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The creation of new animal models is an important part of animal-based therapeutic strategy research. A major reason why the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry needs new animal models is because poorly predictive animal models are a major cause of drug attrition during development.

The Philippines has released 2009 annual data for the construction industry, illustrating that the country’s construction industry weathered the economic storm quite well. Construction industry real growth for the year came in at 5.8% year-on-year (y-o-y), to reach a value of PHP378.67bn (US$8.21bn).

Power devices for application markets >1.7kV like wind power converters, electricity transportation and distribution (T&D), rail traction and ship & vessel propulsion correspond to high added-value businesses.

As the first decade of the 21st century comes to an end, the pharmaceutical industry is facing a major revenue downturn. The contributing factors are the expiration of patents on a number of blockbuster drugs and the stagnant productivity of R&D. As a consequence generics are expected to seriously erode revenues and the introduction of new proprietary drugs is not adequate.

Central America has limited domestic manufacturing and is therefore dependent on pharmaceutical imports. The region’s negative trade balance is forecast to increase from -US$1.21bn in 2009 to - US$2.05bn in 2014. Imports are generally from the US, Western Europe and Mexico.

The most important healthcare trend witnessed recently is the focus shift of patients from hospitals to home healthcare. The move from treatment to proactive monitoring is also opening up new opportunities for the home healthcare market. Patients prefer home healthcare to hospitals mainly for the convenience and cost-effectiveness it offers.

In February 2010, the US and Canada entered into a tentative pact to address Canada's concerns over Buy American provisions in the US$787bn economic stimulus package and open new Canadian markets to US exports.

GlobalData, the industry analysis specialist’s new report, “Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) - Drug Pipeline Analysis and Market Forecasts to 2016” is an essential source of information and analysis on the global urinary tract infections market. The report identifies the key trends shaping and driving the global urinary tract infections market.

The focus of this report is on drug/diagnostic combinations -- drugs used to treat patients, and on diagnostic tests that can provide information about how a patient may respond to treatment with that drug.Personalized medicine has emerged as an important field for companies in both the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries.

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