Top 10 Companies In The Field Of Dna Sequencing

Online, November 1, 2012 (Newswire.com) - In a recently published market research report, TOP TEN DNA SEQUENCING COMPANIES (BIO112A), BCC Research identifies leading players in the relatively new and fast-paced field of DNA sequencing, a field filled with small, young, emerging companies as well as established industry giants.

Key technology points explored in this report include:

• How the NGS (next generation sequencing) benchtop systems will do versus the larger, high-throughput systems
• How well NGS systems will penetrate into diagnostics
• Which up and coming nanopore-based technologies will emerge and how this will affect market applications
• How well sequencing informatics will be able to solve the data flood
• When mass whole genome sequencing applications will emerge.
To identify the top 10 companies participating in this field, BCC used these technology points as its main criteria to rate and rank companies. Other points in consideration included alliance, merger, and acquisition strategy; financing; and intellectual property (patent) portfolio.

Given these criteria, BCC identified these as the top 10 companies in the DNA sequencing field:

• Agilent Technologies Inc.
• Genia
• International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
• Illumina Inc.
• Knome Inc.
• Life Technologies Inc.
• Oxford Nanopore Technologies
• Pacific Biosciences
• Raindance Technologies Inc.
• Roche Holding AG

Also included in this report are many up-and-coming companies to watch for in the future. In a broader scope, BCC has been covering the biotech market for more than 10 years.BCC Research is a leading information resource producing high-quality market research reports, newsletters, and conferences.B Continuing through 2012 and beyond, BCC will publish "top 10" reports covering prominent players in other fast-growing technology markets, such as our most recently published report, TOP TEN COMPANIES IN TECHNICAL AND ADVANCED STRUCTURAL CERAMICS (AVM084A), which was released in September 2012.