BLOOD IRRADIATOR MARKET ANALYSIS

Regional Analysis

Blood Irradiator Market - Regional Insights

On the basis of region, the global blood irradiator market is segmented into North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. North America holds dominant position in the global blood irradiators market, owing to the launch and adoption of novel technologies. For instance, in September 2017, Typenex Medical, launched Rad-Control, a new irradiation indicator tag technology in the blood banks and blood centers in the U.S. and Canada. Rad-control ensures that blood component has received irradiation, thereby preventing life threatening transfusion-associated Graft-vs.-Host Disease (TA-GvHD).

Furthermore, increasing adoption of X-ray irradiators is expected to fuel the blood irradiator market growth. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) partnered with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) to replace the radioactive irradiators with the safer X-ray alternatives.

Moreover, increasing number of cases requiring blood transfusions related to various diseases in the region is a major factor favoring the market growth. According to the American National Red Cross, sickle cell disease affects 90,000 to 100,000 people in the U.S., and about 1,000 babies are born with the disease annually. The sickle cell patients mostly require blood transfusions throughout their lives. Also, according to the American Cancer Society, about 1.7 million people are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2017, where the patients require blood during the chemotherapy treatment.

Moreover, high adoption of blood irradiators in the medical settings to prevent and control the transmission of transfusion associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD) is expected to propel market growth in the North America. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 2013, around 500 blood irradiators irradiated around 2 million blood units in 2013.