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Selected resources pertaining to the business of biotechnology.

Biotechnology Research

BCC Research

BCC Research provides objective, unbiased measurement and assessment of market opportunities with detailed market research reports.

Click My Categories and choose from the menu to view reports. 

Some categories you may find helpful include Biotechnology, Healthcare, Medical Devices and Surgical, and Pharmaceuticals. 

 

BCC research homepage. An arrow points to the My Categories tab.

eMarketer

eMarketer provides market research information about the Internet, e-business, online marketing, and emerging technologies, aggregated from over 1,700 sources. Includes analyst reports, daily research articles, and e-business and online.

From the home page, click More Industries and then Health.

eMarketer homepage

Hoovers

Note that content from Hoovers cannot be downloaded.

How to Build A Company List in Hoovers - Tutorial Video

Use this database to build a company list and search for company, industry and people profiles. Hoover's gives you access to best in class data made up of approximately 84 million private and public companies, including subsidiaries. Below is a screenshot of the company list builder and its criteria. 

Search for a company in the search box or click on Build a Company 

Frost & Sullivan 

Frost & Sullivan Online offers full text access to the company's industry specific databases of marketing consulting information and analysis that are international in scope.

From the home page, under Industry, scroll down to click on Healthcare. 

You can then select specific sectors. You may find the Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology sector relevant. 

Frost and Sullivan home page. The Industry filter is highlighted and within it, healthcare sectors.

Statista 

Statista offers over 1.5 million statistics and facts on more than 60,000 topics drawn from over 18,000 different sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases. The data is aggregated by a dedicated team of researchers and statisticians who are experts in the 20 market and industry sectors covered. For each data set, extensive source information is provided. Data sets can conveniently be downloaded as an image, pdf, Excel file, or PowerPoint.

You can see reports on industries and markets, as well as companies and products. 

For example, go to Reports -> Industry and Market Reports -> and type on Biotechnology. 

Statista industries and markets page, with "biotechnology" in the search bar.

 

Or type a product into the search bar to get relevant reports. Example with biofuels: 

Technavio

Provides access to market research reports covering various industries. 

Technavio reports from searching biotechnology reports

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