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I am very confident with the future of ADO - short, medium and long. Just out of interest googled " Global IVD Companies" quintainconsulting.com.au/.../OVERVIEW_OF_IVD_INDUSTRY-Summary-Jan-2011.pdf

Some parts I found informative

GLOBAL IVD MARKET
The IVD industry responded to the global financial crisis by developing innovative technologies and
approaches; digital pathology, multiplex assays, automation and test service commercialization. Trends to
the increased use of biomarkers and molecular approaches to testing have been seen, with the latest
estimate of the size of the global IVD market in terms of revenues is $44.3 billion and is estimated to
continue to grow at a rate of 6% for the next 5 years with certain segments and territories estimated to
grow significantly faster.

Detection Technologies. While optical detection technologies have become customary (ranging from
absorbance to various means of fluorometry to chemiluminescence), they inevitably become more
expensive as sensitivity increases. Alternative detection technologies such as impedance measurement and
electromagnetic detection of binding events using magnetic beads are emerging, which appear to offer
much promise at reduced costs