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In vitro diagnostics (IVD) has huge potential. Primary drivers in the global market are the patient’s awareness of infectious diseases, the introduction of advanced molecular and tissue diagnostic tests for patient-stratified and targeted anti-cancer therapy and, last but not least, the growing geriatric population. Rapid progress in device miniaturization and information technology (IT) offers new possibilities in decentralized testing. Grand View Research Inc.[1] expects the global market for IVD to reach US $ 74.3 billion by 2020. Hence the launch in 2015 by the NTN Swiss Biotech – together with the driving forces of Biotechnet Switzerland – of the ‘Thematic Platform in vitro Diagnostics’. |