WHO 宣布武汉肺炎构成PHEIC，预计疫情影响有限。此次武汉发现的新型冠状病毒（2019-nCov）是一种以前尚未在人类中发现的新型冠状病毒，属于β属的新型冠状病毒。

2019-nCoV 疫情爆发，许多互联网医疗企业和公立医院纷纷提供义诊。互联网医疗的优势包括：快速增加医疗资源供给、有效分级诊疗、避免交叉感染、减少患者恐慌。此次疫情有助于培养患者线上问诊的习惯，推动互联网医疗行业发展。

The concept of sexual wellness is witnessing an evolving acceptance across countries including the US over the last few years. This growth has remained attributed largely to a number of factors such as increased penetration of brands, growing acceptance of sexual wellness products, integration with sexual health, and vendor investments across the market. Sexual wellness market in the US comprises primarily of products such as sex toys, condoms, exotic lingerie, and sexual lubricants, among others. The US has always remained a key market for sexual wellness products owing to the various consumer and technology trends prevailing in the nation. Also, the evolution of more female-centric brands has further pushed for the need of having quality sexual wellness products in the country.

The prevalence of various infectious diseases has significantly increased in the GCC region, over the past decade. The threat from these diseases to public health has increased significantly, which has resulted in the growing adoption of new diagnostic techniques, including point-of-care testing. In the GCC countries, there has been an increase in the demand for IVD devices, on account of the ageing population, escalating prevalence of lifestyle diseases, and growth in the healthcare sector of the region. Additionally, the market is also impacted by the establishment of standalone centers, independent diagnostics chains, and academic institutes. GCC growth is also seen as a result of higher investments in healthcare, from both the government and private sectors, and increasing incidences of lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and several others. The market is further driven by the technological advancements in devices for early and precise detection of diseases. In few countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, policies allowing HIV self- testing are currently under development, which, once established, are expected to have a positive impact on the usage and adoption of HIV rapid test devices.

The pre-requisite to make healthcare more patient-centered is gaining significance and is based on the evidence that healthcare services should be organized more around the patient rather than the provider. In the era of early diagnosis, disease prevention, and increased focus on controlling HAIs in healthcare facilities, the usage of diagnostic tests to diagnose various HAIs is considered as an important step to initiate various control and preventive measures and thereby minimize the occurrence of HAIs globally. The increasing prevalence of healthcare-associated infections as well as the growing elderly population that is immunocompromised and susceptible to HAIs are expected to be the major drivers for the growth of healthcare-associated infectious disease diagnostics market during the forecast period. Furthermore, the increasing uptake of antibiotics, changing lifestyles, and increasing laboratory automation in HAI diagnostics is expected to boost market growth during the forecast period. At the same time, favorable government initiatives on preventive care are also driving the market in recent years.

The pediatric vaccines market has attained maturity, in terms of some of the disease segments (like polio), while in terms of some disease segments, it is yet to gain maturity. Despite these differences in each segment, the market is continuously growing, owing to the exponential growth that is varying, in terms of the demand for vaccination for different diseases over time. The major factors responsible for the growth of the market are the rising burden of chronic diseases, along with the importance and awareness of immunization, technological advancements in vaccines, and increase in the government and non-government funding in R&D. According to the data published by the World Health Organization (WHO), there are more than 120 new products in the development pipeline and 60 among these are of importance for the developing countries. Furthermore, the newer and more expensive vaccines are being introduced the market faster than ever before.

Blood platelets are having many growth factors that are helpful in healing process. This has led the researchers to inject high concentration of platelets in plasma (platelet-rich plasma) at the site of injury. PRP is being used since 1970, and currently, it is widely accepted across the world. Some of the applications where PRP is used include, orthopedics, sports medicine, cosmetics, dentistry, and wound healing, etc. There is a high impact of the musculoskeletal conditions in the world, and burden of the same is increasing, thereby, increasing the demand for the PRP currently. For the cosmetic procedures, PRP is widely used in developed countries, like the Unites States or other European countries. Additionally, its use in the field of orthopedics and cardiology is increasing in the United States and the European region.

The global peripheral vascular devices market is currently being driven by various factors, including increasing lifestyle changes and the aging population. Also, new product launches and technological innovations in the devices are augmenting the growth of this market. Recently, Intact Vascular Inc., which is a well-known medical device company, had launched the first commercial use of its Tack Endovascular System in multiple sites across the United States, after getting an FDA approval. This device is a first-of-its-kind dissection repair device, which is implanted post-angioplasty to resolve dissections in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Along with such product launches, it has been observed that the market is currently witnessing several technological advancements. For instance, Lithoplasty and Pantheris Lumivascular Atherectomy System are the two latest and novel technologies that are being used in the treatment of PAD. Avinger Inc. stated in July 2018 that several physicians across the United States have successfully treated over 40 patients having PAD with the help of the next-generation Pantheris image-guided atherectomy system.