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"Revolution in bioinformatics has allowed scientists to mine genetic information to derive new and hopefully better biomarkers for some of the most pressing health issues."
Sreeram Gopal,
CEO, IRIS Healthcare Technologies Private Limited
The in vitro diagnostics industry is on an upward trend while the going has been difficult for most industries. As individual companies have had their peaks and troughs, in total the industry has grown steadily, by molding and being flexible to change.
For the past 10-12 years, the number of assays introduced has moved at a remarkable pace. At the same time, diagnostics laboratory technology is changing at a fast pace due to the publication of various human genome projects and advances in functional genomics, bioinformatics, and microelectronics.
Revolution in bioinformatics has allowed scientists to mine genetic information to...