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Modified starches & carbohydrates functional ingredients. Global market segments and modified starch products. Strategic review of products, properties and market segments with costs and margins for market segments. Regarding report # 2, this is primarily focused on modified starches, derivatives and new opportunities. Value added modified starch derivatives remains very attractive area due to high margins and many universal food and industrial applications. There are excellent opportunities to grow the business in view of changes in the health, nutritional and functional needs of the changing consumer appetite as we move forward in the global economies.

Cold water swelling and spray cooked starches are marketed heavily for instant preparation and convenience aspects of food preparation. Granular cold water swelling/soluble starches are produced by treatment with an alcohol and a strong base to effect swelling of the starch granules and conversion to a form having increased cold water solubility. Spray cooked starches with properties similar as cold water swelling starches by simultaneous cooking and spry drying in a chamber maintained at certain temperature and specific pressure.

The gastrointestinal endoscopic device market, companies such as Boston Scientific, Cook Medical, Given Imaging, Olympus and Pentax lead the market, among many others.

Orthopaedics – Produces orthopaedics reconstruction implants including hip, knee and shoulder joints, as well as ancillary products such as bone cement and mixing systems used in cemented reconstruction joint surgery; orthopaedic trauma fixation products consisting of internal and external devices and other products, including shoulder fixation and orthobiological materials used in the stabilisation of severe fractures and deformity correction procedures; and clinical therapies products such as bone growth stimulation, joint fluid therapies and out-patient pain management products. Included within the Orthopaedics segment are S&N’s biologics activities, which comprise research and development projects representing all three global business units. In April 2010, S&N sold its Interventional Spine Pain Management assets to NeuroTherm.

GlobalData’s medical equipment report, “Cardiovascular Devices – Emerging Countries (China, India, Brazil) Opportunity Assessment, Competitive Landscape and Market Forecasts to 2016” provides key data, information and analysis on the cardiovascular devices market in China

The Brazilian market for endoscopes includes ENT endoscopes, bronchoscopes, urological endoscopes and GI endoscopes.

GBI Research, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research, “Oncology Market in China to 2017 – Better Access to Cancer Therapies for the Rising Cancer Population through Healthcare Reforms Drives the Market”, which provides insights into oncology sales and price forecasts until 2017. The report also examines the Chinese oncology treatment usage patterns.

In recent years, the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disease has increased year by year. According to the data issued by Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China

Now in its fifth year of publication, the latest release of Who’s Developing What in Cardiovascular Devices? provides the ideal opportunity to review the progress

GlobalData’s medical equipment report, “Brazil Cardiovascular Devices Market Outlook to 2016” provides key market data on the Brazil cardiovascular devices market