Used in a wide variety of technologies and applications, research antibodies are major money-makers for life science tool companies, generating 2011 revenues of $1.6 billion globally. Antibodies are critical to many widely-used technologies, including western blots, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), immunohistochemistry (IHC), flow cytometry, and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), to name a few. Over 300 suppliers worldwide offer over half a million different types of research antibodies. Yet, even with a huge competitor base and a flood of antibodies available, competition remains fierce, with new suppliers entering the market every year, which is good news for researchers looking for the highest quality products. Scientists continue to expand the applications enabled by antibody-based technologies, demanding the development of antibodies for new targets of interest and rarely-studied species.
The Scientist and Frost & Sullivan recently conducted an online survey in order to better understand the marketplace for research antibodies. The survey captures the ...
