Global Gel Documentation Systems Market is expected to grow significantly over the forecast period. The market held a market value of USD 245 Million in 2017 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6% over the forecast period. Gel documentation system or gel imaging systems are mainly used to record, and measure labelled nucleic acid and protein in several types of media such as agarose, acrylamide or cellulose. These systems have applications in protein quantification, monoclonal and polyclonal antibody binding affinities, gel and blot imaging, immunoassay, 2D electrophoresis, and nucleic acid quantification among others. The factors such as increasing prevalence of infectious diseases and genetic disorders, growing government funding’s for genomic and proteomic research, and the on-going technological advancements in gel documentation systems is anticipated to boost the growth of the market over the forecast period. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 9,272 number of new tuberculosis cases were reported in 2016 in the US. Despite the drivers, the high cost of modern gel documentation systems with advanced technologies and the increasing adoption of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) may hinder the market growth during the assessment period.
Segmentation:
The Global Gel Documentation Systems Market has been segmented into Product, Detection techniques, Application and End user.
By product, the market has been segmented into instruments, accessories, and software. The instrument segment has been further segmented into digital gel documentation instruments and film gel documentation instruments. The instruments segment is estimated to hold major market share in the global gel documentation systems market due to the rising R&D activities in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.On the basis of detection technique, the market has been segmented into ultraviolet, chemiluminescence, and fluorescence.On the basis of application, the market has been segmented into protein quantification, nucleic acid quantification, and others.
The market, by end user, has been segmented into pharmaceutical & biotechnology companies, academic institutes & research centers, diagnostic laboratories, and others.
Key players:
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Bio-Techne, Endress + Hauser Management AG, GE Healthcare, Thermo Fisher Scientific, LI-COR Biosciences, Vilber Lourmat, Scientific Digital Imaging Plc., Cleaver Scientific, and Azure Biosystems are some of the prominent players in the global gel documentation systems market.
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