Speaking Out on the Promise of Diagnostics

Executive Summary

Emery Stephans, the head of Enterprise Analysis, a consultancy focused on in vitro diagnostics and medical imaging, observes that the in vitro diagnostics industry is slow growing and has only limited resources to spend on development of next-generation products. Nevertheless, he's optimistic about the future, and excited by the promise of pharmacogenomics, analyte specific reagents,and consumerism, which he believes will act as driving forces in diagnostics.