1. European Market for Nucleic Acid Analytical Instrumentation “The European nucleic acid analytical instrumentation market is a buoyant market, with diversification of end users and high throughput needs driving the market. Developments in the real time market are likely to see increased growth and competition in this market.” Annabel Entress Research Analyst Drug Discovery Group

2. Key features Analysis of drivers, restraints and challenges in the market Strategic recommendations for current market players or potential market entrants Market size, growth,compound annual growth rate, market and end user trends until 2007 for both the:- –Product type –Geographic region

3. Who would benefit from this report? Current market players and key decision makers In the market New market entrants Investment banks Investors Consultancies

4. Revenue Distribution Between Product Type, Europe, 2001

5. Percent of revenues by Geographic Region

6. Report structure The report is single segment and covers nucleic acid sequencers, nucleic acid synthesisers and thermal cyclers. Eight European Regions Covered Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) France Germany Italy Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

7. Featured Companies The market consists of 13 key companies including: Applied Biosystems Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Beckman Coulter Roche Molecular Biochemicals Stratagene MJ Research Market saturation is high in the synthesiser and sequencer markets but much less so in the thermal cycler markets.. The real time PCR instrumentation is the most exciting feature of this market and is ripe for expansion.

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