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Medical Adhesives and Sealants - A US Market Review

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The use of medical adhesives and sealants is gaining preeminence in medical devices and equipments. Cutting edge medical adhesives are being used not only in surgical and trauma wound application areas but also in over-the-counter consumer products such as first-aid bandages. Against the backdrop of an aging population, and rise in healthcare activity such as dental procedures, disease treatment, control and diagnostics, demand for medical grade adhesives and sealants is poised to garner gain. The amount of time and investment injected by market participants in research and development of new products, and material engineering is finally beginning to pay off, as these products are gaining increasing trust and acceptance among medical practitioners.

These and other market data and trends are presented in "Medical Adhesives and Sealants: A US Market Review" by BizAcumen, Inc. Our reports are designed to be most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical market analyses.

MEDICAL ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS BMR-1042

CONTENTS

1. METHODOLOGY 1

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1

Disclaimers 2

Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3

2. MARKET OVERVIEW 3

Driven by High Penetration Rates 3

Medical Adhesives & Sealants Sitting Pretty 3

Overpowering Challenges 4

Industry Landscape Goes Thinner 4

A Peek into Products with Strong Demand Potential 5

Synthetics Outperforming Market Kinetics 5

Current and Future Analysis 5

Medical Adhesives Adhere to High Growth - An Evolving Outlook 6

3. MARKET TRENDS AND ISSUES 7

Appeasing the Eye - The New 'Functional' Mantra 7

Denture Adhesives Pining for Innovation 7

Sprucing up the Dental Sealants Market 7

Sealants Chink into the Mechanical Fasteners' Market 9

Fibrin-based Products - A Brick in the Wall 9

Emergence of Topical Hemostats as Threat to Tissue Sealants 9

Tissue Sealants Fall Prey to Consumer Ignorance 9

Cosmetic Surgeries - Going 'Invasive' on Conventional Sealants 10

Cyanoacrylate Tissue Sealants - Arrival of an Enigma 10

Cyanoacrylate Medical Adhesives to Command Increased Market-

Penetration 10

Silicone Face-lifting Adhesive Market 11

Pit and Fissure Sealants Scoring High Grades 11

Growing Dental-Care Consciousness Dents Market 11

Maximizing on the 'Minimal' Market 11

High Resistance to Sterilization Props Growth in Allied Markets 11

Demand for Polyethylene Glycol and Plasma/Protein Sealants to

Surge 12

Adhesives and Sealants to Witness Rapid Gains in

Cardiovascular Procedures 12

4. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 13

Hemostatic Agents and Tissue Sealants: Applications in Urology 13

Upsurge in Medical Adhesives and Sealants Market 14

US First-Aid Category Sounds Strong with Ample Choices 14

Biggies Drive the Innovation Trend 15

Bandage Market Catches up the Licensing Fetish 15

Private-Labeled Bandages Make their Presence Felt 15

Hemostatic Bandages Breathe an Air of Dynamism 15

Present Market Scenario: Reality 'Bites' 16

Disposable Medical Devices - Key End-Use Application for

Adhesives 17

Merging for Better 17

A Case for Consolidation 17

Stupendous Growth Lures Adhesive Majors 18

Synopsized Review of Growth Drivers 18

Information & Knowledge Dispersion: Key to Increased Consumer

Adoption 19

Healthcare Budget Rationing: An Unlikely Growth Driver 19

FDA Approvals Spur Market Interest 19

Proven Clinical Evidences Boost the Market 19

Utility of Surgical Adhesives Soaring High 20

Regulatory Standards for Surgical Glues 20

A List of Surgical Adhesive and Sealant Products and-

Manufacturers 21

US Scorecard for Surgical Adhesives 21

Tissue Adhesives and Sealants Harness Growth in the US Market 21

Tissue Sealants Bank Upon Growing Number of Approved-

Indications 21

Competitive Landscape 22

Tentative Approvals Leading to a Weary Growth 22

Regulatory Concerns for Medical Adhesives and Sealants 22

5. PRODUCT FACTS 23

I. Adhesives and Sealants for Dentistry 23

Denture and Orthodontic Bonding Agents 23

Pit & Fissure Sealants and Luting Cements 23

Restorative Adhesives & Sealants 24

Tray Adhesives 24

Dental Surgical Tissue Bonding Agents for Dental Reconstruction 24

II. Medical Adhesives & Sealants 25

Adhesives & Sealants for Surgical/ Internal Medical

Applications 25

Adhesives & Sealants for External Medical Applications 25

6. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS 25

Researchers Discover Novel Bacterial Glue with Potential

Medical Applications 25

Faster Time to Market Needs Shirk the Innovation Lull 26

Visible and Ultraviolet Light Cured Products 26

Under Trials 26

Surgical Sealants to Prevent Fluid & Air Leaches 26

Transparent Hydrogel for Eye Surgeries 27

7. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 27

Baxter Receives FDA Clearance for ARTISS 27

Covalence Specialty Materials Merges with Berry Plastics 27

Derma Sciences Takes Over First Aid Division of Nutramax Products 28

CryoLife Enters into a Supplying Contract for BioGlue® Surgical

Adhesive 28

Protein Polymer Technologies Offers Protein Polymer Biomaterials 28

CryoLife Signs Distribution Agreement with MAST Biosurgery 28

HemCon's ChitoFlex Obtains CE Marking 28

Covidien Releases PleuraSeal(TM) Lung Sealant System 29

Tenaxis Medical Unveils ArterX Vascular Sealant 29

Kimberly-Clark Releases InteguSeal Microbial Sealant 29

3M ESPE Upgrades Clicker(TM) Dispenser 30

Kerr Introduces NX3 Nexus® Third Generation 30

8. MAJOR PLAYERS 30

3M Company 30

Adhesives Research, Inc. 30

Aveva Drug Delivery Systems 31

Baxter International, Inc. 31

Confluent Surgical, Inc. 31

CryoLife, Inc. 31

Den-Mat Corporation 31

DENTSPLY International, Inc. 32

HARTMANN-CONCO, Inc. 32

HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. 32

Johnson & Johnson 32

Ethicon, Inc. 33

CLOSURE Medical Corporation 33

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. 33

Procter & Gamble Company 33

Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc. 33

Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. 34

Kerr Corporation 34

9. MARKET ANALYTICS 35

EXHIBITS

Table 1: Percentage Breakdown of Medical Adhesives and

Sealants Market by Product Chemistry in the US - 2010P

Table 2: Annual Sales for the US Market for Synthetic Polymer

Based Adhesives & Sealants by Application 2010P (in US$

Million)

Table 3: Annual Sales for the US Market for Natural Polymer

Based Adhesives & Sealants by Application - 2010 (in US$

Million)

Table 4: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Brands in the US

Market for Denture Adhesives - 2004

Table 5: Medical Adhesives and Sealants Market by Segment in

the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 6: Percentage Breakdown of Medical Adhesives and

Sealants Market by Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2012

COMPANIES PROFILED

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