LONDON, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive Summary
The global cord blood banking industry has matured substantially over the past few years, creating both serious threats and novel opportunities. Serious threats to the industry include:
- New accreditation requirements that have increased the cost structure of cord blood banks
- A decline in cord blood transplants, within the U.S. and other geographical regions
- Low rates of turnover for stored cord blood units
- Expensive cord blood transplantation procedures, costing from $200-300K each
- Difficulty with educating obstetricians about cellular therapies
- Poor press coverage in many regions worldwide, including major news outlets
Other uncontrollable factors that could threaten the industry include: new legislation, changes in transplant reimbursement, continually evolving accreditation requirements, the potential for competitive approaches to be shown as more optimal, patent challenges for processing or transplant technologies, changes in public perception of private vs. public banking, shift in policy recommendations by influential medical organizations, and changes in government support.
Marketing pressures are also impacting the industry, with the term "cord blood" becoming one of the 20 most expensive search terms on Google, reaching more than $20 per click for global search traffic and close to $40 per click for U.S. search traffic.
However, there are also emerging opportunities, including:
- The potential to expand market size through increasing public awareness
- New clinical trial data supporting applications for hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from cord blood and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from cord tissue
- Improving public perception toward stem cell therapies
- Substantial deal-making within the industry, including mergers, acquisitions, and funding rounds
- The potential for cross-organizational collaboration through formation of Cord Blood Industry Associations (occurring in within U.S. and South America)
- A trend toward diversification within the industry, with cord blood banks effectively becoming stem cell banks through the storage of cord blood, cord tissue, and in some cases, placental tissue, amniotic fluid, and more
Within this rapidly evolving ecosystem, those who choose to commit to understanding current opportunities and threats will be positioned for a substantial strategic advantage.
Awareness Levels Remain a Substantial Limitation to Market Potential
A study published in the 2006 Journal of Reproductive Medicine showed that a third of expectant parents are unaware of the option to preserve cord blood. Of the two-thirds who have some knowledge, 74% describe themselves as "minimally informed." The study also identified that 84% of prenatal patients expected their obstetricians to be able to provide them with information on the subject of cord blood banking; however, only about 14% were educated about cord blood banking by their nurse or obstetrician.
Unfortunately, a January 2014 Parent Survey conducted by BioInformant Worldwide, LLC (600+ responses from recent and expectant parents), identified that these percentages have shifted very little since 2006, despite attempts in most countries worldwide to encourage healthcare providers to offer prenatal patients balanced information on public and private cord blood banking options.
Key Survey Findings from 600+ Recent and Expectant Parents
In addition to exploring awareness rates, this 40-question, 52-page survey explores topics that include how to strategically position your products, effectively educate parents, prioritize your marketing budget, and understand why parents bank publicly, privately, or not at all.
It also reveals the most popular blogs, websites, and apps among expectant parents, and it provides key insight into the minds of your prospective clients. Use the findings from this section to make effective decisions, create targeted marketing messages, and produce higher prospect-to-client conversion rates.
With responses from 600+ recent and expectant parents worldwide, this comprehensive survey will substantially improve your ability to position cord blood banking services.
Key survey findings include:
- Rates of cord blood banking awareness by gender, income, geographic location, and education
- Sources through which expectant parents learn of cord blood preservation
- Factors influencing private vs. public storage of cord blood
- Price sensitivity and quality expectations
- Approaches for communicating with expectant parents
- Key factors influencing the decision to store cord blood
- Parental responsiveness to health statistics
- "Tested" language for communicating with expectant parents
- And more
Key Report Findings
The report is designed to guide the decision-making of cord blood banks worldwide, as well as to advise private, corporate, and institutional investors entering into this market.
As such, it considers a range of metrics that impact the global cord blood banking market. It includes trend rate data for cord blood clinical trials, patents, grants, scientific publications and more. For instance, there are now more than 500 studies involving cord blood listed on www.ClinicalTrials.gov, and there have been hundreds of patents related to cord blood collection, processing, and storage filed through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (www.USPTO.gov). Globally, this patent count is even larger.
Additionally, the year-over-year increase in scientific publications on PubMed.gov containing the term "cord blood" increased by 7.8% from 2013 to 2014. PubMed.gov is a global database of scientific publications containing more than 24 million citations for biomedical literature, which makes it an excellent resource for gauging biomedical research trends. However, grant rate data reveals that funding for cord blood related research has been declining from 2012 to present.
Key report findings include:
- Market size determinations for the global cord blood market
- Trend rate data for umbilical cord blood grants, patents, and scientific publications
- Clinical trial rate analysis, including comparison of cord blood vs. cord tissue frequency
- Rates of global cord blood storage (units per year)
- Rates of global cord blood transplant (units per year)
- Current and future conditions treatable with cord blood
- Probability of requiring a stem cell transplant by age
- Trends in medical opinions of cord blood banking
- Changes in legislative support for cord blood banking
- Critical events and emerging technologies within the cord blood industry
- Competitive environment analysis, including assessment of cord blood market leaders
- Influential alliances within the cord blood industry
- "SWOT" analysis for global cord blood industry (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
- Crucial trends and unmet market needs
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