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Orphan drugs are specific pharmaceutical agents which are developed for treatment of orphan or rare diseases. Orphan disease, according to laws of various countries, may include medical conditions which have low prevalence, i.e. affects less than 200,000 persons (U.S.), or 50,000 (Japan). Expiring patents of blockbuster drugs, drying pipelines, stringent regulations across the globe, has encouraged the pharmaceutical industries to shift the focus to a new business model that includes niche busters or orphan drugs.

Flame resistant fabrics are materials which have special anti flammable properties. Flame resistant fabrics can be classified as inherent, hybrid and flame resistant treated fabrics. The key applications of flame resistant fabrics include firefighter apparel, military clothing, police uniforms, industrial work wear and motor racing apparel. New product innovations are required for more comfort fit, safety and mobility. Flame retardants are used to improve the anti flammability of the fabrics.

Mobile devices such as Smartphone’s & Tablets are seeing rapid adoption rate globally. With consumers carrying the mobile devices along for the majority of the time, it has become the most efficient medium to reach larger number of consumers with advertisements & promotions. Mobile advertising platform & technology allow advertisers to use advance targeting technologies to reach the desired consumers of differential characteristics & criteria. The extensive measurability is further driving the mobile advertising market globally. It is probable that advertisers and media industry will increasingly take account of a bigger and fast-growing mobile market, though it remains at around 1% of global advertising spent. Mobile media is evolving rapidly and while mobile phones will continue to be the mainstay, it is clear that mobile phones will strengthen.

Transparency Market Research published new market report "Commercial Refrigeration Equipments Market- Latin America Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," published by Transparency Market Research the market for commercial refrigeration equipment in Latin America is expected to reach a value of USD 1.1 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 6.9% from 2012 to 2018.

Electronic health (eHealth) is defined as transfer of healthcare practices by electronic means. eHealth is a wide term and encompasses three main areas of services that are as follows:

Transparency Market Research published new market report "Pain Management Therapeutics Market- Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," in 2011, the global pain management therapeutics market was valued at USD 40.93 billion and is expected to decline at a CAGR of (5.5%) from 2012 to 2018, to reach an estimated value of USD 29.47 billion in 2018.

Spine surgery devices market is one of the major sub segments of the orthopedic industry. It forms one of the most important segments of the orthopedics, which helps in joining and curing one or two vertebrae. It is a procedure wherein the supplementary bone tissue from the patient itself or a donor is utilized along with the patient’s bone growth to fuse in the vertebrae. This process is called as osteoblastic. The spinal surgery is mostly performed on the lumbar, cervical and thoracic vertebrae’s. The complications in the spine region arise as a result of lack of lubricants causing friction between bones. This ultimately leads to cracking of bones.

The market for picture archiving and communications system (PACS) and cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) is forecasted to undergo impressive growth from 2012 to 2018. As budgets in the healthcare market are reducing, healthcare providers are facing pressure to introduce effective modes of enhancing the efficiency while simultaneously reducing costs and maintaining the standard of healthcare services. Integration of IT with healthcare is in demand at present and this has induced the demand for PACS and Radiology Information Systems (RIS). The major drivers for the growth of the PACS and RIS market are increase in demand for better and sophisticated analytical tools for medical practitioners and its inherent ease in the development and management of service models.

Brain monitoring devices are the instruments used for monitoring abnormal activities of brain. Brain disorders can occur due to a variety of reasons including traumatic injury to the brain, infection, vascular abnormality, tumor, and other conditions. In addition, these injuries lead to various symptoms such as paralysis, loss of sensation, tremors, bradykinesia, muscle weakness and pain. Brain disorders posses an enormous burden to human suffering coupled with exorbitant costs required for its treatment. . To combat these diseases numerous devices are currently available in the market which monitor the brain waves, brain tumors and others abnormal brain activities.

Hepatitis is a medical condition characterized by inflammation of the liver which often leads to other complications such as jaundice, anorexia, liver failure and cirrhosis. Hepatitis is generally of two types- acute when it lasts for less than six months and chronic when it lasts for longer period. It can be caused by a group of viruses called as hepatitis viruses which include groups A, B, C, D, and E. The most observed types of this disease are hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Globally, 350 million people are chronically infected with any one form of hepatitis and around 500,000 people die every year according to World Health Organization.