Pharmaceutical Research

The global medical foods market has become increasingly important in the healthcare sector in recent years due to the rising awareness about its importance in complementing the treatment. Medical food comprises diets designed specifically to overcome the nutritional deficiencies caused by some diseases or to fulfill the specific dietary needs in the management of some diseases.

Gout is a physical conditions that affects the patient’s ability to move, often also termed as unwalkable disease, and it has been around for centuries. But in the recent times, especially in the U.S., the prevalence of gout has increased to greater extents, which is a reflection of growing population with obesity, smoking habits, and increased intake of alcohol.

The global market for alternative and complementary medicines is projected to experience substantial growth in the next few years. The rising expenditure of the healthcare facilities is considered as the major factor that is likely to encourage the growth of the overall market in the coming years.

Anxiety and panic disorders affect millions of people across the globe. Collectively, afflicted people seeking to stem the malaise are known to spend billions of dollars on it. While anxiety is a result of individuals unable to cope up with stress or undue worry sometimes without any perceptible external trigger, a panic disorder is more serious and usually strikes without reason or warning.

The global pharmaceutical packaging equipment market is estimated to witness a healthy growth in the coming years. Some of the key factors encouraging the growth of the market include cost containment in pharmaceuticals, rise in the funding for generics, and growing investments in biopharmaceutical research.

Continuous manufacturing is a continuous flow process of materials, which are either fluids or dry bulk and are required to be processed in incessant motion for chemical reaction. Besides this, continuous manufacturing or process also includes subjecting the materials to mechanical or heat treatment. In this regard, continuous refers to 24 hours per day for seven days every weak, with maintenance shutdowns semi-annually or annually.

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccines are one of the critical control actions taken during an FMD epidemic outbreak. Such control measures are dependent on the views of policymakers, status of the nation, and local epidemiological situation. FMD has attracted a lot of attention since years due to its contagious viral nature striking pigs, sheep, cattle, and other livestock species and effect on a nation’s economy.

Dyslipidemia is a cardiovascular condition consisting of changes in the amount of lipids in the blood. Dyslipidemia can manifest as either lack of or excess of lipids in blood; hyperlipidemia, the condition of having excess lipids in the blood, is likely to retain dominance in the global dyslipidemia drugs market in the coming years. Chronic dietary and lifestyle issues necessitate dyslipidemia drugs, as the disease takes a considerable time to develop.

Iron is one of the most crucial minerals required for the proper functioning of human bodies. Iron deficiency leads to a number of health issues such as anemia and could have a grave and direct connection to the number of hospitalizations and deaths in a region. Oral iron is prescribed to reverse anemia, but this course of iron intake could lead to frequent non-adherence and gastrointestinal toxicity.

The increasing demand for effective and efficient method of analyzing, managing, and tracking clinical data is driving the adoption of e-clinical solution software across the globe. These solutions are instrumental in collecting clinical research data and managing it with the help of sophisticated technology. 

Pain management therapeutics comprise various methods to ease varied degrees of pain among patients and improve their quality of life. Pharmaceutical therapeutics are usually the first line of treatment for pain management and if this does not work, patients opt for other methods such as pain managing devices, physiotherapy, and chiropractic therapy. 

Pharmacovigilance (PV) is a scientific process pertaining to the collection, detection, monitoring, and prevention of adverse effects that may arise due to use of drugs and pharmaceutical products.

Immunomodulators are referred to as the medications that are used for the regulation or for normalizing the immune system. They are the active agents used in immunotherapy. Immunotherapy refers to treating a disease by suppressing, enhancing, or inducing an immune response. Immunomodulatory regimens at times have few side effects that the existing drugs that have less potential for a resistance cover while treating a microbial disease. 

AIDS is perhaps the greatest threat posed by infectious diseases to human health in history. As this disease remains incurable at the moment, the development of anti- HIV therapies is crucial to slow down the progression of the virus. Therefore, the global market for HIV therapeutics will witness tremendous growth during the forthcoming period.

Enteral feeding gets the required nutrition containing carbohydrate, protein, fat, water, minerals, carbohydrate, and vitamins, directly to the stomach. In many cases, proper nutrition is not supplied to the body due to various reasons, here enteral feeding formulas plays a crucial role.

Zika virus infection is primarily transmitted to people by an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus. The symptoms of Zika virus infection include fever, skin rash, general malaise, conjunctivitis, and muscle or joint pain.

The continuous development in the field of information technology pertaining to healthcare plays an imperative role in the growth of the global point of care diagnostics market. 

Male Hypogonadism refers to a clinical condition, wherein the testes fail to produce enough testosterone leading to delayed puberty or incomplete development. The condition is related to impaired development of muscle mass, development of breast tissues, impaired body hair growth, and lack of deepening of the voice.

Immunotherapy represents a niche treatment area in the medical industry, which involves a course of treatment that enhances or suppresses the immune system of a patient, making it capable of fighting a number of diseases such as cancer, a number of infections, respiratory conditions.

Mycotoxin refers to secondary metabolites of molds, which contaminate crop plant and fruits. Mycotoxin are toxic to humans and animals alike, and may lead to several health issues. With the rising population, the need for food safety is escalating and more than 100 countries have established regulations for testing mycotoxins in food and feed before they reach the end users.

A contract sales organization performs variety of services ranging from hiring and training sales representatives, call center setup, managing sales territory alignments, thereby providing assistance to other companies in sales and marketing of their products and services. 

Antisense gene therapy is emerging as one of the most beneficial therapeutics for various diseases such as tumors, cancer etc. These newer therapies are based on increased knowledge of molecular events that lead to disordered cellular growth. The therapy involves using a gene silencing technique rather than a gene repairing technique for silencing the gene’s effect. 

The global market for anticonvulsants used for fibromyalgia demonstrates a massive potential for future growth. The efficiency of anticonvulsants in the treatment of various neurological disorders, specifically fibromyalgia, is likely to increase their popularity, reflecting greatly on their demand over the forthcoming years.

Thanks to the rise in concern among people regarding animal healthcare, the global market for animal parasiticides is experiencing a remarkable expansion in its overall size. With increasing knowledge about the benefits of animal parasiticides, their demand will continue to move upwards over the forthcoming years. 

Carbamazepine sold under the brand names of Carbatrol, Epitol, Tegretol, Equetro, and TEGretol-XR., is a drug used primarily for the treatment of epilepsy and neuropathic pain. It is also used for schizophrenia as an alternate line of treatment as well as for bipolar disorder. 

Pharmacy benefit management services play an integral role in the healthcare industry, with its unique function of administrating pharmacy products, and focusing on real time interaction between various entities. The key trends of this process are governed by laws and regulations. 

Nocturia, or nocturnal polyuria, is a medical condition wherein patients experience frequent urge to urinate at night after sleeping. Especially among the elder patients, the lack of sleep often leads to nocturia, and is not to be mistaken by enuresis or bedwetting where patients do no wake up to avoid it. 

Globally, IMD affects nearly one in every 2,500 to 5,000 individuals with nearly 300 to 600 new cases found in the U.K., according to Public Health Genetics U.K.  The specificity and high risk affinity of IMD varies from disorder to disorder, with some disorders like familial cylomicronemia being closely associated with Caucasians and others like porphyria being recoded largely among African Americans. 

Influenza is commonly classified as type A, B, or C, depending on the protein composition of the virus. Influenza B infection is caused by influenzavirus B genera of the family Orthomyxoviridae and is found only in humans. Common symptoms of the infection include runny nose, chills, fever, muscle pain, sore throat, fatigue, coughing, and general weakness.

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a myeloproliferative disorder, which is characterized by persistently increased eosinophil count in blood and is associated with damage to multiple organs. The syndrome, though a rare disease but can become life-threatening, if left untreated. The tests taken for its diagnosis include blood tests, bone marrow biopsy, and echocardiography.

The rising prevalence of cervical and vaginal cancer is the cardinal factor driving the global HPV testing market. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that every year 16 out of every 100,000 women are likely to be detected with cervical cancer. Globally, it is identified as the third-most commonly occurring cancer and the mortality rate due to this cancer is also quite high. 

Sick sinus syndrome (SSS), also referred to as sinus dysfunction, represents a group of heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias) caused by the malfunction of the sinus node (SA), the impulse generating tissue of the heart. 

Fainting caused by a fall in blood pressure is known as syncope in medical parlance. Its onset is swift and sudden and its duration is short with spontaneous recovery. Syncope is caused primarily by hypotension. Syncope can be classified into three categories, namely reflex, cardiogenic, and orthostatic hypotension. 

The most common term used to refer to myocardial infarction is heart-attack. In this report, Transparency Market Research (TMR) delves into studying the factors causing the demand for post-myocardial infarction treatment. For the purpose of the study, TMR thus segments the global post-myocardial infarction market based on various parameters and then identifies opportunities prevalent across each of these segments. 

Ear care primarily comprises of maintaining ear hygiene and cleaning of ear wax in order to assure clear hearing. The growing focus of leading players on marketing activities and advertising campaigns is projected to drive the demand for ear care products across the globe. As a result, this market is expected to witness significant growth in the near future. 

The global market for ovarian disease is expected to grow at a healthy pace, owing to the rising prevalence of different types of ovarian diseases across the globe. The rising research and development activities and the high number of drugs in clinical trials are some of the primary aspects projected to encourage the growth of the market in the forecast period. 

Onchocerciasis, which is commonly known by the name of river blindness, is a disease that is caused by a parasitic worm named - Onchocerca volvulus. This infection disease is caused and spread in human beings through the bite of Simulium blackfly. This disease is considered as the second leading cause of blindness and can further lead to several other skin diseases.

Conjunctivitis, also known as Madras eyes in India and pink eye in the United States, is caused because of inflammation or infection of the clear membrane that shields the part of the eyeball and the inner surface of eyelids. Conjunctivitis is generally caused due to bacterial or viral infection, contact with chemical, allergic reaction or irritants.

Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS) generally known as patches, are the systems use intact skin, as a mean of administering drug into the circulation system of the body. A transdermal patch is a free separate dose form which when applied on the skin, transports the medication at a precise and organized rate.

Toxic shock is a rare complication of certain bacterial infections. The main causative agents are Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. This infection is generally associated with the use of tampons, thus, the prevalence is higher in women. Supposedly, the rayon used in tampons causes the toxic shock syndrome, dryness, and ulcerations of the vaginal tissues.

Pharmaceutical analytical testing services are services offered to several pharmaceutical manufacturers, product manufacturers, and raw material suppliers. The need for increased efficiency and cost reduction by pharmaceutical companies has led to the rising scope for outsourcing analytical testing services. Currently there are a number of companies focusing on providing comprehensive pharmaceutical manufacturing and development services such as manufacturing and packaging, pharmaceutical development, analytical testing services, and pharma solutions.

Personalized drugs, or customized drugs, are tailored to suit the needs of individual patients. Earlier, various patients suffering from the same type of disease were given the similar treatment plan. However, it became evident to physicians that a particular treatment worked differently for different patients, mainly owing to a varied genetic makeup.

Musculoskeletal pains refers to the acute or chronic pains of soft tissues or organs, which can be caused due to an injury, falls, jerking movements, falls, sprains, fractures, dislocations, and overuse of the organ. For instance, lower back pain is a common work related musculoskeletal pain that is caused due to prolonged immobilization or poor posture. Localized or widespread pain, stiffness of the body, fatigue, lack of sleep, twitching muscles, and burning sensation in muscles are some of the common symptoms of musculoskeletal pains.

The tendency of the body to lose tissue is referred as muscle wasting disorder, or muscle atrophy. Muscle atrophy can be classified as neurogenic atrophy or disuse atrophy. Disuse atrophy is caused by the lack of physical activity, whereas neurogenic atrophy occurs due to an injury or disease to a nerve that connects the muscle. While the cases of disuse atrophy is escalating due to the growing trend of sitting jobs and increasing number of people with certain medical condition that limits their movements, neurogenic atrophy is more severe and is quite prevalent too. 

Albumin is a commonly found protein in the blood and constitutes around 50% of the blood protein. Microalbuminuria refers to a condition in which kidney is not able to retain serum albumin, which is essential for the kidney to maintain overall health of the body, and exerts it in the urine. During certain conditions like diabetes, especially type 1 patients, nephropathy, and other nephrotic syndromes, the chances of microalbuminuria is escalated. 

Lung infections are found in larger airways (bronchitis) or in smaller air sacs (pneumonia). In lung infections, pus and fluid get built up in the airways of the lung and make it difficult to breathe. They can affect people of all ages, but the elderly and the children are at high risk for developing lung infections. Etiologies for lung infections include virus, bacteria, and mycoplasma. 

Radio frequency identification, popularly known by the acronym RFID, has a host of applications in different areas. Healthcare and pharmaceuticals is one of them. RFID tracking systems have come in handy in lowering human efforts and errors in maintenance and control of healthcare inventory. Some of its popular applications are in tracking medical equipment in hospitals, identifying patients, monitoring blood transfer, and tracking of medication from pharmacy to patient.

Tapentadol is a dual mode analgesic that performs the actions of being a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor as well as a mu-opioid receptor antagonist. Its analgesic properties come into effect within few minutes of oral administration. Tapentadol has been recognized as a step three analgesic on the World Health Organization (WHO) pain ladder. Tapentadol is utilized for the treatment of moderate to severe pain for chronic and acute musculoskeletal pain.

Smoking makes consumers more vulnerable to bacteria that causes gingivitis.  It is estimated that there are approximately 1 billion smokers in the world at present. Thus, the increasing number of smokers across the world is providing a significant push to the global gingivitis diagnostics and therapeutics market. Oral health is a growing concern across the globe.

Cardiometabolic disease, commonly known as Reaven’s syndrome, is characterized by a group of abnormalities and symptoms that include abdominal obesity, high-blood pressure, poor cholesterol profile (LDL), dyslipidemia (high serum triglycerides), and high plasma glucose. Individuals suffering from cardiometabolic syndrome are prone to a number of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, heart failure, and hypertension.

Yellow fever is caused by a virus transferred through infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. These mosquitoes thrive near human dwellings and breed in clean waters. The occurrence of yellow fever is more prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America. Humans and monkeys represent the target patient population infected with yellow fever virus. 

West Nile Virus (WNV) infections are transmitted through mosquitoes. Birds are the major carriers of West Nile virus. Mosquitoes that bite infected birds become vector for the virus. Individuals with a weak immune system and older people are at a high risk of WNV infection. 

Renal insufficiency also referred to as kidney or renal failure is an ailment characterized by poor kidney function. In the last few years, the incidence of this condition has increased at such a pace that the demand for effective treatment for renal insufficiency is at all-time high. With governments around the world have increased their healthcare spending to battle the spread of chronic ailments, the investment in research and development of novel therapeutics for renal insufficiency is expected to show considerable increase. 

Portal hypertension is a clinical condition in which blood pressure within the portal venous system increases. The condition may lead to the development of swollen veins within stomach, esophagus, umbilical area, or rectum. In severe cases, these swollen vein can rupture and bleed, thereby leading to potentially life-threatening complications. As per reports, liver cirrhosis is the most common cause of portal hypertension. 

Over-the-counter diagnostics comprises different types of medical kits that are being used widely to diagnose medical conditions and disorders. The easy availability of these medical kits in pharmaceutical shops is one of the important factors projected to supplement the growth of the market in the forecast period. 

Artificial tears are eye drops that are used to lubricate dry eyes and they help to preserve moisture on the outer surface of the eyes. Artificial tears are used to treat dry eyes, a condition resulting due to certain medications, aging, and surgery or environmental conditions. Artificial tears are essential for treating dry eye symptoms and are available commercially without prescription. 

Neurapthic pain (NP) is a severe pain associated with a number of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and herpes zoster. This pain affects almost 1% of the world’s total population and is aggravated as a result of dysfunction, lesion, or transitory perturbation in the peripheral and central nervous system. 

Aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage is a type of stroke and accounts for almost 7% of all strokes. It is listed under medical emergency conditions and can cause severe disability or can be fatal as well. Subarachnoid hemorrhage is sudden bleeding into the subarachnoid space of the central nervous system that may occur due to head injury, rupture of cerebral aneurysm, and aneurysm in other blood vessels. 

The drug epidemic has a severe economic impact in the United States every year. This includes cost incurred to address crime, loss in work productivity, and run rehabilitation programs. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) defines drug addiction as a complex condition marked by extreme cravings for drugs and other addictive substances along with excessive seeking for these substances. 

Clopidogrel is an antiplatelet agent of thienopyridine, which is primarily used to prevent the blood clots and help against cardiovascular problems associated with the blood clotting. The medications for inhibiting blood clots after a recent heart stroke also use clopidogrel, which is a white colored powder that is insoluble in water at neutral pH but freely soluble at pH1