Datamonitor's Biotechnology in the Netherlands industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the biotechnology industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, demographic information, and descriptions of the leading companies.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and leading companies

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

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Market Definition

The biotechnology market consists of the development, manufacturing and marketing of products based on advanced biotechnology research. The market value reflects revenues of companies within this industry from product sales, licensing fees, royalties and research funding. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2004 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe consists of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and the Ukraine.

Asia-Pacific consists of China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand.

The global market is composed of Europe, Asia-Pacific, US, Canada, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7 1.1 Market Definition 7 1.2 Research Highlights 7 1.3 Market Analysis 8 CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9 CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10 CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11 CHAPTER 5 Competitive Landscape 12 CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 13 6.1 Diosynth 13 6.2 DSM N.V. 13 6.3 Genzyme Corporation 14 6.4 Qiagen N.V. 14 6.5 Solvay Group 14 CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 15 7.1 Market Value Forecast 15 CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 16 CHAPTER 9 Further Reading 18 9.1 Sources 18 9.2 Related Datamonitor Research 18 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Netherlands Biotechnology Market Value: $ million, 2000-2004 9 Table 2: Netherlands Biotechnology Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2004 10 Table 3: Netherlands Biotechnology Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2004 11 Table 4: Netherlands Biotechnology Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2004-2009 15 Table 5: Netherlands Size of Population (million) , 2000-2004 16 Table 6: Netherlands GDP (1995=100), 2000-2004 16 Table 7: Netherlands Inflation, 2000-2004 16 Table 8: Netherlands Exchange Rate, 2000 17 CONTENTS