1. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. North American Industrial Robotics Market for Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications Growing Aging Population Demands Complex Medical Devices, Providing Opportunities for Robotics Systems Industrial Automation Group “A significant increase in the United States’ aging population has generated a strong need for sophisticated medical devices, newer drugs, and more surgeries. End users in medical and pharmaceutical applications are attempting to meet this growing demand – and thereby sustain themselves in the market – by introducing robotics systems for increased production, novel drugs, and clinical diagnostics.”

2. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends Aging population demands newer drugs, medical devices, and increase in surgeries leading to a boost in the use of robotics in medical and pharmaceutical applications Increase in usage of remote patient monitoring peripherals drives growth of robotics sales Increasing competition between drug manufacturers to discover new drugs demands use of robotics workstations High repeatability in experimental research leads to extensive usage of robots in pharmaceutical lab automation Increased concern regarding labor safety spurs automation of lab activities using robotics Heavy shortage of nurses and primary care physicians in hospitals drives the need for robotics assistance

3. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Key Features Frost & Sullivan Provides: Detailed insights into recent developments and trends Drivers, restraints, challenges, and strategic recommendations Analyst insights on ‘hot topics’ and emerging applications in the market Market sizing and competitive analysis Market forecasts and opportunity analysis Quarterly assessments End-user analysis within each research service

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5. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Who Will Benefit? Current Market Participants  Find out how you compare to the competition  Assess current and future drivers and restraints  Determine and exploit new market share opportunities New Entrants  Analyze challenges associated with the industry  Calculate time scales for strategy implementation  Position yourself to capitalize on the market’s unmet needs Investment Community  Analyze long-term strategies of companies  Determine which participants will outperform the competition  Assess attractiveness of investing in the industrial robotics market for medical and pharmaceutical applications

6. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What’s Included Opportunities for robotics in medical device manufacturing Emerging trends within pharmaceutical lab automation Scope of robotics in surgeries Robotics automation in clinical diagnostics

7. © Copyright 2005 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Abbott Laboratories Diagnostic Division Accuray, Inc. Adept Technology, Inc. Bayer Diagnostics Beckman Coulter, Inc. Caliper Life Sciences DENSO Robotics EPSON Robots FANUC Robotics America, Inc. Hudson Control Group, Inc. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Kawasaki Robotics (USA), Inc. Key Market Participants  KUKA Robotics Corp.  Lab-Interlink, Inc.  Megamation, Inc.  Motoman, Inc.  Nachi Robotic Systems, Inc.  Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics  Peak Robotics, Inc.  Rixan Associates, Inc.  Roche Diagnostics  Stäubli Corp.  Tecan U.S., Inc.  Thermo Electron Corp.  Yamaha Robotics

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