RFK Jr. and IVD? Contract IVD Boom, and Siemens & Heart Attack Risk - Latest News
Bruce Carlson
Eye on IVD LLC. Former Head of Kalorama Information. Market Research Consultant and Publisher.
17 million people present to the emergency room each year with complaints of chest pain. Not all of them are having a heart attack, some are, and for those patients there are in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products. But there is a third group. Those who are not having a heart attack, but are likely to in the future. Siemens Healthineers has as part of its strategy this year, made a point of focus on this group. They are helped by a new FDA prognostic indication for their in vitro diagnostic test.
Also, while the IVD market grows post-COVID, contract manufacturers are blooming as well: growth from 14.1BN to 16.9 BN next five years, per our report
And RFK Jr. and IVD positive or negative impact? We've got a half-dozen things to think about.