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Breast massager is a device used for massaging the breast gently with downward strokes. Breast massagers are devices frequently used to tighten, firm, or enhance the size of the breast from the surface. These products are often electrical or battery operated. The major growth driver for the global market is the rising population of people conscious of their appearance, along with the increased rate of adoption of these products by women, especially those belonging to the age group 25-40 years.

The global back support market is witnessing growth across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas due to the growing older population, especially in countries like Japan. Also, the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among older and middle-aged population is increasing. Braces and back supports are also used for treating sport injuries in athletes.

A hypodermic needle is an integral part of healthcare for parenteral drug delivery and has been in regular use globally for more than five decades. The global hypodermic needles market has been witnessing continuous technological innovations and developments over the years.

Robotic or computer-assisted surgery was primarily developed to help doctors perform minimally invasive surgery - operations carried out through a small incision in the skin and requiring little to no stitches or staples to close. In robotic surgery, doctors precisely manipulate miniature tools attached to a robotic arm using a console and video monitor, instead of directly operating on a patient. Minimally invasive procedures help reduce hospital stays, pain, and scarring thereby facilitating faster recovery and reduced hospital stays. Robotic surgeries are accurate and precise. They help to avoid damage to nerves or soft tissues, resulting in significantly less pain, the risk of infection, blood loss, scarring, and recovery time for patients. A rise in robotic procedures being conducted in hospitals also propels market growth.

Smart healthcare is the integration of different healthcare delivery mechanisms. It makes use of electronic patient records and streamlining processes, which leads to improved quality of life by reducing the risks to health (by remote monitoring and checks) and improving the general well-being of people. Smart healthcare provides more patient-centric services that improves access to healthcare and are customized to individual patients' needs.

Therapeutic proteins are used to effectively treat a wide array of diseases such as protein deficiency diseases; chronic diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis, diabetes; infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C; and other medical conditions such as genetic disorders, anemia cases related to kidney dialysis, and cancer-related anemia. Therapeutic proteins mostly consist of recombinant forms of naturally occurring proteins.

Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of progressive, autosomal recessive, and hereditary disorders characterized by the accumulation of specific substrates and variable age of onset and clinical symptoms. Pompe disease, a type of LSD, is caused by mutations in the GAA gene. These mutations inhibit the mechanism of action (MOA) of GAA; it is an enzyme responsible for catabolizing glycogen, resulting in accumulation of glycogen to toxic levels in the lysosomes of the cells.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), human papillomavirus (HPV) refers to a group of more than 100 related viruses that commonly cause infections and do not have any symptoms. Among these, more than 40 types of HPVs cause highly contagious diseases that are transmitted through direct sexual contact, infecting both male and female genitals. The other types of HPV cause non-genital warts that are not sexually transmitted. Though most HPV infections are harmless and heal on their own, certain high-risk types of genital HPV can be persistent and cause cervical, penile, anal, vaginal, and oropharyngeal cancers. Many individuals, especially women, undergo regular HPV tests as a preventive measure. HPV tests help to detect the viral genetic material in a cell sample taken from the cervix.

The launch of extended half-life drugs in the market is expected to substantially improve the adoption rates, owing to their ability to act for prolonged periods of time. For instance, Heron Therapeutics' SUSTOL and Tesaro's VARUBI offer protection against CINV for five days and seven days, respectively. Additionally, the emergence of oral therapies is expected to enhance the patient compliance, resulting in market growth.

An infantile spasm is a particular type of seizure found in an epilepsy syndrome of infancy and childhood. It is also known as a West syndrome. The onset of infantile spasm is usually found in the first year of life between four months and eight months of age. The condition constitutes 2% of childhood epilepsies and 25% of epilepsies with onset in the first year of life. There are around 2,000-4,000 new cases observed in the US each year. The overall long-term prognosis for infantile spasms patients is poor. It has been found that 50%-70% of infantile spasms patients develop other seizure types and 18%-50% will develop Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) or other forms of symptomatic generalized epilepsy.