Flow cytometer reagents are used for calibrating, maintaining, validating and conducting or supporting the experiments. Thus, they are essential for the normal and satisfactory working of the instrument. Calibration reagents are used for validating that the instrument records the values consistent with the actual or real concentration or number of cells. These are proprietary and contain particle concentration in a narrow range. The buffers are used to maintain the pH of the solutions used in flow cytometry. Specificity reagents are used to bind selectively to the sample particles so as to ease detectability.
The market for flow cytometer reagents is rising fast due to increasing use of flow cytometry in pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry, launch of new reagents for specific applications like diagnostics & drug discovery, development of user-friendly & software, growing prevalence of infectious diseases etc. The market restraints are the high cost of the flow cytometer reagents because of the proprietary nature of most reagents and the lack of transparency in the market.
A close look at the market reveals that product development is the most attractive strategy which has been exploited by many market players. The high profit margin and returns on investment on the flow cytometer reagents has led to the growth of the market with many large firms entering the market. The growing adoption of flow cytometry techniques in research activities especially drug development has led to growth of the market for flow cytometer reagents. Another important driver has been the increasing adaptation and automation of flow cytometer in diagnostics especially infectious diseases.
Segments:
The global flow cytometer reagents market has been segmented on the basis of types, applications, and end users.
Based on types, the market has been segmented as the calibration and validation reagents, specificity reagents, supporting reagents, secondary reagents, isotype controls, buffers and others.
Based on the applications, the market has been segmented into diagnostics, drug discovery and others.
Based on the end users, the market has been segmented as pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, academic and research centers, diagnostic centers and others.
Key Players in the Global Flow cytometer reagents Market
Some of key players profiled in the report are Biocompare, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Miltenyi Biotec, BioLegend, Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Company, Beckman Coulter, Inc., Merck KGaA, ImmunoReagents, Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific and others.
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