New born screening has evolved from a simple blood and urine screening test to a more comprehensive and complex screening system which is capable of detecting over 50 different conditions New born screening is a public health program conducted where new born babies are screened and identified with rare but some serious medical conditions (genetic, hormonal or metabolic conditions) which can affect normal growth of the new born but are treatable. New born screening include various tests such as hearing test, urine test, dry blood test and others that are undertaken during initial few hours or days of an infant’s life. Recently, conditions such as congenital hypothyroidism, phenylketonuria (PKU), cystic fibrosis (CF), and about 22 other metabolic conditions can be diagnosed through new born screening tests that affect fat metabolism or protein. New born screening tests measure a different types of markers present in infant’s blood that can either increase or decrease, if an infant has certain diseases
Market Dynamics
Key companies in market are collaborating with government organizations, which will drive market growth in forecast period. For instance, in February 2020, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) screening programme for Public Health England selected PerkinElmer, Inc. to be provider of newborn screening test. PerkinElmer, Inc. will provide EnLite Neonatal TREC Kit and VICTOR EnLite instrument to Public Health England to screen new borns at three out of six sites being part of the programme.
In addition, the unmet medical needs and rise in demand for personalized healthcare are expected to drive the market growth during the forecast period. Unmet medical needs especially in disease areas such as amino acid disorders, organic acid disorders, fatty acid oxidation disorders, Lysosomal storage disorders in emerging economies like India, China and Brazil. For instance, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019 report, in the U.S. infant mortality rate was 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2018. These deaths are due to diseases like amino acid disorder, organic acid disorders, fatty acid oxidation disorder and lysosomal storage disorder Addressing these problems may provide significant growth in global new born screening market during forecast period.
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