Global POC Platform & Technology Market, by Technology (Lateral Flow Based Assays (Colloidal Gold Label, Colored Latex Particle Label, Paramagnetic Monodisperse Latexes, and Fluorescence Immunoassay), Enzyme Labels, Microfluidics, Biochips, Biosensors, Medical MEMS, Agglutination, Solid Phase, Lab-on-a-chip, and Chemiluminescence Based Systems), by Application (Diagnostic Testing & Monitoring and Drug Development & Quality Testing), by End User (Hospitals, Clinics, Laboratories, Home Care Settings, and Others), and by Region (North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa), is estimated to be valued at US$ 31,841 million in 2021 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 8.9% over the forecast period (2021-2028), as highlighted in a new report published by Coherent Market Insights.
Key players operating in the market are focusing on receiving product approvals from regulatory authorities and this is expected to drive the market growth over the forecast period.
For instance, in March 2020, Abbott Laboratories, headquartered in the U.S., received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) detection. It provides rapid results in hospital emergency departments, physician’s offices, and urgent care clinics.
Global POC Platform & Technology Market– Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
COVID-19 outbreak was first reported on December 31, 2019, in Wuhan, China. According to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Weekly Epidemiological Update by the World Health Organization, over 263,563,622 cases and 5,232,562 deaths due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported up till December 03, 2021, across the globe.
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the financial status of several markets across the globe and is also expected to hamper the demand and supply in global POC platform & technology market, owing to strict lockdown in several regions during the COVID-19 outbreak.