Date: 2011-09-30
Name(s): Raithatha, Carol
Description: Current obesity figures demand immediate action from governments and the food and drink industry. The reduction of fat in everyday food products represents both an opportunity and a significant challenge for manufacturers.
Date: 2006-05-22
Name(s): Breeze, Paul
Description: The movement of natural gas, either by pipeline or as LNG, follows a pattern today in which the highly developed economies consume the greatest proportion of the gas. This is likely to create a strain on the supply system in coming years.
Date: 2011-11-11
Name(s): Crates, Emma
Description: Consumer expectations of gourmet food are constantly evolving: this report analyses the latest trends in gourmet foods and considers what gourmet manufacturers need to do now to stay ahead of the competition.
Date: 2010-04-30
Name(s): Norman, Peter
Description: G-Protein-coupled receptors are the largest family of membrane receptors, and heavily targeted by the pharma industry. But despite high revenues by branded drugs that are active at GPCRs, commercial exploitation is still immature.
Date: 2011-11-21
Description: By examining global new product development, clinical trials activity and the patents landscape of the active ingredients largely used to formulate heart health food and drink products, this report offers an opinion on the future of this market.
Date: 2010-04-29
Name(s): Lindley, Mike
Description: Sweeteners are integral to the development of many foods and drinks products marketed on as diet, light, sugar-reduced or sugar-free, especially as manufacturers seek to tackle the obesity crisis.
Date: 2011-04-21
Name(s): Wood, Lisa
Description: The growing home automation market is following two tracks. The first is driven by a consumer desire for greater function, safety and comfort within the home. The second is driven largely by governments to achieve energy policy goals.
Date: 2011-01-04
Name(s): Bates, John, Langlands, Beata
Description: The term in-vitro/in-vivo diagnostics (IV2D) describes the integration of molecular diagnostics with radiology and pathology (imaging), as well as new software and IT platforms. The aims of this integration are to improve patient care.
Date: 2008-09-04
Name(s): Furness, Victoria
Description: IP-based services are a new phenomenon, driven by widespread take-up in broadband, faster Internet connections and the emergence of new technologies. This report report examines the market opportunities and challenges for such services.
Date: 2010-01-29
Name(s): Breeze, Paul
Description: Many of the world's potential renewable energy resources are being exploited today to generate electricity. The main exception is marine energy, the energy contained in various forms in the world's seas and oceans. This situation looks set to change.
Date: 2006-08-16
Name(s): Barton, Cheryl L.
Description: Metabolomics - the new omics - is a dynamic and emerging field, joining genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics in enabling an integrative systems biology approach to drug discovery and development.
Date: 2010-06-23
Name(s): Constance, Joseph A.
Description: Molecular diagnostics, essentially the analysis of DNA and RNA at the molecular level, is a fast-growing business, made possible by the growing understanding of the human genome, which has spurred growth in the diagnostic industry.
Date: 2007-03-15
Name(s): Breeze, Paul
Description: Nuclear power remains at the forefront of the debate about fuel security, the environmental impact of reliance on fossil fuels and the long-term cost benefits of switching to renewable power sources.
Date: 2010-01-14
Name(s): Barton, Cheryl L.
Description: Over the past decade, consumers have become more inclined to invest in DTC nutrigenetic tests to assess their risk of disease and obtain dietary advice. Healthcare providers too are keen to shift some of the burden of healthcare costs to individuals.
Date: 2010-08-19
Name(s): Lewis, Helen
Description: Every year new products are launched that make health claims. The functional food and drinks market has been one of the biggest success stories in the past decade, providing much-needed double-digit growth in the industry.
