报告从产业动态、产业分析、技术趋势、企业跟踪、地方动向等几个方面对生物科技产业进行了分析评论。

报告从产业动态、产业分析、技术趋势、企业跟踪、地方动向等几个方面对生物科技产业进行了分析评论。

Biomedical metals are being used in the Medical sector for applications such as implants, surgical instruments, dentistry, and trauma fixations. The metals that are most commonly used are stainless steel, titanium-based alloys, cobalt-based alloys, nitinol, and magnesium. Of these, stainless steel is the most widely used metal because of its biocompatibility and costeffectiveness.

Platform Chemicals, also known as building block chemicals, are a fast growing segment of the Global Green Chemicals market. They are composed of 2-6 carbons that are used as an intermediate in the production of various organic chemicals. Because of the scarcity of fossilbased feedstock and rising awareness about sustainable environment, renewable resources are used in the production of bio-based platform chemicals. In addition, rapidly developing technology has made it possible to use microbial strains in the manufacture of chemicals.

A biobank is a biorepository for the preservation and collection of biological materials used for diagnosis, biodiversity studies, and research. Depending on the aims of the research, biobanks store different kinds of samples such as tissue, blood, serum, DNA, and RNA. Human biobanks work by the systematic collection of biological samples from patients and other members of the public. Biobanks vary significantly in size: biobanks in medical institutions hold relatively modest numbers of samples while national biobanks contain a large number of samples. Biobanks are commonly used to support research such as that into genetic disorders, for developing personalized medicine, in stem cell research for the treatment of genetic conditions, and for maintaining and updating age demographic databases.

The Asia-Pacific biotech sector continued to expand over the last six months, due to the growing presence of foreign investors and a rapid increase in the number of biotech companies.