In the first half of 2020 (H1), the U.S. is anticipated to account for the largest share of in-vitro diagnostics industry followed by Europe. This owes primarily to the ongoing marketing of innovative diagnostic products associated with ongoing advances in the field of gene & immunoassay based products, the latest discovery of genetic biomarkers and their clinical significance in immunoassay testing, favorable government policies and their emphasis on the development of new products, and the significant expansion of target population.

The need of immunoassay kit for reliable COVID 19 test led the country’s government to reduce the price of these tests, so that individual belonging to any economic status can afford such tests.

COVID-19 convalescent plasma has not yet been approved by the FDA, to it is regulated as an exploratory product. As such, the COVID-19 administration convalescent plasma by a physician must be under investigation by a new drug application (IND) under traditional regulatory through IND, Extended Access IND, or newly announced administration of a new emergency drug (eIND) for one patient (42) U.S.C. 262(a)(3); 21 U.S.C. 355(i); 21 CFR 601.21; and 21 CFR 312.1).  The FDA is not doing collection of COVID-19 convalescent plasma or provides COVID-19 convalescent plasma. Healthcare professionals or acute care facilities would receive COVID-19 instead convalescent plasma from an FDA-registered blood establishment.

Medicinal cannabis, also known as medical marijuana, is used either for the treatment of diseases or to improve their symptoms. The two cannabinoids - delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD) are used in treatment of certain diseases or health conditions such as pain, blood pressure, memory, concentration, appetite, sensory stimulus, muscular problems, and seizures. Marijuana was the most widely used drug globally in 2014 with around 183 million users. Such factors have led to increasing initiatives among governments worldwide to conduct studies regarding legalization of the drug for medicinal use. The U.S National Institute on Drug Abuse is conducting research on cannabis (marijuana) to treat numerous diseases and...

The market development can be ascribed to expanding centres on cyber security-driven trade progression plans to supply optimized security to client information and operations that are being dealt with by the companies. Increasing focus on cyber security as a critical business imperative and not just as a support function is expected to further drive the market with a higher wallet share for security policies and infrastructure.

Increase of cross-border e-commerce activities and rise in the internet penetration are the major drivers which help in surging the growth of e-commerce logistics market whereas infrastructural challenges restrict the service of last-mile connectivity which act as a restraining factor for this market. Large amount of logistic from abroad and value-added services such as innovative tracking of parcel and route optimization will add new opportunities for this market in the coming years.

In bakery industry, where one sector i.e. food service is plummeting due to lockdown, another sector i.e. household sector is making an increase in sales of bakery products. The increase in the sales is possible due to the incredible efforts of the entire bakery supply chain.

COVID-19 has printed a negative impact on global economic outlook in the first quarter of 2020. The immediate animal nutrition industry suffers from major supply chain disruption. The pandemic have affected countries such as Italy, Spain, France, China and other key countries and down chain supplier region and feed sector struggling to meet the demand.

During the start month of 2020, the pandemic has resulted in lockdown mostly all over the world. The lockdown resulted in disruption in the supply and demand chain. The agriculture sector has to suffer from various problems such as labor unavailability, inability to access markets, and lack in the availability of fertilizers, among others.

The meat industry is largest segment of food industry. The growing demand for the high valued animal protein has brought an increasing pressure on the livestock sector since long. It has been observed that this sector is growing with unpredicted growth rate due to certain driving factor such as increase in population, rising income and increasing urbanization. According to WHO, the meat production is projected annually with an increase to 376 million tons by 2030 from 218 million tons in 1997-1999.