Microelectronics, Which Has Led To The Explosion Of Consumer Electronics Sales, Can Now Bring Its Added Value To Life Science Applications. The Key Challenge For Microelectronics Is To Make Complexity Invisible And Adapt It To The Value Chain And Way Of Working To The Life Science Industries

Microsystems technologies are changing the Life Sciences industry. New in-vitro diagnostic systems, new therapy strategies, genetic diseases treatment, targeted and intelligent drug delivery, artificial pancreas, drug discovery processes… are healthcare improvements promised to future generations, enabled by semiconductor and MEMS technologies. The Life Sciences industry already faces critical challenges in addressing this expected market.

To take part in this innovation process, it is very important to understand the technology and industrial trends by having a good knowledge of currently used technologies, their limits and advantages, their applications and the way the Life Sciences industry currently works. Indeed, Life Science is a broad field including industries like drug discovery, in-vitro diagnostics, medical devices, instrumentation… In the same way, the market is segmented by applications, technologies and specific medical use.

Yole’s BioMEMS 2008 report answers the question: How Microsystems and Semiconductor companies can become key suppliers to the Life Sciences field?

The report will enable you to:

• Understand the Life Science market and define your strategy to address it
  
  
• Understand the main regulatory requirements (FDA, EMEA, JMHLW…)
  
  
• Get an overview of the main techniques in use or under development and the trends for the coming years
  
  
• Understand the real added value of Microsystems and Semiconductors to the Life Science industry
  
  
• Understand the main MEMS and Semiconductors success stories in the Life Science market

Executive Summary

Purpose of the report

What is the Life Sciences field?

Main industrial domains and related applications

Overview of the main markets in Life Sciences field

Pharmaceutical industry

In Vitro Diagnostic industry

Medical Device industry

Includes definitions, facts & figures, top 10 players…

Presentation of the gold standard techniques used today in Life Sciences

Culture and Sample preparation techniques

Amplification (PCR)

Detection (Optical, electrical, magnetic…)

Impact of microtechnologies on Life Science technologies

Impact of microtechnologies on gold standard techniques

What are BioMEMS & Biochips?

Detailed analysis of microtechnology-based devices for Life Science

applications:

Drivers in Life Science markets MST may answer

Regulation aspects (FDA, CE…)

Existing applications and future MST products in the Life Science markets

Players and products example

Examples of companies’ success stories

BioMEMS market size potential 2005 - 2012

Pressure and flow sensors

Accelerometers

Gyroscopes

Microphones

Microfluidic devices

Why semiconductor devices and MEMS could be useful for Life Sciences

applications?

MST added-value in the Life Science markets

MST materials and their added value for Life Science applications

Packaging techniques and their added value

Value chain analysis for biochips

Conclusions

Synthesis and challenges for the future

Key ingredients to succeed in this field

Annexes

The world of Biology - Definitions

Cell, DNA, Proteins,… Who’s who?

Biology and Micro/Nano Technology comparative scale

Molecular Biology, a complex world

Levels for Molecular Biology analysis: The OMICS World

Main technologies and applications