Microbial Burn And Wound Dressings
        • 3.3.1.2 Company 1 Czech Republic: Textiles For Wound Dressing
        • 3.3.1.3 Company 1 Germany: Controlled Release Bandages Medical Dressings
  • 4 Diagnostics And Therapies
    • 4.1.1 Technology Providers
      • 4.1.1.1 Company 1 Germany: Nanoparticles With Functional Properties For Biochemical Applications
      • 4.1.1.2 Company 2 Germany: Bioseparation Gene Transfection And Detection Systems
      • 4.1.1.3 Company 3 Germany: Genome Sequencing Via Synthesis Of Nucleic Acids
      • 4.1.1.4 Company 4 Germany: Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapy
      • 4.1.1.5 Company 1 Usa: Novel Nano-Engineered Material Surfaces For The Biomolecular Attachment And Detection
      • 4.1.1.6 Company 2 Usa: Magnetic Nanoparticles For Rare Cell Isolation
      • 4.1.1.7 Company 3 Usa: Iron Oxide Nanoparticles To Treat Anemia
      • 4.1.1.8 Company 4 Usa : Fluorescent Markers For Use In Biological Research And Testing
      • 4.1.1.9 Company 5 Usa: Therapeutics From Its Polymeric Nanoparticle Technology Platform
      • 4.1.1.10 Company 6 Usa: Nanotransponders
      • 4.1.1.11 Company 7 Usa: Liquid Crystals For The Rapid Detection Of Molecular Interactions
      • 4.1.1.12 Company 8 Usa: Non-Invasive Medical Therapies Using Patented Nanoparticles
      • 4.1.1.13 Company 9 Usa: Non-Invasive Product That Kills Cancer Using Localized Lethal Heat
      • 4.1.1.14 Company 1 Austria: Nanosensors And Devices
      • 4.1.1.15 Company 1 Australia: Nanobiosensors
      • 4.1.1.16 Company 2 Australia: Nanoarray Biochips
      • 4.1.1.17 Company 3 Australia: Medical Diagnostic Imaging
      • 4.1.1.18 Company 1 Belgium: Immunoassays For Automated Biochemistry Analysers
      • 4.1.1.19 Company 1 Canada: Smart Card Diagnostics
      • 4.1.1.20 Company 1 Denmark: Reagents For Immunoturbidimetry
      • 4.1.1.21 Company 1 Singapore: Nanosensors And Nano Biosensors
      • 4.1.1.22 Company 1 The Netherlands: Nanosensors
      • 4.1.1.23 Company 2 The Netherlands: Nanowire Biosensors
      • 4.1.1.24 Company 3 The Netherlands: Silicon-Based Chips/Sensors For Ph And Pressure
      • 4.1.1.25 Company 1 Uk: Novel Microfluidic Technology
      • 4.1.1.26 Company 1 Ireland: Micro- And Nano-Replication
      • 4.1.1.27 Research Centre 1 Italy: Top-Down Approach For Designing Optical Nanobiosensors And Biochips On-Demand
      • 4.1.1.28 Research Centre 1 Belgium: Encapsulation Of Radioactive Nanoparticle For Diagnostic And Curative Purposes
      • 4.1.1.29 University 1 Uk: Redox Enzymes
      • 4.1.1.30 Company 2 Uk: Nanocells
      • 4.1.1.31 University 1 Usa: Nanoscale Biosensors For Pathogen Detection And Diagnosis
  • 5 Regenerative Medicine
    • 5.1 Tissue Engineering
      • 5.1.1 Technology Providers
        • 5.1.1.1 Company 1 Canada: Nanostructured Hydroxyapatite For Tissue Engineering
        • 5.1.1.2 Company 2 Canada: Nanoemulsions Capable Of Targeting And Binding To The Specific Receptors Of Ldl Existing On The Surface Of Cellular Membranes
        • 5.1.1.3 Company 1 Italy: Control Of The Regeneration Of Diseased Tissue
        • 5.1.1.4 Company 1 Usa: Self-Assembling Nanoscale Scaffolds
        • 5.1.1.5 Company 2 Usa: Nano Grafting Of Combinatorial Polymer Brushes
        • 5.1.1.6 Company 1 Uk: Tissue Engineering Products Utilising Magnetic Nanoparticles
        • 5.1.1.7 University 1 Usa: Nano Wrinkles Of Scaffolding For Controlled Cell Growth
        • 5.1.1.8 University 1 Uk: Fabrication Of Synthetic Biomaterials That Induce A Cellular Response Similar To That Found In-Vivo
  • 6 Glossary Of Terms